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2 juillet 2016

Do students benefit from going backward?

University Business LogoSubmitted by Stefanie Botelho. Using public higher education data from one small state and using distance to the closest two-year college as an instrumental variable, this paper examines the effects of 4–2 transfer on “struggling” students, or those who earned less than a 3.0 grade point average in the first term. More...
2 juillet 2016

Higher ed itself is experiencing a mental health crisis

University Business LogoSubmitted by Stefanie Botelho. Graduation: classically peppered by parties, gifts, and champagne toasts to the happy memories of university life. More...
2 juillet 2016

Obama administration turns up the heat on for-profit college chain ITT

University Business LogoSubmitted by Stefanie Botelho. The Education Department on Monday sent ITT Educational Services a letter requesting the for-profit chain to set aside more money to cover losses in the event of its collapse, citing an increased risk to the millions of dollars in federal loans and grants funneled to students attending the schools. More...
2 juillet 2016

China threatens jail time for college entrance exam cheaters

University Business LogoSubmitted by Stefanie Botelho. A cheater in China used to have it easy: His family might be subjected to a harsh scolding, and his exam results might be thrown out. Now, a student caught cheating could face a prison sentence. More...
2 juillet 2016

This chart tells a fascinating story about higher education

University Business LogoSubmitted by Stefanie Botelho. There is this indelible image of college being a place where fresh-faced 18-year-olds spend their days in lecture halls and nights bunking in dorms on tree-lined campuses. In reality, higher education experiences are a lot more diverse than that. More...
2 juillet 2016

Woes for ITT, a for-profit school, bode worse for its students

University Business Magazine logoSubmitted by Ray Bendici. The vise appears to be tightening at the for-profit education giant ITT Educational Services. Its profits are collapsing, its stock is below $2, and last Monday the company got bad news from the Education Department in Washington, a main overseer. More...

2 juillet 2016

Feds consider whether to shut for-profit college watchdog

University Business Magazine logoSubmitted by Ray Bendici. Federal education officials are deciding whether to shut down the nation’s biggest accreditor of for-profit colleges over allegations that it overlooked deception by some of its schools. More...

2 juillet 2016

What first-generation college students want

University Business Magazine logoSubmitted by Ray Bendici. As policymakers and educators debate how to help high-schoolers from all backgrounds get to and through college, young people’s ideas about the support they need to succeed are sometimes left out of the discussion. More...

2 juillet 2016

White House launches the Fair Chance Higher Education Pledge

University Business Magazine logoSubmitted by Ray Bendici. Today at the White House, Domestic Policy Council Director Cecilia Muñoz and Education Secretary John King will host 15 higher education public and private institutions from across the country who are standing with the Obama Administration as founding partners in launching the Fair Chance Higher Education Pledge. More...

2 juillet 2016

Tell me your college major; I might know whether you vote

University Business Magazine logoSubmitted by Ray Bendici. The likelihood that a college student will make their way to the polls this November may have a lot to do with their major. More...

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