Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. The Board of Higher Education is hoping to focus attention on and increase the incentive for the state's public colleges and universities to see that more students graduate and in a timely manner.Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. The school year has come to an end. For newly minted college graduates it can be a tumultuous time filled with anticipation, anxiety, happiness and disappointment. Although some college graduates will find their first, degree-related job right out of college, it’s not the case for most.Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. At the request (i.e., demand) of my parents, I recently visited their attic to clear out my old stuff. The biggest culprit was my vast collection of cassette tapes. While it was easy enough to part with Madonna and New Kids on the Block, I grew nostalgic about the recordings I made on my snazzy Casio two-cassette boombox, most of which were of the weekly radio show American Top 40 with Casey Kasem.Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. Right now, college professors are taking a real beating at the state level. There was the state senator in North Carolina who wanted to codify a 4-4 teaching load. Then there was the one in Iowa who wanted to let students vote their “worst” professors out of a job. Now for the trifecta, there’s Scott Walker’s drive to undermine (some say “destroy”) professor tenure and shared governance at Wisconsin’s state universities.Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. Sightlines, a leader in helping academic institutions better manage their facilities and capital investment strategies, will host its first-ever member conference for higher ed executives on November 9-11, 2015, at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Newport, R.I.Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. In February 1970, with the school's storied quadrangle by the Charles River still in the grip of winter, Harvard University broke the bad news to students and their parents: Tuition was going up.Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. There’s a saying in famously egalitarian Norway that Curt Rice, the American-born incoming president of the country’s third-biggest university, likes to rattle off: “We’re all sitting in the same boat.”Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. Brandi King, a health plan adviser for Anthem, Inc, eagerly awaited the announcement from the higher-ups.Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. Today, if we pay attention to the loudest voices, we seem intent on terrorizing college students, especially the most ambitious and talented among them. The language of this assault is couched in terms of the rights of students to lucrative outcomes to their education immediately following graduation, accomplished in part by the shaping of higher education curricula to current vocational demands.Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. To the casual observer, Rhonda Rogombe is a record-holding high school athlete with a bright future. Newly graduated from Washington High School in Charles Town, West Virginia, the 18-year-old track and field star will head to Rutgers University in the fall to pursue a degree in economics./https%3A%2F%2Fprofilepics.canalblog.com%2Fprofilepics%2F1%2F0%2F1076071.jpg)
