Better Colleges Failing to Lure Talented Poor
By DAVID LEONHARDT of NYT Most low-income students who have top test scores and grades do not even apply to the nation’s best colleges, according to a new analysis of […]
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We Are Americans – Just Not Legal – Time Mag
We wanted to get your thoughts on this highly controversial issue. Let us know how this effects you. Pick up Time Magazine to read the original article, and read below, […]
Colleges Are Racking Up Debt
The New York Times recently updated their breakdown of college costs and debts, revealing that for-profit schools are not the only bad guys in this troubled economy.
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 […]
Can Obama Help Make College Affordable?
Written by Matthew C. Keegan President Obama’s State of the Union speech on Jan. 24, 2012, covered a number of topics. Higher education was one of his themes.
Can Technology Fix the College Debt Crisis?
Student loan debt is spiraling out of control, and the trend can’t go on forever. Could skilled trades like electrical work and plumbing be part of the answer? They face […]
Not Just Wall Street: Protesters Should Target Colleges Over Student Debt, Tuition Increases
Marcus Baram It sits in the mailbox and taunts us: The thin sliver of an envelope, recognizable by the logo in the top-left corner, arrives every month. And my wife […]
Source: A&M prez, Big 12 Talked Split
Information from ESPN college football reporter Joe Schad and The Associated Press was used in this report. Texas A&M president R. Bowen Loftin had a phone conversation with Missouri chancellor […]
Union Ties to Anti-Rhee Site Roil Schools Fight
By Greg Toppo, USA TODAY The USA’s school-reform conversation just got a bit nastier. A student-advocacy group run by former Washington, D.C., schools chancellor Michelle Rhee said today that an […]
Efforts to Reduce National Debt End up Increasing Student Debt
Posted by Tasha Adaams PHOTO COURTESY MCT CAMPUS Unless you have the no-limit diamond-studded Dubai First Royale MasterCard (which by the way, is only available in Dubai), then chances are […]
Stanford University Free e-learning Online Degree Attracts Thousands
Stanford University’s free introductory distance learning online degree in artificial intelligence has attracted thousands of people barely a month after it was announced. The course begins in September and represents […]
Reducing College Costs: Nitty-Gritty Research is Valid.
‘Yes, Some Teachers Do Very Little’ By Richard Vedder A huge brouhaha has erupted over the release and interpretation of data about the faculty of the University of Texas, centering […]
Tuition Reduction As a Strategic Investment
By KAY SHELTON – kayshelton@hotmail.com Months ago, a clever songwriter I know tipped me off to the story of a university that resisted trends in the U.S. and lowered its […]
College Students Don’t View Debt as Burden
Interesting perspective, but we don’t believe it for a moment. Fred R. Conrad/The New York Times Debt has become a way of life for American college students. The average student […]
What is it Worth? – College Degrees, Starting Wages, and Student Debt.
By Mike Collins For the last 40 years the mantra has been “if you want to get ahead, just go to college”. It is partially based on the widely published […]
The Global Search for Education: The Future of Jobs?
By C. M. Rubin Recession. Economic Crisis. Increasing World Competition. For Finland (The Global Search for Education: More Focus on Finland), the successful way forward in this situation was through […]
Pioneering Education Reform Ideas From Aspen Ideas Festival
At the 2011 Aspen Ideas Festival, genConnect interviewed pioneers in the field of education on initiatives underway to help students learn the most effectively, particularly in the digital age. Education […]
Academic Purgatory – An Illegal Immigrant Earns a Ph.D.
No matter what your views are on immigration and education, obtaining answers, or even knowing what to ask is a very complicated challenge to the future of our nation. Immigration […]
Is Toilet Paper More Valuable Than Professor Research?
By Lynn O’Shaughnessy Should professors work as hard as lawyers, physicians, accountants and other highly educated professionals? Evidence from workload data from the University of Texas at Austin suggests […]
How Good Are American Colleges?
Michael Poliakoff New York Times: Letter to the Editor “Your So-Called Education” is a timely warning. Richard Arum and Josipa Roksa, the distinguished authors of “Academically Adrift: Limited Learning on […]
Relief for Student Loan Borrowers
As college costs continue to rise, and in an economic climate where family incomes are suffering, more and more students must borrow in order to gain access to higher education. […]
Reducing Economic Inequality By Matching Education and Skill Sets to Jobs
Anyone deeply concerned about the current almost unprecedented real unemployment rate of more than 18% and about the ongoing jobless recovery must first focus on resuscitating our depleted manufacturing sector. […]
UT Controversy – Skyrocketing College Tuition Costs Without Corresponding Improvement
The left wing Texas Tribune ran another article in defense of the UT higher ed status quo. This time, UT regent Alex Cranberg was the subject of discussion and the […]
Brain Calisthenics for Abstract Ideas
Like any other high school junior, Wynn Haimer has a few holes in his academic game. Graphs and equations, for instance: He gets the idea, fine — one is a […]
A School Reformer Gets Real
By Valerie Strauss here’s been a ruckus in the education policy world since The New York Times published a piece on May 31 by education historian Diane Ravitch questioning whether […]
Don’t Believe Higher Ed Critics, Education Reform Works
By Jonathan Alter America’s education-reform movement – – the most significant social movement of our time — is just completing another productive school year, with hundreds of districts beefing up […]
Student Debt Is On The Rise
Higher education is an investment – and like many good investments – individuals must often think long-term to reap the benefits. College graduates often have better employment opportunities, financial stability, […]
The Higher Ed Wars – Fierce Resistance to Meaningful Change
By Richard Vedder (Last Friday,) I was minding my own business, on spring break recovering from the bruising labors of academic life, living the life of the modern-type tenured intellectual […]
Congratulations! You’re in debt
By Rich Lowry Amid all the uplifting cliches at their commencement ceremonies, graduating college students won’t hear a line applicable to some of them — you got ripped off. Student […]
Job Market Still Tough for Local College Grads
Some seniors have jobs lined up but others are uncertain of their future. By Alexander Pyles Three weeks ago, University of Maryland, Baltimore County student Justin Hare was feeling anxious. […]
Texas Pilots Innovative College-Readiness Program for High School Students
In Texas, the higher-education community has been engaged in a fierce debate regarding higher education reform. While many feel reform is necessary, others have been reluctant to set change in […]
Teacher Becomes Educator – World’s Fastest Reader on Learning.
By Chris Beattie, cbeattie@acnpapers.com Bookshelves and desk lamps brought serenity to Howard Berg. Not much else could growing up in the Brooklyn projects. “I found the safest place in the […]
