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Audio: UT Student Leaders Discuss Higher Ed Reform

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  By Reeve Hamilton Enlargephoto by: Todd Wiseman Natalie Butler and Christopher Covo, are both student leaders from public universities in Texas. But they find themselves on different sides of the state’s ongoing higher education reform debate. They recently sat down to hash out their differences with Trib reporter Reeve Hamilton. Download audio file http://www.texastribune.org/texas-education/higher-education/audio-student-leaders-discuss-higher-ed-reform/   … Continue reading »

Should Perry, Romney Team Up?

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Austin-Boston connection helped JFK’s 1960 campaign for White House By JOE HOLLEY DEBATE SPONSOR ‘WAITING FOR PERRY’ The organizers of the next GOP presidential debate, scheduled for mid-July in Las Vegas, postponed the event Friday in anticipation of the entry of Rick Perry into the race. “We’re waiting for Perry,” said Grover Norquist, the head … Continue reading »

Controversy Deflected Attention From Important Work

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Fired UT advisor Rick O’Donnell gets $70,000 settlement By MELISSA LUDWIG The University of Texas System has settled for $70,000 with a former special adviser who threatened to sue after being fired in April, according to a settlement offer released by UT officials. Rick O’Donnell’s brief employment at UT kicked up a storm of controversy, … Continue reading »

High School Grads Picking Community College, Other Affordable Colleges

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By Elizabeth Doran  Jamesville-DeWitt High School senior Alexis Wilson dreamed of attending Houston Baptist University and loved it even more after touring the school last summer. She was accepted there, as well as to a half-dozen other private and state colleges. To pick a college, Wilson and her parents analyzed every college’s financial aid/scholarship package. … Continue reading »

America Must Embrace Global Innovation

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Editor’s Note: Navi Radjou is Executive Director of the Centre for India & Global Business at Judge Business School at the University of Cambridge where Jaideep Prabhu is the Jawaharlal Nehru Professor of Indian Business and Enterprise. Dr. Simone Ahuja is the founder of Blood Orange Media. This post is part of the Global Innovation Showcase created by … Continue reading »

UT – Waste Not, Want Not

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By Dave Player For the past several months, various members of the UT community, including students, alumni, legislators and prominent donors, have rallied their support for the University and its administration in light of a political attack on UT, coming in the form of higher education “reformation,” orchestrated by Gov. Rick Perry and his local … Continue reading »

Program to Address Declining Latino Population in Higher Education

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  Dr. Shaun Harper, an associate professor from the University of Pennsylvania, talks about African-American and Latino men in higher education at the Latino Male Symposium. The event was hosted by Project MALES and focused on developing dialogue concerning the Hispanic male education crisis. Ryan Edwards | Daily Texan Staff By Syeda Hasan The University … Continue reading »

Opportunities for Efficiency and Innovation: A Primer on How to Cut College Costs

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Opportunities for Efficiency and Innovation: A Primer on How to Cut College Costs By Vance H. Fried  |  Future of American Education Project View the working paper as an Adobe Acrobat PDF Over the past two decades, the cost of a college education has risen dramatically. Tuition and fees have increased at twice the rate … Continue reading »

Gov. Perry – Increase Efficiency and Improve Educational Experiences

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By Huma Munir Gov. Rick Perry has backed the Seven Breakthrough Solutions for Higher Education, but the plan from a conservative think tank could prove to be a breaking point between Perry and members of the higher education community even as Perry may be seeking support for a presidential run. UT President William Powers Jr., … Continue reading »

Let’s Push Trustees to Solve the Adjunct Problem

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By Erin O’Connor and Maurice Black For years now, a sad, steady flow of articles, books, and studies has documented the rise of the “disposable academic,” the growing underclass of poorly paid, uninsured PhDs who do the bulk of college teaching but have no real chance of ever landing a secure academic job. This is … Continue reading »

UT Controversy – Rick O’Donnell, UT System Settle

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By Reeve Hamilton The Rick O’Donnell saga at the University of Texas System appears to have reached an end. Last week, under threat of a lawsuit, the system agreed to a settlement with the former adviser. O’Donnell was hired as a $200,000-a-year special adviser to the board of regents in February. His first day on … Continue reading »

College Tuition: Getting The Most Bang For Your Buck

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By ALISON MORRIS, almorris@ctnow.com, FOX CT When Erin Anderson enrolled at Yale four years ago, her dream was to major in art history and get a job with a museum. But this summer, diploma in hand, she’s hitting the temp offices, looking for anything to pay the bills. “I’m kind of looking at office work, … Continue reading »

Back to the Future: Recruiting Circa 2020

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By Lou Adler As I ponder the future of where our industry is headed, I’m reminded of Geoffrey Moore’s technology adoption curve, from his fine book, Crossing the Chasm. It describes how users (aka “buyers”) of technology follow a predictable adoption rate, generally based on their comfort with the technology and their ability to implement … Continue reading »

How America Beats China by 2025

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By Justice Litle A quick survey question: Who do you think is more likely to be better off — on top of the pile, if you will — in the year 2025? America or China? The conventional wisdom (what everybody knows) is that China is on a relentless march upward, and America has entered an … Continue reading »

Alternatives to College

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By Emily Driscoll Growing up is tough enough without the worries of your financial future, so Money101  is here for you. E-mail us your questions and let us take off some of the pressure. Many high school seniors will be celebrating their graduation victory in a few weeks and looking forward to starting college in … Continue reading »

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