The dilemmas facing higher education are all too well known: increasing pressures for a much better educated population and workforce; the recognition that the additional students will be lower income and less well-prepared academically; a dramatically reduced state investment in higher education; and the reliance on increased tuition revenues (and rates) to close the funding gap. More...

As a higher education administrator I (Mary Ann) interact with students, parents, faculty and staff on a daily basis. Recently, I was called to the front counter to help my staff, who had been working with a student and parent who were missing required documentation to complete college enrollment. More...

Many of our members have been following legislation in China that will create new regulatory controls for foreign non-governmental organizations (NGOs) operating in the country. More...

The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) obligates most employers, including colleges and universities, to pay each of their employees overtime at time and one-half of the employee’s regular rate of pay for all hours worked over 40 hours in a workweek, unless the employee’s salary exceeds the current minimum threshold of $455 a week ($23,660 a year) and the employee falls within an FLSA category that exempts the employee from being required to receive overtime pay. More...

Institutional leaders—along with most students, families, educators and advocates—know that colleges and universities today face a number of challenges, from access to college costs to attainment to student debt. More...

Two new reports out this week look at college student transfer rates and articulation policies throughout the country. More...

According to data included in an upcoming publication by ACE’s Center for Internationalization and Global Engagement in partnership with the Boston College Center for International Higher Education, the total number of European students enrolled in degree programs in the U.S. has decreased by 25 percent over the past 15 years. More...

The United States and Europe have a long history of academic collaboration and mutual influence in the higher education sphere. More...

Today’s economy and society depend on increasingly higher levels of knowledge and the ability to evolve rapidly and adapt to changing circumstances. Credentials have proliferated to meet the diverse needs of our 21^st century knowledge economy, including not only degrees, but also certificates, professional/industry certifications, licensures and badges. More...

A new report by The Education Trust shows that graduation rates for black students have declined slightly — widening the black-white graduation rate gap to 14.5 points — while graduation rates among white students have improved modestly over the past 10 years. More...