Earlier this year, a first-generation college student told a disturbing story in The Hechinger Report. She was her sixth year at a four-year college, having changed her major twice and taken time off because she lacked a clear roadmap of what she wanted and how to get there. More...
Education and employability: Can the gap be closed?: CIBC report
Benjamin Tal, Royce Mendes, CIBC, 2017/08/31
According to this report (5 page PDF), "students are starting to get the message as more enroll in high-demand, high-paying fields of study but momentum is hindered by rising tuition and an inflexible system." programs leading to higher-paying jobs are beginning to cost more as tuiotion fees rise. More...
One-third of languages and economics teaching staff are from EU, who need more clarity about their status, says British Academy study. More...
Monday’s Four Corners episode shed some much-needed light on longstanding problems in our higher education sector. Most importantly, it highlighted the role of some dodgy overseas education agents and the apparent collusion of some universities in fraudulent recruitment schemes for international students. More...
By Paul Fain. A new report from AccessLex Institute and the National Association of College and University Business Officers looks at tuition discounting by law schools and its impact on their institutional finances. More...
By Paul Fain. The U.S. Department of Education has hired a community college administrator and former DeVry University official to run its enforcement unit, Politico reported Tuesday night. Julian Schmoke is executive director of campus relations for West Georgia Technical College, a two-year public institution. More...
By Andrew Kreighbaum. The Department of Education is looking to cut the size of its work force by offering buyouts to staff at the Office of Federal Student Aid, according to a memo obtained by The Washington Post. More...
By Andrew Kreighbaum. A report from the ACT Center for Equity in Learning finds that working more than 15 hours per week can be detrimental to the academic success of college students. More...
By Ashley A. Smith. A new report from the Hamilton Project at Brookings calls for a new grant program to address unmet needs of low-income student-parents. More...
By Ashley A. Smith. A new report from the Center for American Progress reveals that part-time students are often overlooked by colleges, policy makers and researchers who are looking to increase national college attainment. More...
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