By Judith Woods. With the news that three in five graduates in work are overqualified, Judith Woods says: go and take a course at the university of hard knocks. Read more...
30 août 2015
30 août 2015
Devalued degrees have let our country down
By Martin Vander Weyer. Politicians have been in denial about the corrosive effect of 'soft’ courses at second-rate universities. Read more...
30 août 2015
Making Pakistan’s target for education financing a reality
By . With world leaders gathering in New York later this month to agree on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that will set the global agenda for the next 15 years, it is important to identify whether countries have sufficient resources to achieve these goals. The recent Oslo Summit on Education and Development put forward some important recommendations for improving financing for the education goals. More...
30 août 2015
A key to increasing economic mobility
By Ron Haskins. The Council of Economic Advisors (CEA) recently released an important and timely report on occupational licensing. The recommendations of “Occupational Licensing: A Framework for Policymakers,” fit nicely with two growing realizations about jobs in the middle of the skill and wage distribution. More...
30 août 2015
Who would use income share agreements to pay for college?
By Robert Kelchen. In response to concerns over the rising price of college and increasing amounts of student loan debt, the Obama Administration has worked to expand income-based repayment programs for those with federal student loans. More...
30 août 2015
Seven STEM competitions for girls
By . In 2013, President Obama stated that “we need to have more girls interested in math, science, and engineering. We’ve got half the population that is way underrepresented in those fields and that means that we’ve got a whole bunch of talent…not being encouraged the way they need to.” The Office of Science and Technology Policy, in collaboration with the White House Council on Women and Girls, touts a commitment to closing the gender gap in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) industries. More...
30 août 2015
The complicated politics of national standards: Even more sources of opposition (Part 2 of 3)
By . In a previous post, I detailed several different sources of discontentment that various coalitions have cited as reason to oppose the Common Core State Standards. In this post, I will identify and discuss even more sources of opposition to the standards. More...
30 août 2015
The hidden bias of science’s universal language
Since the middle of the last century, things have shifted in the global scientific community. English is now so prevalent that in some non-English speaking countries – like Germany, France and Spain – English-language academic papers outnumber publications in the country’s own language several times over. In the Netherlands this ratio is an astonishing 40:1, writes Adam Huttner-Koros for The Atlantic. Read more...
30 août 2015
Gladwell weighs in on university endowment debate
In a sharp-elbowed opinion piece in The New York Times recently, Victor Fleischer, a law professor at the University of San Diego, took several big-name schools to task for the ways that they handle their endowments. Read more...
30 août 2015
Scottish universities fear £450m blow under Holyrood plans
University leaders have warned that up to £450 million (US$694 million) could be lost from their finances under Scottish government plans to seize greater “control and influence” over the way they are run, writes Scot MacNab for the Scotsman. Read more...
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