By Paul Fain. Like most colleges, online institutions are under pressure to improve their graduation rates. Some are getting more selective about which students they admit, turning away those who appear less likely to complete. Read more...
By Scott Jaschik. Ever since a 2012 study found that a majority of high-achieving, low-income high school seniors don't apply to a single competitive college, educators and policy makers have been debating what to do about "undermatching," as the issue has come to be called. Read more...
By Andy Thomason. President Obama made a splash Thursday night with his announcement that the White House would push for free community college nationally “for everybody who’s willing to work for it.” By Friday morning, it was clear the president’s plan had struck a chord. More...
By Eric Kelderman and Scott Carlson. President Obama’s proposal to make community college free is getting an enthusiastic reception from two-year colleges and their advocates across the nation. Not surprisingly, though, representatives of other higher-education sectors aren’t quite so bullish. One of their greatest fears: that the plan, if enacted, could end up pushing a large number of students away from their institutions and into community colleges. More...
By Katherine Mangan. Millions of students nationwide could be eligible for two years of free community-college tuition under a proposal that President Obama will outline on Friday during an appearance at Pellissippi State Community College, in Tennessee. More...
By Steve Kolowich. As the information age shifts the earth beneath their feet, colleges and media companies are grabbing onto each other for support.
There were a slew of announcements this past fall about journalism outlets and education institutions that are collaborating on courses—and, in at least one case, a full-fledged degree program. The University of Southern California is joining forces with Wired; Northeastern University with Esquire; the Financial Times with a group of business schools; and the University of Oklahoma with the History Channel. More...
By Associated Press in Washington. White House says government would pick up 75% of the bill, and the remaining quarter would come from states that opt in to the program. More...
Par . Two year degrees are great, but not all are created equal.
On Friday President Obama rolled out a planto pay for two years of tuition at community college, which could affect some 9 million students if all states participate (and if Congress funds the program). Higher education experts are hailing the plan as a potentially high-impact way to help more people enter the middle class. More...
By Jontahan Thon. By signing this fiscal years’ (FY) appropriations bill in the United States, the American president has provided greater certainty about the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) 2015 budget. The forecast is not positive, and uncertainties of year-to-year appropriations cycles in the U.S. continues to make it challenging for organizations like the NIH to develop long-range fiscal strategies that are predictable and sustainable. I have been on the receiving end of this uncertainty more times than I care to remember and it is an incredibly stressful and wholly undesirable position to be in. More...
By Léo Charbonneau. It was late September when Jacques Brodeur heard from freelance photographer Anand Varma that one of the photos he’d taken in Dr. Brodeur’s lab was going to be on the cover of National Geographic magazine’s November issue. “But there was an embargo on the photo and it wasn’t until the end of October when I got a copy of the magazine that I could finally see it. It was magnificent! And the lighting! I was flabbergasted.” Dr. Brodeur, an entomologist and professor in the biological sciences department at Université de Montréal, says it was a proud moment for him: he grew up reading National Geographic since his parents had a subscription. More...
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