Higher Education

The Anxiety Business

Eliot Schrefer | Posted 07.12.2008 | Living

Read More: College Admissions, Education, Sat Prep, College Board Sat, College Board, College, Cost of Higher Education, SAT Testing, College Admissions Craze, Sat Tutors, Higher Education, SAT's, Living News
Eliot Schrefer

The College Board is both in the business of test administration and test prep. If this feels inherently unfair, it should -- it's like a doctor whacking your knee with a sledgehammer and then offering to patch you up.

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Recession Special - The Truth About Affording The Rising Cost of College (Part I)

Kat Cohen | Posted 06.20.2008 | Living

Read More: College Loans and Debt, College Admissions, College, College Admissions Craze, High School, Higher Education, College Admissions Frenzy, Independent College Counselor, Financial Advice, Living News
Kat Cohen

Before you can even begin to consider the, "Will my child get in to her top choice college?" question, it's impossible not to reflect on the cost of attending college. And college costs are rising.

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An Elegant Solution: Act III: Interrupting Generations of Poverty, Abuse and Neglect with Education

David Ambroz | Posted 06.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: Education, Foster Care, California, Abuse, Poverty, Higher Education, Community College, Politics News
David Ambroz

We are blessed with a plethora of affordable open admission community colleges, and these treasures should be leveraged to assist in the empowerment effort for foster youth.

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Healthy, Wealthy and Wise?

Andrew L. Yarrow | Posted 06.05.2008 | Business

Read More: Gdp, Cost of Higher Education, Supply, Higher Education, Gross Domestic Product, Health Care, Health Care System, Demand, Business News
Andrew L. Yarrow

How did two proud symbols of American greatness from the late 19th to the late 20th centuries become emblematic of deep social and economic problems and the nation's slide from global pre-eminence?

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4 Things UNC Can Expect with an Entrepreneur in Charge

Buck Goldstein | Posted 05.27.2008 | Business

Read More: Holden Thorp, Higher Education, University of North Carolina, Unc, Unviersity of North Carolina Chancellor, Entrepeneurship, Business News
Buck Goldstein

UNC has just appointed Holden Thorp the Chancellor of the University. What will it mean to UNC in particular and higher education in general to have an entrepreneur at the helm?

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Full-Page "Women Count" Ad for Hillary Excludes 28 Million Women

Bella DePaulo | Posted 05.24.2008 | Media

Read More: Law, Single Men, Children, Single Mothers, Matrimania, Fox, Media, Scholarship, Singles, Federal Funding, Marriage, Singlism, Los Angeles Times, Social Movements, Demographics, Single Women, Voting, Second-Wave Feminism, Abc, Women, Work Life Balance, Political Ads, Feminism, USA Today, Advertising, WomenCount PAC, New York Times, Hillary Clinton, Academia, 2008 Presidential Candidates, Higher Education, Widows, Media News
Bella DePaulo

The ad funded by "Women Count" counts every woman -- as long as she is married. I wonder, are single women also invisible to Hillary?

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Bring on the Best and the Brightest

Rep. Patrick Kennedy | Posted 04.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: Patrick Kennedy, Education, Innovation, Immigration, Higher Education, Politics News
Rep. Patrick Kennedy

We have the most talented workforce in the world, but we need to make sure that our education and immigration systems are working in concert to maintain and expand on that advantage.

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California's Budget Problems Limit College Opportunities

Byron Williams | Posted 03.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: California Public Schools, Higher Education, Uc Schools, Proposal 13, California Budget Crisis, Arnold Schwarzenegger, College Costs, California Board of Education, Politics News
Byron Williams

Access to higher education for all who qualify long has been a hallmark for California residents. Is this a value that the state can afford to chip away?

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Learning for a Lifetime

C. L. Max Nikias | Posted 02.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Distance Learning, Education, Higher Education, Usc, Lifelong Learning, Business News
C. L. Max Nikias

Whether or not a person attends a traditional graduate program, she will find that top-quality online learning can help her advance careers over the course of her lifetime.

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Economic Mobility Slowed By Widening Higher Education Gap

New York Times | ERIK ECKHOLM | Posted 02.20.2008 | Business

Read More: Pew Charitable Trusts, Higher Eduation Gaps, Higher Education, Brookings Institution, College Students, College Degrees, Economic Mobility, Business News

Economic mobility, the chance that children of the poor or middle class will climb up the income ladder, has not changed significantly over the last t...

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College Admissions: The Formerly-Privileged Class Feels Threatened

Joie Jager-Hyman | Posted 01.17.2008 | Politics

Read More: Yale Financial Aid, College Admissions, Achievment Gap, Education, College, Cost of Higher Education, Ivy League, Harvard Financial Aid, Competition for Ivy League, Legacy College Admissions, Financial Aid, Legacy, Higher Education, Student Loans, Cost of College, Politics News
Joie Jager-Hyman

Rarely do colleges and university administrators speak openly about the reasons that the class divide has gotten so out of control.

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What is Competitiveness?

Gerald Bracey | Posted 12.19.2007 | Politics

Read More: US Economy, Standardized Testing, Innovation, Education, Higher Education, Economy, Global Competitiveness Report, Politics News
Gerald Bracey

The next time someone starts ranting about math and science scores dooming us to a future of mediocrity, give 'em a copy of the Global Competitiveness Report.

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Squandering America's Intellectual Capital

C. L. Max Nikias | Posted 12.12.2007 | Politics

Read More: College Tuition, Tuition, College, Education, Higher Education, Politics News
C. L. Max Nikias

Lest we be overcome with an unhelpful zeal, we must remember that market forces, are already keeping universities more efficient than many other enterprises.

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Reform FAFSA: Getting Money to the Students Who Need It

Zach Marks | Posted 10.29.2007 | Politics

Read More: Commission on the Future of Higher Education, University, Debt, College Loans and Debt, College Loans, College Board, Affording College, College, Making College Affordable, Margaret Spellings, Higher Education, Fincial Aid, College Aid, College Debt, Fafsa, Politics News
Zach Marks

Without reforms to the aid application process, much of the extra $20 billion Congress set aside for making college affordable may never get to the students who need it.

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Look To Class: A Solution For Affirmative Action

Matthew Schwieger | Posted 10.10.2007 | Politics

Read More: New York Times, Class Based Affirmative Action, Higher Education, Jerome Karabel, Andrew Delbanco, Affirmative Action, New York Times Magazine, Politics News
Matthew Schwieger

The lack of low-income students enrolled at select institutions of higher education is scandalous. But with a solution there's a duty to take the next step.

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