By Steven Mintz. Must reading for anyone interested in the future of public higher education is Jason E. Lane and Dr. Bruce Johnstone’s Higher Education Systems 3.0 (SUNY Press, 2013), which examines the shifting role of multi-campus university systems. Today, 59 multi-campus public university systems operate in 37 states, serving roughly three quarters of all students at four-year public colleges and universities. Read more...
Grade Schoolers Should Be Paid to Go to School
By John Warner. The recent ruling by the Chicago office of the National Labor Relations Board granting Northwestern University football players the right to unionize begins the process of peeling back the convenient fiction that Division I football players are “student athletes,” and are instead, something more like employees. The core of the ruling is that Northwestern players perform work (training for and playing football) for pay, which means they should have the right to unionize and bargain collectively. Read more...
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By Richard PÉREZ-PEÑA. The ruling this week that Northwestern University must treat scholarship football players as employees defies the way colleges view themselves, and has administrators nationwide wondering if this is the first step toward turning college sports into something unrecognizable. Read more...
New website alters application process
By Leigh Jacobson. The college application process has become incredibly rigorous and cutthroat. According to the Independent Educational Consultants Association, the average cost of a private admissions consultant is $4,035, and 26 percent of the high-achieving incoming freshmen at private universities hired a consultant. A lot of these consultants then keep a database of previous clients’ application files for reference, which they use to help future clients who can afford their services. See more...