The Guardian
Higher tuition fees caused 'wild swings' in student numbers, figures show
The Guardian
Greenwich School of Management, a private university criticised by the higher education regulator the Quality Assurance Agency, also saw a 50% drop in its student intake, from 456 to 227 students. A QAA report on the institution published last ...
College leavers' hard road to final destinationTimes Higher Education
College May Be Pricey, But Not PricelessWall Street Pit
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The Guardian
Oxford college sued over using 'selection by wealth' for admissions
The Guardian
An Oxford college is being sued for discriminating against poorer students applying to study for postgraduate courses. St Hugh's, which was founded in 1886, is being taken to court for choosing applicants not just on academic merit, but also on their ...
Oxford college 'sued for discriminating against the poor'Telegraph.co.uk
Oxford college sued over using wealth criteria to select postgraduate studentsVarsity Online
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Douglas C. Lyons: Public investment needed to stem this Chinese export
Sun-Sentinel
Meanwhile, back in America, Moody's Investors Service this week downgraded its outlook for our country's higher education sector to negative, citing declining enrollment, government spending cuts and growing doubts about the value of a college degree.
Wrong College Goals?New York Times
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College Is Expensive, But Still Worth It
Huffington Post (blog)
Americans are starting to become disenchanted and doubtful about the value of a college education, and it's not hard to see why. The cost of going to college is skyrocketing -- according to the College Board, the average overall cost for a public in ...
Energy, Jobs and Higher Education Act Would Link Oil, Gas Wells With College ...
Huffington Post
A Republican's bill expected to be introduced soon in the Legislature proposes a severance tax break for companies that set up new oil and gas wells in Colorado, but, after that, tax money from those wells would be pumped into higher education. The tax ...
Is the Price of a College Education Too Much to Handle?
Voice of Russia
WASHINGTON – Moody's recently downgraded the higher education industry, noting that many universities have invested heavily in infrastructure, but fewer students are applying, questioning whether the benefits of a college degree are worth it. Host ...
The Guardian
Grayling's college bids for free school
Times Higher Education
Grayling's college bids for free school. 19 January 2013. By John Morgan. New College of the Humanities, the privately funded higher education institution charging fees of £18,000 a year, plans to open a free school in partnership with a private school ...
AC Grayling's New College of the Humanities plans to open free schoolThe Guardian
New College of the Humanities and Bellevue Education Group have submitted ...DigitalJournal.com (press release)
AC Grayling seeks to open free school in north LondonBBC News
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Editorial notebook: Pulling the welcome mat on a college education
The Seattle Times
Editorial notebook: Pulling the welcome mat on a college education. A summer working in the Alaska fishing industry used to be enough to pay a year's college tuition. But the middle-class welcome mat to the state's elite universities is increasingly ...
Washington and Lee University News Office (blog)
Andrew Delbanco Inspires W&L Audience about Education on Founders' Day
Washington and Lee University News Office (blog)
Delbanco told the Lee Chapel audience that today's discourse about higher education tends to look for a purely monetary or numerically measureable answer to the question of whether or not college is worth the investment. The economic arugment for the ...
Deadly Bombing at Syrian University
Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription)
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