Upstart Auditor for Boot Camp Experiment
Citing Link to Slavery, Students Urge Harvard Law to Change Seal
White House Push on Veterans' Education
Clinton Was Advised on Options for a Higher Ed Venture
Broad Coalition's Goals for the Higher Education Act
Forever Is a Long, Long Time
By John Thelin. “Endowments ’R’ Us!” Now that’s a fitting motto for American higher education.
College and university presidents like large endowments for both their real and symbolic benefits. Read more...
High Impact, Largely Optional
By Scott Jaschik. The Association of American Colleges & Universities has over the years embraced numerous practices as key to promoting student learning, student engagement and student completion. The practices and their goals are all linked since students who are more engaged tend to learn more and are more likely to graduate. Read more...
Large For-Profit Settlements
By Michael Stratford. The Obama administration and a large coalition of state attorneys general announced on Monday a double hit against one of the nation’s largest for-profit education companies. Read more...
The Structure of Instructure
By Carl Straumsheim. Instructure’s incursion into the learning management system market reached a new stage last month as the company filed for its initial public offering. As the company prepares to go public, paperwork filed with the federal government suggests Instructure still spends about 80 cents on sales and marketing for every dollar it brings in. Read more...