Same jersey, same goal – UT Student Regent Ashley Purgason
By Ashley Purgason Serving as the student regent on the University of Texas System Board of Regents offers me a unique perspective. I travel the state visiting the 15 UT […]
Tag Archives: Colleges and Universities
IU Announces New Path to Tuition Relief
Indiana University officials unveiled their latest response to a growing tuition backlash: A tuition freeze for upperclassmen on track to graduate on time.
California. How much would you pay for a country club education?
A great video. Higher education in California isn’t what it used to be. Find out why students are paying higher tuition costs and getting a less comprehensive education in California. […]
Four Potential Futures of the College System
by Clark Aldrich Unschooling Rules 49: College: the hardest no-win decision your family may ever make.
Tuition Hike?
by Matthew Albright Bill aims to bring cost in line with southern average Kristen Braud and Shawn Champagne, nursing seniors at Nicholls State University, study Monday on campus. A bill […]
College Math 101: Calculating the Real Cost of Attending
By RACHEL LOUISE ENSIGN College acceptance letters are rolling in. Now the hard part-figuring out where the kids can afford to go. WSJ’s Rachel Louise Ensign shares what’s key to […]
Tool estimates education’s cost
Lee Bierer Lee Bierer is an independent college adviser based in Charlotte. Whenever I’ve written about financial aid issues, it’s always been directed toward high school seniors, but a […]
Higher education in 2012: a global perspective
Eliza Anyangwe In the last of our (The Guardian) predictions series, we ask HE leaders in the US, Australia, India and South Africa to share what trends and issues could […]
What the Top 1% of Earners Majored In
By ROBERT GEBELOFF and SHAILA DEWAN | New York Times – We got an interesting question from an academic adviser at a Texas university: could we tell what the top 1 […]
How to Get a $106,000 College Education for Free – Lynn O’Shaughnessy
How would you like to go to a private liberal arts college that will give you a full-ride tuition scholarship for four years? Sounds crazy? Actually, I’m serious.
Proposal sets tuition increase but students won’t see fees rise
By Rene Cardona Jr. Students will see an increase in tuition for the coming 2013-2014 biennium, which will fund new initiatives to improve academic success, and although some fees will […]
Trouble in Texas
Posted by Steven Harper Last month, University of Texas President Bill Powers asked his law school dean, Larry Sager, to resign months ahead of his originally planned departure at the […]
Online learning keeps evolving
By Elizabeth Tice Driven by student demand, technology, a troubled economy and roiling demographic changes, the continued growth of online and distance learning has become a force that is not […]
Cigarroa on The Obama Invite List
Who is headed to the White House today for the meeting with President Obama on college costs and productivity? According to a representative of a higher education association, the group […]
Countdown to college: Tips for narrowing the college list
By LEE BIERER McClatchy Newspapers Take a deep breath, hit the “submit” button and then exhale. Thousands of students are doing this every day. But, at the same time they […]
The rising cost of college
What’s behind the runaway cost of a college education? According to the College Board, tuition and fees for in-state undergraduate students at public four-year colleges are up an average 8.3 […]
Money for minorities
By Ryan Utter There’s a belief that minorities receive more scholarships and grants than other students. This belief may also be the reason many students are inhibited from applying for […]
Students, Parents Are Determined Despite Rising College Tuition Costs
They were on the lookout for scholarships and financial aid at the City of Commerce’s sixth annual college fair. By Elizabeth Hsing-Huei Chou, EGP Staff Writer More than 700 people […]
Calculating Costs and Benefits
Written by Libby A. Nelson New federal requirements have lately been likely to draw groans and complaints from college and university officials who feel deluged by ever-changing rules and […]
President Nelsen calls UT Pan Am an “Agent of Transformation” at Convocation
Written by Juan Prado Everyone at The University of Texas Pan-American must work together to make UTPA an “agent of transformation” for the entire Rio Grande Valley, President Robert S. […]
Increasing Input in Budget Decisions
Written by The Daily Texan Editorial Board Earlier this month, President William Powers Jr. announced that the University Budget Council will be expanded to include a student and a faculty […]
Esther Cepeda: Two Scary Questions for College Students
By Esther Cepeda, Washington Post Writers Group I recently explored the distressing trend of higher education devolving into an ultra-expensive job-training program rather than giving students the opportunity to discover […]
Want to Be a Good Researcher? Try Teaching
Written by By Dan Berrett Graduate students in the sciences who both teach and conduct research show greater improvement in their research skills than do those who focus exclusively on […]
Not For Profit College Board Getting Rich as Fees Hit Students
By Janet Lorin When Gaston Caperton was recruited to run the College Board, owner of the SAT entrance exam, he said he didn’t want to just run “a testing company.” […]
Will High Costs Lead to the Extinction of On-campus Learning?
By Michele Weldon Last weekend I moved my oldest son out of the rundown, $3,000-a-month apartment he shared with five other University of Wisconsin at Madison students. It was six […]
On College: What to do Before Dropping Your Child Off at College
By Purvi S. Mody Daily News columnist Over the next month, parents across the country are going to drop their children off at college for their freshman year. If you […]
Parents Become More Self Reliant in Paying for High Costs of College, Says College Savings Foundation’s 2011 State of College Savings Survey
By College Savings Foundation WASHINGTON, Aug. 15, 2011 — /PRNewswire/ — Parents of college bound children are resigning themselves to the reality that the buck stops at their doorstep in […]
Pop Quiz: Why Are Tuitions So High?
By DAVID HOGBERG, INVESTOR‘S BUSINESS DAILY View Enlarged Image College students and their families have struggled to pay for the rising cost of tuition, a cost that has been driven in part […]
210 Forum Connects Students, Educators
Eighteen-year-old Mindy Martin wants answers about her future at College of the Sequoias. So, Monday night, the freshman took the initiative to attend a forum designed to answer some of […]
What Should I Buy for My Dorm? By Marc Phillips
By Marc Phillips College junior addresses common misconceptions freshmen have about dorms, books. One of my friends is leaving for his freshman year of college in a few weeks. I […]
Retaining Excellence in U.S. Research Universities
In a series of upcoming Q&A sessions, academics and other observers will review the fiscal and competitive challenges facing U.S. research institutions and what might solve them. By Ken Stier […]
Texas Coalition for Excellence in Higher Education Criticizes Forbes Ranked Researcher
From the Americans For Prosperity Blog. If this doesn’t spell hypocrisy, we don’t know what does: First, read this, by the Alcalde: “One of the bedrocks of business school rankings […]
Accountability in Higher Ed: Pick Your Poison. By Andrew Gillen
By Andrew Gillen I understand where the higher ed establishment is coming from when the government starts making noises about holding them accountable. Nobody likes others questioning their performance, least […]
Student Loan Debt Crushing College Hopes
By Michael Cohn Four in five Americans believe the average level of student loan debt is too high to justify going to college, according to a new survey. The survey, […]
Academia’s Crisis of Irrelevance
As more students question rising college costs, professors defend useless research and their lack of teaching. BY NAOMI SCHAEFER RILEY ‘Crisis of Confidence Threatens College.” So went a headline in […]
All Colleges Are Not Created Equal, and Neither are Students
By Richard Selcer University of Texas at Arlington President James Spaniolo’s recent guest column (See: “Does anyone regret earning a college degree?,” July 6) seems to ignore the deeper problems […]
Charter Colleges: A Market-Based Solution
By Robert C. Koons The cost of higher education in America spirals out of control. Tuition and fees have increased fourfold in real terms in the last two decades, far […]
Making College More Affordable, Accessible
Equal access to a high-quality education is the foundation for success, both for our kids and for our country. We’re lucky to have many world-class colleges and universities right here […]
Affordable colleges: a New Tool for Cost Comparison
Affordable colleges might be easier to track down now with a new online tool out from the US Department of Education, which compares the cost of attending different kinds of […]
Education Dept. Makes College Pricing Transparent, and Shock Occurs
By Frank McCoy None of the following is good news: the cost of college education keeps soaring upward. But to promote transparency, the U.S. Department of Education urges parents, students […]
University Faculty to Get Raises Despite Little Funds Available
By Audrey White Faculty and staff members will receive merit-based pay increases despite the University’s budget crunch, according to an email President William Powers Jr. sent to employees Wednesday. The […]
UT Controversy, Debate and Ideology
Ok, many of you are probably confused about the issues and sides that have been taken in the fight for improving higher ed in the state of Texas. Seven solutions […]
Attacking the Cost of College, From the Outside
By Reeve Hamilton If there was a theme to the just-concluded 82nd legislative session it was do more with less, and Rep. Dan Branch, Dallas Republican and chairman of the […]
The Problem with College Isn’t That It’s Worth Less (or Worthless), but That It Costs More
By Mike I know that sounds like I’m channeling my inner Yogi Berra, but bear with me. A recent article by David Leonhart refuting claims that college is a waste […]
Out-of-control Higher Education Spending
Could blow hole in 2013 budget By William Lutz The Legislature was warned this would happen. In 2003, then-Speaker Tom Craddick rammed through HB 3015 (sometimes called tuition “deregulation”) by […]
Running ‘Round the Ivory Tower – Professor as Entrepreneur
By Terri E. Givens There has been a great deal of discussion around the idea of entrepreneurship in higher education. At the University of Texas, we have the usual business […]
With New Lists, Federal Government Moves to Help Consumers and Prod Colleges to Limit Price Increases
By Beckie Supiano and Elyse Ashburn Washington Colleges have stumbled into an age of accountability. The government and the public are evermore interested in holding them responsible: for what students […]
Dallas Ranks Terribly on College Degrees
By Wick Allison (plus comments) A research report by G. Scott Thomas for the Business Journals Digital, an arm of the DBJ’s parent company, places Dallas-Fort Worth as 115th amid […]
Paying for College: 7 Most Costly Myths and Mistakes
By Kathy Kristof What’s the most expensive purchase you’ll ever make? If you’re about to say “a house,” stop and think for another second. Did your house cost $250,000 plus […]
Audio: UT Student Leaders Discuss Higher Ed Reform
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 […]
