BethesdaMagazine.com (blog)
MCPS Already Heeding Obama's Call for Partnerships with Colleges
BethesdaMagazine.com (blog)
The program is expected to create a seamless educational pathway from high school to college completion for thousands of low-income and minority students who have been traditionally underrepresented in higher education, according to officials.
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iJobTimes.com
College Scorecard Reports 'Misleading' Tuition Cost Increases, MSU Says
Patch.com
The College Scorecard, an interactive database released Wednesday by the Department of Education, claims Montclair State's tuition costs have skyrocketed 34.5 percent between 2007 and 2009 — one of the highest increases compared to similar schools.
The President's New College ScorecardHuffington Post
DOE's College Scorecard lets you compare cost, graduation rates among collegesTriangle Business Journal (blog)
Department of Education Says Cheap Schools Actually Cost More Overall ...iJobTimes.com
Statesman Journal -Central Michigan Life -Drexel University The Triangle Online
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Performance Funding for Higher Education
Huffington Post (blog)
The state understands full well that it cannot reach its goal of producing more college-education citizens without gradating more low-income and adult students. Its performance-based funding model takes this goal, as well as the goal of fairness, into ...
Enrollment ends soon for college tuition program
Odessa American
There is still time to lock in college costs at Texas public colleges and universities through the Texas Tuition Promise Fund, the state's prepaid college tuition program. Enrollment for the current program ends Feb. 28. Through the program, parents ...
College Classes
Diversity at College Level Bolstered by Online Offerings
Diverse: Issues in Higher Educatio
Each year online learning initiatives becomes less of a fringe movement and more of an incorporated, and accepted, form of education. More than 6.7 million people took at least one online class in the fall of 2011 and 32 percent of college students now ...
MOOCs : A pivotal development in higher education - or a complete miss?VOXXI
MOOCs: Worth a look for free higher educationWallet Blog (blog)
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U.S. News & World Report
Diverse Conversations: Supporting Underserved Populations in Higher Education
Huffington Post (blog)
The field of higher education has changed completely in the past couple of decades. Unlike before, when only a few talented and intelligent students went on to get a college education, now it has become a necessity as the jobs available in the new ...
Scorecard for Colleges Needs Work, Experts SayNew York Times
Five Reasons The Government Shouldn't Subsidize Higher EducationMichigan Capitol Confidential
Cost comparison tool for higher education will be effectiveSU The Daily Orange (subscription)
Naples Daily News (blog) -Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription)
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The Week Magazine
Why your college could go bankrupt
The Week Magazine
As the higher education system in the U.S. faces rising costs and reduced state funding, many are asking, What will colleges of the future look like? According to a recent cover story in The American Interest, some won't look like anything at all ...
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New report calls for increases in state appropriations for higher education
Daily Californian
The Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities touted the benefits of public education and called for increases in state appropriations for higher education in a report released Tuesday. While enrollment in public universities has increased by ...
San Francisco Chronicle
Plan Expands College Classes For High Schoolers
Diverse: Issues in Higher Educatio
MONTPELIER Vt. — Gov. Peter Shumlin has unveiled a plan to get more Vermont students into college and better prepared for jobs by expanding a program that allows them to take college-level courses in high school. The proposal would expand the dual ...
Shumlin: Education leads to good jobsAddison County Independent
Shumlin Unveils Plan to Expand Dual EnrollmentVermont Public Radio (blog)
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UT System Pushing 4-Year Tuition Option
Diverse: Issues in Higher Educatio
After a decade of rising tuition costs, Gov. Rick Perry has been pushing universities to offer fixed-rate tuition to help students and their families budget for college. The Legislature also is considering writing the four-year tuition option into ...
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