Inside Higher Ed
Dec. 11, 2008
You can tell a lot about institutions – and societies – by how they invest their money. This is why many public college and university leaders, myself included, are so concerned by the shameful spiral of disinvestment in public higher education in America.
At a time when our global competitors from Ireland to China are investing aggressively in their higher education systems, almost every state in our nation is headed the other direction. This pattern, now nearly...
USA Today
Dec. 10, 2008
A group of college presidents and other top education officials says the USA's "economic, democratic and social health" could worsen over the next several decades if more Americans don't earn a college degree. The group is pushing to increase the percentage of young people who earn a degree from 40% to 55% by 2025.
The Wall Street Journal
Dec. 3, 2008
As public colleges grapple with reductions in state funding, the prospect of reduced access to higher education is looking more likely.
Florida's state universities, squeezed early by the slumping economy's effect on tax revenues, instituted a three-year cap on freshman enrollment last year. The mammoth California State University system -- with 450,000 students -- has announced plans to reduce its head count by up to 10,000 students for the next school year. Absent a boost...
U.S. News & World Report
Dec. 3, 2008
A new ranking of college affordability gives 49 of the 50 states F's. But while there's no doubt that college has gotten painfully expensive, a closer look at the data behind the numbers shows there are still some educational bargains out there.
For example, the report showed that students in Tennessee pay, on average, the least for a year of college—just 13 percent of their families' income, according to "Measuring Up 2008: The National Report Card on Higher Edu...
USA Today
Dec. 2, 2008
The USA has made modest gains since the early 1990s in preparing students for college and providing access, a report says today. But other countries are advancing more quickly, and if trends continue, the picture is only going to get worse, the authors warn.
"The rest of the world is moving past us," says Patrick Callan, president of the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education, the non-profit California-based group that released the report. "I ...
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