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31 août 2016

Global citizens pursuing cross-border education in America

Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. Flywire, a leading provider of high-ticket payment solutions, connecting educational and healthcare institutions with consumers on six continents, just completed a survey with PYMTS.com called the ‘Global Citizen Index.’ The study looks at a growing segment of consumers around the world with the desire to improve their lives and pursue their dreams outside the borders of their home countries. More...

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31 août 2016

Tax breaks for higher education are valuable, but complicated

Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. For most people faced with higher education bills, the good news is, federal and state tax breaks can reduce the financial pain. More...

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31 août 2016

Threats to academic freedom and higher ed in Turkey

Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. The below listed organizations collectively note with profound concern the apparent moves to dismantle much of the structure of Turkish higher education through purges, restrictions, and assertions of central control, a process begun earlier this year and accelerating now with alarming speed. More...

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31 août 2016

In higher education, it’s time to watch the watchdogs

Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. For too long, nobody in higher education has been watching the watchdogs. That’s starting to change, thanks in part to Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, who has applied pressure to decertify one of the shadiest accrediting bodies, whose approvals allowed exploitative for-profit colleges to grab federal aid dollars and exacerbated the nation’s student-debt crisis. More...

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31 août 2016

The invisible labor of women’s studies

Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. Only fools pay for their champagne at Oxford. As a women’s-studies graduate student at the British university, I could always count on my professors stocking a bottle or two of bubbly in their offices, happily pouring me a glass whenever I walked in. More...

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31 août 2016

A college requiring even physics and math courses to teach diversity

Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. At the end of last semester, the small, selective liberal arts college in Clinton, New York, decided to mandate that all its majors—from literature to chemistry to economics—include some kind of coursework related to social diversity. More...

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31 août 2016

Here’s what American universities can learn from Germany

Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. Education and skills are the currency for workplace success in our advanced economy, but many young Americans struggle to launch their careers. Unemployment rates among teens and young adults are typically much higher than they are for workers over age 25, and more than 3 million U.S. youths — nearly 8 percent of all young people — are disconnected from both work and school. More...

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31 août 2016

Dual credit benefits students and colleges

Submitted by Tim Goral. Angelo State University as a four-year and graduate degree granting school is not as intensively involved in career and technical education as its two-year colleague, Howard College, but ASU has intensified its recruiting efforts toward Concho Valley high schools recently. More...

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31 août 2016

Uncertainty surrounds higher education

Submitted by Tim Goral. In a matter of weeks, yes weeks, our colleges and universities will be in full swing for the 2016-17 school year. More...

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31 août 2016

State colleges praised for work to help blind students

Submitted by Tim Goral. The National Federation of the Blind recently lifted up Tennessee's largest network of public colleges as a national model for effectively using technology to help blind and disabled students succeed. More...

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