By Eboo Patel. Part 3 of 3 of my 2019 Commencement Address at Augustana College. More...
10 juin 2019
10 juin 2019
Advice for Graduates, Part 2
By Eboo Patel. Part 2 of 3 of my 2019 Commencement Address at Augustana College. More...
10 juin 2019
Advice for Graduates
By Eboo Patel. Part 1 of 3 of my 2019 Commencement Address at Augustana College. More...
10 juin 2019
Who Counts as a Person of Color?
By Eboo Patel. Who counts as a person of color? Which voices of color are heard and magnified? What portrayals become representative? Who claims the power to do the representing. More...
10 juin 2019
Hampshire Accreditation Decision Pushed Back
By Rick Seltzer. A decision on whether Hampshire College will be placed on probation or lose accreditation will wait until November, because the regional accreditor for the New England states decided it doesn't yet have enough information to make a determination. More...
10 juin 2019
The Great Recession's Lingering Impact
By Rick Seltzer. States and the public colleges they fund continue to feel the economic downturn's effects, even after a decade of recovery, according to a new report that gives a sobering look at state funding. More...
10 juin 2019
Skills Fund Acquired by Loan Servicer
By Paul Fain. Recently released federal data show that 17 percent of federal student debt holders are over the age of 50. This group of older borrowers collectively hold $247 billion in student debt, an amount that has roughly tripled since 2003. More...
10 juin 2019
Walmart Expands Employee Tuition Benefits
By Paul Fain. Walmart this week announced that it is expanding a debt-free college tuition benefit for the retail giant's roughly 1.4 million U.S. employees. The company is adding 14 degrees and certificates in technology fields such as cybersecurity, computer science and network security to the Live Better U program, which had featured degrees in business and supply chain management. More...
10 juin 2019
Report on State of Postsecondary Education in Prisons
By Paul Fain. A new report from Ithaka S+R attempts to survey the landscape for postsecondary education in prisons. As did another recently released paper, the report describes a "watershed moment" for prison-based college programs, noting many challenges and precautions amid bipartisan support for expanding such programs. More...
10 juin 2019
New Tool From Accreditor on Health of Colleges
By Paul Fain. The New England Commission on Higher Education, a regional accreditor, last week announced plans to create a tool to gauge the financial health of colleges. The Boston Globe reported that the "early warning dashboard" is designed to help avoid sudden college closures, several of which have occurred recently in New England. More...
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