By Marjorie Valbrun. Anger grows over major scholarly meeting in Asian studies, organized by group based in U.S., that will hold conference in India even though Pakistanis will be banned from attending. More...
17 juin 2018
17 juin 2018
Questions on Michigan's Investment Tactics
By Marjorie Valbrun. Recent scrutiny of investment practices by the University of Michigan is raising concerns about conflicts of interest and ethical lapses at colleges and universities seeking to increase their endowments. More...
17 juin 2018
New Federal Data Also Show Enrollment Declines
By Marjorie Valbrun. Undergraduate enrollment in the United States, widely measured as decreasing for the last six straight years, fell by more than half a percent from fall 2015 to fall 2016, according to newly released data from the National Center for Education Statistics. More...
17 juin 2018
Higher Ed's Next Reform Push: 'Demand-Driven Education'
By Paul Fain. A new report from Pearson, the education technology company, and Jobs for the Future, a nonprofit group, argues that postsecondary education is on the cusp of a third wave of reform. More...
17 juin 2018
Analysis of Performance Funding Scenarios in Calif.
By Paul Fain. California's move toward performance funding for its community colleges could work without harming colleges that enroll large numbers of underserved student groups, according to a new report published Thursday by the Century Foundation, but only if the formula adequately takes into account the socioeconomic profile of students at individual colleges. More...
17 juin 2018
Moody's: Declining Enrollment Is Squeezing Tuition Revenue
By Paul Fain. Recently released data on declining college enrollments in the U.S. and constraints on tuition pricing will continue to suppress tuition revenue growth this year, according to Moody's, the credit-rating agency. More...
17 juin 2018
Mostly Positive Effects of a 'Last-Dollar' Scholarship
By Paul Fain. New research from the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia analyzes the impact of a scholarship offered by Rutgers University-Camden. The Bridging the Gap scholarship is a "last-dollar" financial aid program that grants mostly lower-income first-year undergraduate students from New Jersey a full or partial tuition discount after all need-based federal, state and institutional grants are applied. More...
17 juin 2018
Latest Data on Enrollment Declines
By Paul Fain. Overall college enrollments continue to slide, according to the latest data from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center, a nonprofit that tracks 97 percent of students who attend degree-granting institutions that are eligible to receive federal financial aid. More...
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