By David Wessel. Can Government Have Affordability and Quality? Until now, the federal government's response to rising college costs has been to spend more on grants, loans and tuition tax breaks. But that is increasingly expensive and does little to assure that taxpayers' and students' (increasingly borrowed) money is well spent. Read more...
By Joan Vennochi. After listening to Education Secretary Arne Duncan make his pitch for a Senate compromise bill that lowers a July 1 hike in interest rates on student loans, I give him a C. It stands for “contempt” — because that’s what he showed for average American parents who are struggling to pay their children’s college tuition with whatever money they can scrounge up. On Tuesday, Duncan hosted a media conference call to sell a bipartisan proposal that will lower interest rates for now, but raise them in the future. Given the haplessness of the Obama administration when it comes to getting much of anything out of Congress, it’s probably the best option the White House can sign onto. But Duncan’s dodge when it comes to acknowledging the money the government makes off the backs of students — as Senator Elizabeth Warren rightly describes it — is insulting. Read more...
By Alexandra Levit. Using social media to build one-to-one relations with constituents. A few years ago, career services professionals at colleges and universities in the U.S. didn’t have much use for social media. But all that has changed. The Career Advisory Board, established by DeVry University, and the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) have released a new national survey, “Career Services Use of Social Media Technologies,” about college career centers sentiment toward and usage of social media. Read more...By Kathy Kurz. Critical recruitment data elements you may be missing. Most institutions have at their disposal a wealth of tools to track recruitment-related metrics throughout the year. If you checked with your admissions office in the fall it would, most likely, be able to share information about the number of prospects, inquiries, applicants, completed applicants, and admits compared to the prior year. Read more...By Nancy Mann Jackson. Greater attention is being placed on helping incoming freshmen not just enroll but also start off their college careers on a positive note. Many community college students take much longer than the intended two years to complete their studies, or don’t ever wind up graduating at all. Traditionally, administrators focused on accommodating those who may have credits but little direction. Read more...By Kristen Domonell. DREAM Act provision would create an expedited 5-year pathway to citizenship for those who attend a U.S. university or who serve in the military. The Senate-approved approach to immigration reform could improve the country’s competitiveness by allowing green cards for STEM master’s graduates, and it would also create a pathway to citizenship for students brought to this country illegally as children. Read more...
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ByJoshua Kim. Does your online program have a residential component? Do your students come to campus for part of the program? Do you combine online classes with face-to-face instruction. Distance learning with intensive residential sessions? Read more...
By G. Rendell. When I started thinking about all the generally assumed/tacit/implicit 'truths' in current American life that mitigate against any sort of real sustainability, I came up with rather a long list. That's hardly surprising, given that it's been what we've all been doing pretty much reflexively, consistently, unthinkingly that's gotten us into this mess. But as I began focusing on how IHEs might be able to teach against those assumptions, I realized that there's a larger underlying 'truth' in the minds of most -- not all -- students which makes any more specific sustainability education project almost impossible. Worse, I realized that I have only the vaguest notion of what we might do about it. Read more...
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