Phil Regier runs a big online college of working adults. He pays attention to completion rates. President Obama set a goal of regaining the number-o...
Sheila Simon | Posted 05.05.2012
Our food has nutritional labels noting calories, fat, and sodium content that help us make informed decisions. Parents and prospective students could use similar help when it comes to making decisions about college.
Gaston Caperton | Posted 04.09.2012
We used to lead the world in college degrees. Now we've fallen dangerously behind. That's why we've set an ambitious goal for ourselves: we want 55 percent of Americans to have a college degree by the year 2025.
John Bridgeland | Posted 01.15.2012
There are more than 100,000 school counselors in our middle and high schools. Yet, they are among the least strategically deployed education professionals and are almost entirely missing from our education reform debates.
John Bridgeland | Posted 05.25.2011
How can it be that today, 53 percent of employers -- and 67 percent of small business employers that create most new jobs -- find it difficult to find qualified workers?
Susan Meisenhelder | Posted 05.25.2011
An unintended consequence of the exclusive focus on graduation percentages is that it can mask -- and even exacerbate -- problems with access to and equity in our nation's colleges and universities.
Gordon Davies | Posted 05.25.2011
Having been abroad during the academic year 2009-10, I returned to the States to find "productivity" a key word in political, corporate, and educational discussions of higher education.
Michael Laracy | Posted 05.25.2011
Michelle Asha Cooper, president of the Institute for Higher Education Policy, contributed the following commentary on the correlation between postseco...
Kati Haycock | Posted 05.25.2011
This is America. We should be committed to expanding knowledge and opportunities for all, not just the chosen few.
Kristin Conklin | Posted 05.25.2011
The U.S. is a leader in higher education spending, but ranks only 10th among developed nations in its proportion of younger adults with college degrees. The U.S. is simply not getting enough value out of the money it spends.
Liz Willen | Posted 05.25.2011
(Inver Hills Community College in Minn.) By Casey Selix of MinnPost and Liz Willen of The Hechinger Report This is the time of year Inver Hills Com...
Terrell Halaska and Kristin D. Conklin | Posted 05.25.2011
On Tuesday, March 30, the President signed H.R. 4872, The Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act. This past weekend, in his weekly address, Pre...
Gordon Davies | Posted 05.25.2011
Here's the new definition of prestige: an institution that serves the people of its state or region carefully at a price all of them can afford. Now, make that part of the definition of 'elite'."
Gordon Davies | Posted 05.25.2011
We need to give people opportunities to acquire more sophisticated work skills so this nation can reclaim intellectual -- and especially scientific and technological -- leadership in the world
Gerald Bracey | Posted 05.25.2011
I have not the expertise to address the merits of President Obama's speech to Congress on the issues of the economy. I do claim some expertise on education. He blew it.
Tom Vander Ark | Posted 04.16.2012