Submitted by Steven Wyman. When Jerry O’Neal went to school a couple of decades ago, career services was something you went to as you were getting ready to graduate and didn’t have a job lined up. More...
Why sports and elite academics do not mix
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. National signing day for high-school football prospects has passed. The March Madness basketball tournament looms just over the horizon. More...
Scientists fighting over gene editing patent
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. In the world of genetic-editing technology known as CRISPR, a major battle is brewing between rival scientists who both feel they deserve the patent. More...
IRS, ED statement about the IRS Data Retrieval Tool
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. The IRS Data Retrieval Tool on fafsa.gov and StudentLoans.gov is currently unavailable. We are working to resolve the issue as quickly as possible. However, at this time, the IRS anticipates the online data tool will be unavailable for several weeks. More...
From immigrant to administrator
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. With strategic oversight and budgetary review of a $900 million system, her work in oversight of the Strong Workforce Task Force has positioned California as a model for credentialing and career pathway development for students. More...
Arizona state leavens academia with intellectual diversity
Submitted by Steven Wyman. Encouraging developments are as welcome as they are rare in colleges and universities that cultivate diversity in everything but thought. Fortunately, state legislatures, alumni, and philanthropists are planting little academic platoons that will make campuses less intellectually monochrome. More...
College programs in South Carolina adapt to meet industry needs
Submitted by Steven Wyman. In order for college programs to thrive, they should prepare students for the real world after college. In many fields, this means adapting and changing to stay current and relevant for industry needs. More...
A glimpse into the life of a slave sold to save Georgetown
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. He was an enslaved teenager on a Jesuit plantation in Maryland on the night that the stars fell. It was November 1833, and meteor showers set the sky ablaze. More...
On the promises, persuasive charms of for-profit colleges
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. A sociology professor at Virginia Commonwealth University, she is keenly aware of the ways society and policymakers can influence Americans’ lives. More...
W.Va. higher education personnel bill advances
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. A bill allowing West Virginia’s colleges and universities the option of establishing their own hiring policies not based on seniority is now on its way to a full vote in the West Virginia Senate. More...