By Stefanie Botelho. Biodegradable, wood-based computer chips can perform just as well as chips commonly used for wireless communication, according to new research. More...
17 août 2015
17 août 2015
The pension crisis at public universities
By Stefanie Botelho. The University of Illinois history professor Steve Hansen didn’t need an academic analysis to tell him his retirement income was at risk in a state struggling to narrow an estimated $111B shortfall in its public-employee pension fund. More...
17 août 2015
College major choices shift during recessions
By Stefanie Botelho. College students — especially female college students — are more likely to select difficult majors such as those in science, technology, engineering and math during a recession, according to new research from the University of Colorado. More...
17 août 2015
Clinton courts Silicon Valley with higher education overhaul plan
By Stefanie Botelho. Hillary Clinton is directly courting Silicon Valley in her $350 billion plan to overhaul higher education. Clinton will reveal the full details of her plan at an upcoming talk in New Hampshire, but has released the major tenets to news outlets. More...
17 août 2015
State college aid becoming less accessible for middle class
By Stefanie Botelho. As a self-proclaimed member of the lower middle class, Lubbock resident Debra Spencer knew that paying for her kids' college would be a struggle. This year, however, that struggle has grown far beyond her expectations. More...
17 août 2015
These groups are hoping to help first-generation students graduate
By Stefanie Botelho. For students aiming to be the first in their families to earn a college degree, there are many obstacles to getting into school-but the challenges don’t end when they arrive on campus. However, several groups are seeking to change that with mentoring and career development programs that specifically aim to help these students finish school. More...
17 août 2015
Economic diversity on college campuses is an elusive goal
By Stefanie Botelho. University leaders often speak of the need to extend higher education opportunities to low-income students, even as the national trend is for colleges and universities to go after a more affluent enrollment. More...
17 août 2015
Wisconsin legislators quietly consider realigning colleges, universities
By Stefanie Botelho. Wisconsin legislators have begun quietly and unofficially discussing how the state's 42 public universities and colleges—the 26 UW System campuses and the 16 technical colleges—might be realigned to deal with dwindling state aid. More...
17 août 2015
Students use crowdfunding to help pay for school
By Stefanie Botelho. When Abigail Covington, a recent high school graduate from Washington, D.C., got accepted into Syracuse University in central New York for the coming fall, she still needed $5,000 to afford her freshman year after receiving her financial aid package. More...
17 août 2015
Universities relying on adjunct profs pursue profit over integrity
By Stefanie Botelho. Many observers would agree that a lot of universities today no longer champion liberal education but are little more than academic corporations that bequeath to their graduates a degree in debt. Such debts often reach six figures and require a lifetime to remit while the lenders receive millions in interest and enrich themselves. More...
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