Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. For the first time in history, American women are more likely to have bachelor's degrees than American men. More...
18 octobre 2015
For the first time, more American women than men are college grads
Denver college tax idea inspires hope for students, but also pushback
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. A proposed Denver sales tax that is aimed at helping students pay for spiraling college costs has strong supporters behind it, but the ballot measure has been running into friendly fire. More...
Inspiring American citizenship: Franklin Project call to action
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. In June 2012, in an interview conducted at the Aspen Ideas Festival General Stanley McChrystal commented that citizenship in our country has atrophied. More...
The corporatization of higher education
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. Students aren’t the only ones feeling the financial pinch of college. Faculty members are, too, particularly adjunct professors and recent hires. More...
Court could create path to mass student debt forgiveness
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. A case has reached the First Circuit Court of Appeals that could allow student loan borrowers to shed their debt by filing bankruptcy–a move that could cost federal taxpayers billions. More...
IBM reaches more students through programming contest, cloud access
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. IBM (NYSE: IBM) announced today an expansion of its developer skills training program that will reach a record number of students worldwide this year with the Master the Mainframe programming contest. More...
Expiration of loan program hurts students
Submitted by Tim Goral. Numbers have a way of revealing the real story that lies beneath the rhetoric and misinformation of controversial topics. Take the ongoing Federal Perkins Loan debate, for example. More...
Higher ed's Moneyball?
Submitted by Tim Goral. It's 20-year-old Randall Lofton's third shot at college. He's already wiped out twice. Too much partying and basketball, he says, and not enough studying. More...
Campus carry a threat to life, learning
Submitted by Tim Goral. Yet another senseless bloodbath on a college campus. This one at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Oregon. More...
Why my college cut tuition in half
Submitted by Tim Goral. The topic of college affordability has been in the spotlight recently, and with good reason. More...
