10 weeks 5 days ago

Mayor Supports Ouster of UDC President
Diverse: Issues in Higher Educatio
But soon after Sessoms arrived, he faced widespread criticism, first when he reorganized the college, which grants two-year and four-year degrees, and then when he raised tuition and admission standards. There were also allegations about the possible ...

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10 weeks 5 days ago

Calculating a College Degree's True Value
Businessweek
How much is a college diploma actually worth? The perennial question asked by every former English, philosophy, and art history major now has an answer in some states. For University of Virginia students, it pays to major in engineering—$60,300, on ...

10 weeks 5 days ago

Scholarship Program Drops College Tuition 75%
Patch.com
“The implementation and execution of this initiative is a testament to the institutional commitment to support our students and assist them with achieving their dream of pursuing a college education and receive the type of personal attention for which ...

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10 weeks 5 days ago

Chair of Physical Education and Director of Athletics
Inside Higher Ed
Mount Holyoke is a highly selective undergraduate liberal arts college for women with 2,300 students and 240 faculty. Half the faculty are women; one fourth are persons of color. Mount Holyoke College is committed to educating a diverse residential ...

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10 weeks 5 days ago

The Coming Federal Role in College Costs
Washington Monthly (blog)
A recently released Treasury Department paper on higher education pricing looks at the price of college, and what the Obama administration has done to address it. Perhaps more importantly, however, the piece, The Economics of Higher Education looks at ...
SC colleges should consider affordabilityColumbia Star

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10 weeks 5 days ago

U.S. News University

New Report Examines the Value of a College Degree
U.S. News University
A new report analyzes the true value of a college degree.When students decide to earn an associate's or bachelor's degree, they are making a large investment of their time and money. In a new report, the association of State Higher Education Executive ...

10 weeks 5 days ago

U.S. News & World Report (blog)

US News Talks Rankings, Higher Ed Trends With Admissions Deans
U.S. News & World Report (blog)
Late last month, U.S. News editors and staffers met with a diverse group of deans of admissions and enrollment management from U.S. colleges to solicit feedback on the Best Colleges rankings and methodology and get their views on timely higher ...

10 weeks 5 days ago

Presidential Pledge on Guns
Inside Higher Ed
“For many years now, our nation's leaders have engaged in fevered debates on higher education, yet lawmakers shy away from taking action on one issue that prevents thousands of young people from living lives of promise, let alone realizing their ...

10 weeks 6 days ago

Bartlesville Radio

Oklahoma higher education needs more funding to meet completion goals ...
NewsOK.com
Oklahoma higher education Chancellor Glen Johnson laid out the higher education system's agenda for the upcoming legislative session in a forum Wednesday at the University of Central Oklahoma. At the center of that agenda is a budget request that ...
Okla. higher education to focus on more graduatesDanbury News Times
Higher ed chancellor presents budget requestEdmond Sun

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10 weeks 6 days ago

Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription)

The Education of a Provost
Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription)
In my 30 years in higher education, I have been through two core-curriculum revisions, led overseas classes, written grants, worked on outcomes-based teaching and learning assessment, taught courses with lab sections and without, taught classes with ...