By Stefanie Botelho. For people with disabilities, college can seem a distant dream. But a new program at a Minnesota university hopes to change that, at least for some young people, this fall. More...
5 août 2015
5 août 2015
Feds' free community college bill unveiled
By Stefanie Botelho. President Obama’s plan for free community college tuition came a step closer to becoming law on Wednesday with the unveiling of a draft Senate bill outlining its key elements. More...
5 août 2015
Can small colleges survive?
By Stefanie Botelho. It’s a peaceful time on Massachusetts college campuses. Prospective students tour excitedly, anxious parents in tow. Some incoming freshmen arrive for summer orientations. Faculty travel or do research in quiet labs and offices on lazy, leafy campuses of meticulously maintained red brick and ivy. More...
5 août 2015
Dutch universities start Elsevier boycott
By Stefanie Botelho. Led by vice chancellors, Dutch universities have recently announced plans for a country-wide boycott of the academic publisher Elsevier. This boycott has the potential to be a significant game changer in the relationship between the research community and the world’s largest academic publisher. More...
5 août 2015
Lawmakers ready to make Obama's free community college plan a reality
By Stefanie Botelho. Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) and Rep. Bobby Scott (D-Va.) will introduce legislation Wednesday to make community college free for low-income students, fulfilling a promise made by President Barack Obama in his State of the Union address this year. More...
5 août 2015
Chinese university sells graduates online
By Stefanie Botelho. A mainland university has launched an e-commerce platform to sell new graduates to prospective employers, reflecting the worrisome downturn in the country's job market. More...
5 août 2015
Cutting social science funding stalls future innovation
By Stefanie Botelho. The House of Representatives seems determined to stall this country's innovation pipeline for generations to come. Two pieces of recently passed legislation — the America Competes Act of 2015 (H.R. 1806) and the Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill for Fiscal Year 2016 (H.R. 2578) — take aim squarely at the National Science Foundation's Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences Directorate. More...
5 août 2015
Community college system needs fresh eyes
By Tim Goral. Despite a woeful lack of state support, the Community College System of New Hampshire has worked miracles by learning to make do with very little. Doing that requires dedicated, inventive employees willing to go the extra mile despite low pay and inspiring leadership. More...
5 août 2015
Time to set the colleges free
By Tim Goral. The governor, legislature, Board of Regents, and Nevada System of Higher Education deserve to be commended for working to improve education in Nevada during the 2015 legislative session. More...
5 août 2015
State of successions
By Will Austin. As we implement the work of the 21st-Century Initiative, recognize the leadership crisis and address increasing public accountability, leadership training will become increasingly important as the number of potential nextgeneration leaders continues to diminish. More...
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