It's been almost 60 years since the 1954 Supreme Court decision Brown vs. Board of Education led to the dismantling of segregated schools in the South...
The student loan crisis in America is reaching epidemic proportions, to the tune of a trillion dollars owed by students for the privilege of pursuing an affordable higher education. As with most complex issues, there is good news and bad.
As chancellor of Southern Illinois University Carbondale, I am responsible for a $592 million budget, 7,500 faculty and staff, and more than 200 gradu...
Forbes just reported on what it considers the "worst" college degrees. Their criteria? The. unemployment rate for people who had these majors and th...
If we truly desire to see improvements in college completion and workforce outcomes for the millions low- and moderate-income students collectively served by Pell, TRIO, and other programs, then first, we must stop pretending like it can be done cheaply.
Helping to pay for one's college education adds meaning to life's lessons learned and adds value and context while in higher pursuits. But it's unconscionable to think that just about the only way for someone to go to college full-time is to go into debt with student loans.
If you've already applied to college (or soon will), there's always a chance this could happen: Placement on the "wait list." For many students this "admissions limbo" means an added layer of stress. That's why it's important to get a grasp on it... and possibly even come out of it on top.
We seem to be at a crossroads, where costs cannot align with the public's ability and willingness to pay. Something has to give.
The national public is thirsty for simple solutions to the escalating costs of going to school. The global public is in search of in-country means of providing higher learning for their exploding middle class.
Not only is a liberal arts education not as expensive as news stories lead us to believe, but there may be no better investment in America today.
First-generation, low-income and minority students fare better when they have adequate access to financial aid, support programs that properly introduce them to and sustain them through the academy, and proper high school preparation that equips them to handle the rigor of college work.
There is nothing in the world like the American system of postsecondary education. These remarkable institutions need to be celebrated, supported, and nurtured if our country and our economy have hope of viability in the future.
While the phrase caveat emptor is a necessary one to consider in picking colleges and degree programs, the Great Recession shouldn't claim the idea that higher education is a ticket to a better future as one of its victims.
It's a question higher education leaders are asking themselves a lot these days -- what are these so-called MOOCs and should their college or university offer one?
In a move called "innovative" by one higher-education official, the University of Toledo not only announced a freeze in academic and living costs but ...
While tuition at public and private colleges alike continues to rise, total grant aid for students stalled in 2011-12, according to two recent reports...
Lately, it's become fashionable to question the value of a higher education. After all, if Bill Gates has made millions of dollars without a college degree couldn't our upcoming generation have the same, or a similar level of success?
Imagine a campus that provides the personal-attention intimacy of a fine small college and the ranging opportunities of a large research university, combining the best of both -- hence The Colleversity, intimate and expansive at once.
To millions of Americans and their children caught in the pincers of a pressing need for a college education that each year grows more expensive, the Obama administration has quietly thrown a lifeline. So quietly, in fact, that you probably don't know about it.
Let's have our political debate and a healthy and rational discussion on how to pay for college. But let's take care to appreciate the work done by the millions of American educators.
Did they flunk out, lack motivation, decide to become a plumber instead, or did they temporarily run out of money? They might still return, and the degree might demonstrate its value somewhere down the line.
A college degree is the key to realizing the American dream. But the cost of going to college has never been so high, and the value of having that diploma has never been more in doubt.
The deep-seated vein of anti-intellectualism that runs through American culture has subtle effects as well as blatant ones -- and I think, could help explain the recent spate of dramatic failures in university governance.
Will student debt bury a generation? Is college a bad investment? While many debate the value of a college degree, the reality is clear: It is more important than ever to possess the knowledge and skills acquired on a college campus.
In the 2012 season of flowing academic regalia and stirring graduation addresses on campuses across the country, an unwelcome guest crashed the commencement party -- the cost of higher education.
