By ELIZABETH MAY. Scientific breakthroughs have invariably started in what a bean-counter might dismiss as wool-gathering. Read more...
By Robert Everett-Green. The letter, which was distributed on Monday, provides the first details of how the federal agency plans to deal with a doubling of its parliamentary allocation by 2021. Read more...
By Leo Groarke. Every decade has its trend, and in the university sector “differentiation” seems to define the current one. It’s difficult to take issue with the basic idea: different institutions should focus on their different strengths. More...
By Marsha Barber. One parent finds that, despite efforts to make it fairer, the process still favours those with money. More...
This project concluded in December 2016. Through a collaboration with a research team led by Sheffield Hallam University, we published:
Our press release and blog from Professor Les Ebdon, Director of Fair Access to Higher Education, set out OFFA’s position on this research. More...
La Commission franco-américaine Fulbright accorde chaque année environ une centaine de bourses à des étudiants et des chercheurs américains et français à travers son programme et ceux de ses partenaires. Voir l'article...
Dans son rapport sur le modèle économique des missions locales remis à la ministre du Travail le 30 novembre, l’Inspection générale des affaires sociales (Igas) propose d’instaurer des conférences de financeurs, tant au niveau régional qu’au plan national afin de garantir à ces structures des moyens stables et des objectifs clairs et partagés. Voir l'article...
By Rick Seltzer. Dowling will use bankruptcy protection in order to sell its real estate and other assets at the highest value possible, the college’s bankruptcy attorney, Sean C. Southard, told The Wall Street Journal. The college’s debt includes money owed on tax-exempt municipal bonds and general unsecured debt, he told the newspaper. Read more...
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Trends in Canadian University Finance
Alex Usher, Higher Education Strategy Associates, 2016/09/09
The funny thing about Alex Usher's report in HESA is that while he keys in on the rising costs on colleges and universities in Canada, he doesn't talk about the students served by those institutions. In the reports he cites but doesn't link to (966 page PDF) the word 'students' appears for the first time on page 952. More...
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. Taking out another high-interest private student loan seemed like the only option for Amy Wroblewski this fall. More...
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