By John Warner. My wife and I and our two dogs had to evacuate the Charleston area for Hurricane Matthew. This was our first evacuation since moving to the region in 2011, and the headline of the experience is that it was entirely uneventful. Read more...
By Steven Mintz. Higher education faces a perfect storm.
The product of low graduation rates, increases in tuition, mounting student debt, and employer dissatisfaction, this storm is placing institutions under enormous pressure to make college more affordable to middle-class families, cut time to degree, and ensure that graduates have real-world marketable skills. Read more...
By Matt Reed. With Matthew, we were luckier than many colleges in the Southeast. Flagler College, in Florida, apparently sustained major damage, and many colleges and universities in the region had to do evacuations. For a university that draws students from around the country, that’s no small task. More...
By Eric Anthony Grollman. Colleges and universities must do more than just bring in a speaker from the movement, only momentarily suspending the whiteness that pervades the everyday life and operations of the campus, argues Eric Anthony Grollman. Read more...
By Lyle D. Roelofs. To increase student access and affordability, and improve the business model, a college might want to establish a work program for all its students. Lyle D. Roelofs describes the benefits. Read more...
By Carl Straumsheim. High school students will soon be able to earn college credit from Oberlin College for instruction neither delivered by the institution nor taught by its faculty members. Read more...
By Scott Jaschik. In new collection of essays, scholars make the case for diversity as essential to higher education and society generally. Read more...
By Scott Jaschik. InterVarsity Christian Fellowship USA, which operates programs at 667 college campuses, has confirmed plans to fire any staff members who support same-sex marriage, Time reported. Read more...
By Andrew Kreighbaum. The National College Access Network Friday launched a national campaign to encourage high school seniors to complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid. Read more...
By Andrew Kreighbaum. As Election Day nears, it's uncertain who would lead the Senate committee that would handle key higher education legislation -- including a "free college" proposal if Hillary Clinton is elected -- in the next Congress. Read more...
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