By Scott Jaschik. Thirty-seven college associations on Sunday issued a joint statement on the importance of diversity in American higher education. "A diverse student body enables all students to have the transformational experience of interacting with their peers who have varied perspectives and come from different backgrounds. Read more...
By Doug Lederman. The last year has brought a cacophony of proposals for "fixing" the federal student financial aid system, with debates about the sequester and the size of the federal budget raging, the renewal of the Higher Education Act looming, and a well-financed effort by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation priming the pump. Read more...ByChris Parr for Times Higher Education. In days past, parents in Britain were often uninterested bystanders when it came to decisions about where their children would go to university. Now they are so important that student recruitment advertising is targeting them directly. Online forum and social media network the Student Room has partnered with Mumsnet, the online forum for parents, to allow universities to aim advertising directly at parents and their children at the same time. Read more...By Ry Rivard. Some students taking free classes from Coursera may never know the right answers. A University of Michigan professor teaching one of the company's massive open online courses, or MOOCs, told students this week he could not provide them with correct answers to questions they get wrong because doing so would reduce efficiency. The professor’s decision is prompting additional questions by critics of MOOCs about their ability to provide quality teaching. Read more...
Bilan de l'activité "Parrainage en PACA" en 2012 Valutazione dell'attività "PACA Sponsorizzazione" nel 2012. Seguendo l'ordine dello Stato e della Regione, CARIF partner regionale intrattenimento rete sponsorizzazione PACA formalizzato come ogni anno, i risultati dell'attività di mentoring per giovani e adulti, con ARDML dati per il pubblico giovane. Più...
By Patricia Baeten. The Senate adjourned for the July 4 recess on Thursday, but failed to keep interest rates on Stafford loans at the current 3.4 percent rate. The federally subsidized loans are set to expire on July 1, after which the interest rate cap will rise to 6.8 percent. Congress ignores students and dismisses education as unimportant. Sallie Mae is a former government-sponsored enterprise that was fully privatized in 2004 and now trades publicly as SLM Corp. Sallie Mae the private lender that has been generating enormous profits thanks to soaring student debt and the climbing cost of education. Since the privatization of Sallie Mae, on average the annual cost of education at public schools has risen 57 percent since 2005 to nearly $18,000, according to College Board figures Sallie Mae cites in its latest quarterly pitch to investors. Students at private schools are paying more than $39,000, or nearly 44 percent more than they did in 2005. Read more...
By Cokie & Steve Roberts. It was graduation weekend at George Washington University, where Steve has taught for the last 23 years. At a brunch for students and their families, one group stood out: a half-dozen women in brightly colored hijabs, traditional Muslim headscarves. They were there to support and celebrate Aliya, an honors graduate who also headed the Muslim Students' Association on campus.
ByThomas L. Hellie. Education leaders must weigh benefits of collaboration versus uniformity. Recently, I participated in a meeting of Oregon college presidents that explored ways to streamline educational offerings and create efficiencies based on one another’s strengths. Though together we arrived at similar conclusions, the strength of America’s higher education system is found in its diversity of approaches. To be truly effective, we must also be distinctive, offering a wide set of alternatives to our students. Read more...ByJames Martin and James E. Samels. As the rest of world gets on with their lives, those of us who call Massachusetts home are reminded daily of why the Bay State has always been Boston Strong. Speaking at a national interfaith service after the Marathon bombings, President Obama remarked, “We may be momentarily knocked off our feet. But we’ll pick ourselves up. We’ll keep going. We will finish the race.” On international news channels, former Chief Strategist to the White House and Director of the Institute for Politics at the University of Chicago, David Axelrod, responded by simply declaring, “Let’s just make it clear that we’re going to get the people responsible.” Read more.../https%3A%2F%2Fprofilepics.canalblog.com%2Fprofilepics%2F1%2F0%2F1076071.jpg)
