The creation of TACFEP is a great boost for the Texas higher education community, providing a network of dedicated professionals that can support and enhance efforts to keep students in college and on track to completing their degrees.

Liberal arts education is personal -- it's face-to-face in small classes with teachers and fellow students who are committed to and excited about learning. And that makes all the difference.

Many people are beginning to question the viability of obtaining a higher education. I sat down with Peter Stokes, Vice President for Global Strategy and Business Development at Northeastern University, to find out if they have a legitimate argument.

Here's the truth the complex doesn't want you to know. Today's college degree does not provide career security or even a decent shot at a job. And, we mislead working men and women when we claim it does.

While it appears that the recent graduates on their parents' couch are an exception and not the rule, finding a first job appears to be a greater challenge today as the economy struggles to recover millions of lost jobs and absorb several million more workers.

Looking at the whole picture, the bottom line is that sustainability helps higher education save money, contribute to educational affordability, attract research dollars, and recruit top-tier faculty and students who will add considerable long-term value to society.

What do former professional athletes Sammy Baugh, George Blanda, Bert Campaneris and Jose Oquendo have in common? They are all recognized as having...

As a nation, our collective response to this challenge will most certainly define our economic and social well-being for decades to come. We are a nation of producers and it's time for us to start producing the talent we need to meet future workforce and civic needs.

Technology has become an equalizer in a variety of situations, from making smaller nations more of a threat to traditional world powers to making students from smaller colleges and universities equally qualified for careers as their counterparts from the Ivy League.

Fisher v. University of Texas-Austin and Schuette v. Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action, could have the most groundbreaking rulings regarding affirmative action in higher education to date. These cases have the potential to set a new precedent for how applicants are evaluated in the admissions process.

College students have been known to make all kinds of mistakes, including stupid ones usually involving too much beer. Here are seven scenarios where not speaking up can be a disaster. They play out far too often on campuses daily.

Collaboration is important not just because it's a better way to learn. The spirit of collaboration is penetrating every institution and all of our lives. So learning to collaborate is part of equipping yourself for innovation and life-long learning in an ever-changing networked economy.

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.

Student loans are not like mortgages, for the simple reason that they are non-dischargeable in bankruptcy. They are not a bubble and cannot become one. What they can become is an anchor that is sinking the fortunes of an entire generation.

Despite the obvious limitations of Tax-Free NY, why is the governor promoting it so vigorously?

One would think the world of education-Including educators, decision makers and government education policy generators -- would base decisions on grounded research. Why then is there such a gap between what we know (through research) and what we do (practice/make decisions)?

Would you rather watch your professor from the back of a massive lecture hall or on your iPhone? No pressure, but how you answer this question may determine the future of higher education.

I spent little time thinking of secondary education. I was too busy trying to survive. I was later adopted, as an adult, and my new mother helped me to go back to school. My story is rare. Most who walked a minute in my shoes will never see the inside of a college classroom.

A Wells Fargo stock analyst, who boosts for-profit colleges while frequently overlooking their abuses, lays the blame for one particularly predatory college's high failure rate at the feet of low-income students, or, as he calls them, "subprime" students.