By . The Competency-Based Education Network, an effort financed by the Lumina Foundation that is seeking to provide leadership on the development of competency-based degree programs, on Wednesday announced an initial group of participating institutions that includes 18 colleges and two higher-education systems. More...
By . Women who earn Ph.D.’s in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics—the STEM fields—are more likely than their male peers to begin their careers in academic positions, but are also less likely to start in the more-prestigious jobs of faculty positions at research institutions, concludes a new study by the American Institutes for Research. The analysis, described in a report released on Thursday, relied on 2009 and 2010 data from the National Science Foundation’s Survey of Earned Doctorates to examine how gender, marital, and parental status affected the early-career paths of STEM Ph.D.’s. More...
By Steve Kolowich. A big fish in the education-media world has been swallowed by an even bigger fish. CourseSmart, a major provider of electronic textbook content, has been acquired by the Ingram Content Group, a media company that supplies books and music to thousands of retailers across the world. CourseSmart was created in 2007 by the “big five” textbook companies as an online marketplace for their digital content. Read more...
By Jonah Newman. The most contentious data that might find their way into the Obama administration’s college-ratings plan are conspicuously missing from the Education Department’s current data-collection tools: postgraduate wages.
At a symposium held by the department several weeks ago, experts were told that they weren’t debating the “if” of the proposed Postsecondary Institution Ratings System, just the “how.” Nevertheless, many still questioned whether it was appropriate to use postgraduate wage data to compare colleges in the first place. More...
By Goldie Blumenstyk. The Association of Private Sector Colleges and Universities has released an analysis that says for-profit colleges have a direct impact of about $20-billion on the United States economy. The analysis was released as some 200 officials of for-profit colleges, students, and employers of the colleges’ graduates are gathering here for a three-day lobbying push on Capitol Hill against tighter regulation. The analysis, prepared by John Dunham and Associates, also includes localized reports that show the economic impact of the colleges, state by state. More...
By Don Troop. When the economy is doing well, many colleges increase their endowment spending on new programs, new buildings, new positions, and breaks in tuition. But when times are tough—at precisely the moment that campuses could most use the money—colleges’ endowment managers are less likely to spend it.
“That’s a really strange thing to do if the purpose of the endowment is at least in part to help the university overcome economic shock,” says Jeffrey R. Brown, a professor of finance at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He refers to the behavioral pattern as endowment “hoarding,” a term that Sen. Charles E. Grassley, an Iowa Republican, used to criticize colleges that spent what he considered an inadequate portion of their endowment wealth. More...
By Eric Kelderman. While increased federal spending for higher education faces an uphill battle in Congress, pressure is mounting from Democrats in Washington, D.C., to raise state appropriations for higher education.
A report released on Thursday by the liberal-leaning group Demos is just the latest to detail the growing cost of tuition at public colleges, along with the shrinking amount of money that state governments provide to those institutions. More...
Osez la VAE dans l’enseignement supérieur !
Trouvez, dans la Région PACA (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) et dans toute la France, l'Université qui vous permettra de valider vos acquis dans l’enseignement supérieur.
En Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, cinq établissements peuvent valider vos acquis dans l’enseignement supérieur :
Voir les détails et les coordonnées de ces établissements dans l'article Trouvez l'Université où vous pourrez valider vos acquis.
En France, plus de 80 autres universités peuvent valider vos acquis dans l’enseignement supérieur : Université Angers, Université d'Artois, Université d'Auvergne, Université de technologie de Belfort-Montbéliard, Université Blaise Pascal - Clermont-Ferrand, Université de Bordeaux, Université Bordeaux 1 - Sciences Technologies, Université Bordeaux Segalen, Université Montesquieu - Bordeaux IV, Université Bordeaux Montaigne, Université de Bourgogne, RéUniva4, Université Européenne de Bretagne (UEB), Université de Bretagne Occidentale (UBO), Université de Bretagne-Sud (UBS), Université Caen Basse-Normandie, Université de Cergy-Pontoise, Centre Universitaire Jean-François Champollion (CUFR), Conservatoire national des arts et métiers (CNAM), Université de technologie de Compiègne, Università di Corsica Pasquale Paoli, Université d'Évry-Val d'Essonne, Université de Franche-Comté, Université de Grenoble, Université Joseph-Fourier - Grenoble 1, Université Pierre-Mendès-France, Université Stendhal-Grenoble 3, Université de Haute-Alsace - Mulhouse-Colmar, Institut national des langues et civilisations orientales (INALCO), Université de La Réunion, Université de La Rochelle, Université du Havre, Université Lille 1 - Sciences et Technologies, Universite Lille 2 - Droit et Santé, Université Charles de Gaulle - Lille 3, Universite de Limoges, Université du Littoral Côte d'Opale, Université de Lorraine, Université Claude-Bernard Lyon 1, Université Lumière Lyon 2, Université Jean Moulin Lyon 3, Université du Maine, Université Montpellier 1, Université Montpellier 2 Sciences et Techniques, Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier 3, Université de Nantes, Université de Nîmes, Université de la Nouvelle-Calédonie, Université d'Orléans, Université Paris-1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, Université Panthéon-Assas (Paris 2), Université Sorbonne Nouvelle - Paris 3, Université Paris-Sorbonne, Université Paris Descartes, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Université Paris Diderot Paris 7, Université Paris 8, Université Paris-Dauphine, Université Paris Ouest Nanterre La Défense, Université Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Est Créteil Val-de-Marne, Université Paris 13 Nord, Université Paris-Est Marne-la-Vallée, Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour, Université de Perpignan Via Domitia, Université de Picardie Jules Verne, Université de Poitiers, Université de la Polynésie française, Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, Université Rennes 1, Université Rennes 2, Université Jean Monnet Saint-Étienne, Université de Savoie, Université de Strasbourg, Université Toulouse 1 Capitole, Université de Toulouse II - Le Mirail, Université Toulouse III – Paul Sabatier, Université François-Rabelais de Tours, Université de Technologie de Troyes, Université de Valenciennes et du Hainaut-Cambrésis, Université de Versailles-Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines.
Voir les détails et les coordonnées de ces universités dans l'article Trouvez l'Université où vous pourrez valider vos acquis.
By Dr. Brian C. Mitchell. One impact of the great recession has been resurgence in demand by cities and towns that colleges and universities pay a greater portion of the region's tax bill.
Municipal authorities make valid arguments to support these demands. They point to the percentage of taxable land taken off the tax rolls by higher education institutions. They note additional burdens on police, fire and first responder calls. City officials differentiate further by "type of use" among facilities and college owned properties and land.
Further, in many instances the request for new taxes-typically called PILOT's (or "payments-in-lieu-of-taxes") extends increasingly to public as well as private higher education. Interestingly, these requests do not typically encompass basic education or other nonprofit groups like churches. More...
Are for-profit colleges worth the cost? Students and employers seem ambivalent, according to survey data. Current and former for-profit students are satisfied with the quality of their schools. But they also consider the financial burden of these schools high, and alumni in particular aren't certain their degree was worth it. Many employers perceive no differences between for-profit and public sector institutions, and some are actually unfamiliar with for-profit schools. Among those who do see a difference, most say community colleges and four-year public universities do a better job than for-profits at preparing students for the workplace. See more...
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