The U.S. is still the world’s leading science and engineering enterprise, but China is quickly closing that gap, according to a the National Science Board’s 2016 Science and Engineering Indicators report. Read more...
22 janvier 2016
22 janvier 2016
Accreditors Seek to Challenge Consumer Bureau's Power
A group of national accreditors is seeking to weigh in on the dispute between the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools over whether that controversial accrediting organization has to hand over records to the consumer bureau. Read more...
22 janvier 2016
Sluggish Recovery of State Funding for Public Colleges
State funding for public higher education has increased in the five years since the recession. However, those increases are not keeping pace with inflation. Just two states -- Utah and Massachusetts -- have had operating-fund support for public higher education that matched or surpassed the rate of inflation in each of those five years, according to a new report from the University of Alabama's Education Policy Center. Read more...
22 janvier 2016
Black Students Less Likely to Seek Mental Health Help
African-American students feel less mentally prepared for college than white students do but are also less likely to discuss those concerns or seek help for mental health issues, a new study has found. Read more...
22 janvier 2016
S&P Issues Bifurcated Outlook for Higher Ed
In recent years the number of credit-rating downgrades to colleges and universities has significantly outnumbered the number of upgrades given by Standard & Poor's credit rating agency. Read more...
22 janvier 2016
ACE Strives for More Female Presidents
Can you imagine a world in which half of all college and university presidents are women?
The American Council on Education can, and it is hoping higher education can reach this goal by 2030. Read more...
22 janvier 2016
IT Security, Mobile Among Top IT Strategies
Information security has leaped to the top of Educause's annual list of IT issues facing higher education, released Wednesday morning. Read more...
22 janvier 2016
Report: Colleges Reduce Emissions
Colleges and universities reduced their emissions by 13 percent per square foot between 2007 and 2014, according to a report released Wednesday. Read more...
22 janvier 2016
Admissions Officers Check Applicants on Social Media
About 40 percent of admissions officers say they research applicants on social media, according to a survey released Wednesday by Kaplan Test Prep. Read more...
22 janvier 2016
Supreme Court Rejects Student Loan Bankruptcy Case
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a case on whether people declaring bankruptcy should have an easier time erasing student loan debt in the process, The Wall Street Journal reported. Read more...
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