Consumption Amenities in Higher Education
Brookings Institution (blog)
Much of the discussion on higher education policy is focused on broadening access. With this as a backdrop, it is not surprising that spending on amenities at college campuses generates negative feelings. However, it is important to recognize that ...
Five colleges misreported data to US News, raising concerns about rankings ...
Washington Post
Tulane University officials were preparing to send statistics to U.S. News & World Report for its annual graduate school rankings when they noticed something peculiar in early December: sharp drops in admissions test scores and applications to their ...
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First Things (blog)
Republicans and Higher Education
First Things (blog)
House Majority Leader Eric Cantor delivered a speech yesterday at the American Enterprise Institute. There's much to like in it, but I'm going to focus on what he has to say about higher education, which displays some characteristic Republican tics ...
House GOP Plans for Higher EdInside Higher Ed
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SADOW: Tying Institutional Aid To Higher Education Outcomes Is A Good Idea
The Hayride
A group with Louisiana connections has delivered advice on how to restructure student financing of college education, and while much of it addresses federal policy, if the basic theory behind it is heeded beyond its issues of execution, it will have ...
WNCF
Political Agenda: Higher pay for teachers, higher tuition for college students ...
The Birmingham News - al.com (blog)
But if education was Bentley's theme for the night, it stopped at higher ed, the Birmingham News/AL.com's Evan Belanger reports. Teachers in the state might not have gotten a raise since 2008, but in that same time, tuition in Alabama's four-year ...
Bentley Proposes Budget with More Money for EducationWNCF
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Texas Legislature may alter higher education funding methods
UTA The Shorthorn
State data show that if the Texas Legislature decides to base higher education funding on a university's performance, UTA would rank about the same as it does now, which is eighth among other institutions, supporting a statement UTA President James ...
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Don't ax the higher education GET program just yet
The Olympian
Hasty actions almost never solve a problem intelligently, and they quite often create new hurdles to a reasoned resolution. That scenario describes the pickle our Legislature has created over the Guaranteed Education Tuition Plan (GET) and funding for ...
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Diverse: Issues in Higher Educatio
Public Perception of Higher Ed
Inside Higher Ed
Despite the popular narrative of recent years that a college degree might not be “worth it,” Americans still generally agree that a degree is important. But they might be likelier to pursue one if colleges were more flexible and – of course – less ...
Americans Value Higher Education but Question Its Quality, National Survey FindsChronicle of Higher Education (subscription)
Gallup Poll: Americans See Higher Education as Essential, yet Often UnaffordableDiverse: Issues in Higher Educatio
Gallup/Lumina Foundation Poll Reveals Need for Higher Education Redesign ...Business Wire (press release)
StateImpact Florida -Christian Science Monitor
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For millions of college graduates, degrees aren't paying off
Denver Post
Millions of college graduates who saw a degree as their ticket to a good-paying career and a secure life are working in jobs that do not require their education or even a high school diploma, sometimes leaving them with small wages to pay thousands in ...
Don't ax the higher education GET program just yet
Bellingham Herald
Hasty actions almost never solve a problem intelligently, and they quite often create new hurdles to a reasoned resolution. That scenario describes the pickle our Legislature has created over the Guaranteed Education Tuition Plan (GET) and funding for ...
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