Higher education is headed for a supply and demand crisis
Beyond the overall numbers shifting, high school graduating classes will become more diverse. Those classes will have fewer white students and more Hispanic students, according to demographers, and a...
View ArticleOPINION: Changing the ‘narrow and sometimes elitist image of higher education’
The enduring popular concept of what it means to go to college sends young people the message that they’re not “college material” if they’re not interested in, or able to attend, a four-year college or...
View ArticleA College Designed for Adults
At College Unbound, a new institution in Rhode Island, the curriculum and services reflect the life and work experiences of older students. “We’ve tried to become what they needed,” says Adam Bush, its...
View ArticleWho’s Missing From America’s Colleges? Rural High School Graduates
Overall, 59 percent of rural high school grads — white and nonwhite, at every income level — go to college the subsequent fall. That’s a lower proportion than the 62 percent of urban and 67 percent of...
View ArticleThe Perils of Trashing the Value of College
This question of who gets educated — who deserves the time and resources to learn — is not new. Nor is the desire to distinguish between practical knowledge and idle exploration. The University of...
View ArticleHow Maine Became a Laboratory for the Future of Public Higher Ed
Many states in the Midwest and Northeast are facing shortfalls, but Maine’s promises to be especially brutal. Every statistic about the state is more worrying than the next, and together they spell...
View Article‘Accountability and Opportunity in Higher Education’
Editors discuss new collection of essays about the impact of various state and federal policies on minority students — an impact the authors see as far too often ignored. The post ‘Accountability and...
View ArticleRuth Simmons on Cultivating the Next Generation of College Students
In 2012, after a distinguished career in higher education, which included serving as the president of Smith College and Brown University — where she was the first black woman to lead an Ivy League...
View ArticleEnding ‘Mom-and-Pop’ Governance
The challenges colleges and universities face are well documented and often intimidating. Population trends will leave institutions in some parts of the country without enough traditional-age local...
View ArticleStudy Reveals Online Learning’s Impact
“Making Digital Learning Work” explores how leading colleges and universities are using digital learning to improve student learning outcomes such as retention and graduation; to expand access –...
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