Young English-speaking Canadians are much more likely than their Francophone counterparts to see higher education as essential, according to a new poll released by The Globe and Mail. The poll found that fewer than 20 per cent of 18- to 24-year-old French speakers said a university degree was essential [...]
Deflating the Grade Inflation Scare Miller-McCune
A sociologist and an economist look at collegiate grade inflation and find a bogeyman that doesn't frighten them at all.
The Old Collegie Lie
Democracy
The
biggest problem with American higher education is that too many' [...]
When asked by the Chronicle of Higher Education why the chain of for-profit schools he oversees had such a high three-year cohort default rate, Arthur Benjamin, the chief executive of ATI Career Training Center, cited the fact that his institutions did not provide loan counseling after two [...]
Mississippi's state higher education board has given initial approval to a plan to make it easier to dismiss tenured faculty members, the Associated Press reported. Among the changes: shortening the notice time that must be given to tenured professors, and including lack of funds as a reason for terminating [...]
A new report, "Taking Stock: Higher Education and Latinos," summarizes research about the progress of Latino students in higher education and the views of political leaders and students themselves on that progress -- and areas where not enough progress has been made. The report urges a renewed national focus [...]
This Inside Higher Ed article describes a white paper by Louis Soares of the Center for American Progress. Soares calls for the creation of an Office of Consumer Protection in Higher Education. The office would encourage colleges to produce better data on how effectively they serve students, and set [...]
Jones's cynicism is evident in this title: here come the indicators, wait for the task corruption. The context is a discussion of the Australian government's new plan for higher education focusing on results-based funding, performance, targets and quality. David T. Jones argues that we need "quite" [...] How to foster the kind of quality education journalism we saw in the Washington Post yesterday? In a time when traditional journalism is crumbling, that won’t be easy. And yet some interesting alternatives are emerging, I argue in this Chronicle of Higher Education commentary co-written with Richard Colvin from [...]
Higher education company will pay U.S. $67.5 million and $11 million to plaintiffs' lawyers to settle claims that it illegally compensated its student recruiters.
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Louisiana serves as model in teacher assessment Washington Post
Reports show that Florida and Texas are moving toward linking test
scores and teacher preparation. Maryland and Virginia officials said
they are studying Louisiana's approach. Sally Clausen, Louisiana's
commissioner of higher education, said officials' [...]
Phyllis Wise, provost of the University of Washington, is facing growing criticism for joining the board of Nike, The Seattle Times reported. Wise and university officials note that it is common for higher education administrators to serve on corporate boards and that they can use these positions to encourage [...]
Pittsburgh's colleges and universities have rejected a demand from Mayor Luke Ravenstahl that they devise a plan to contribute $5 million to close the city's budget shortfall, The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported. The mayor has said that without such a commitment from higher education, he would push for a City [...]
Seeking to bring the work of higher education scholars to bear on the policy and practice of colleges and universities, the Association for the Study of Higher Education's Council for the Advancement of Higher Education Programs and Inside Higher Ed announce the Higher Education Learning Briefs initiative. The project [...]
In the age of Google and Wikipedia, can higher education create online reference works that are free, scholarly, and economically viable?
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Tony Bates points to this report mas a useful antidote to things such reports comparing the Canadian system with the U.S. "Don't be fooled by the [IHE] article's title," he writes, "it is much more complicated than the US catching up." The report examines the [...] It doesn’t happen everyday, but sometimes someone comes up with a great idea that’s good for everyone. The Arkansas Department of Higher Education (ADHE) started a scholarship lottery recently, which reached $100 million in sales in [...]
Georgetown theologian discusses his new book on Catholic higher education.
[...]Things are changing in the world of higher education, and it’s about time. Universities across the country are taking the bold leap into the 21st century, making some moves that promise to change the traditional classroom experience. Even raising your hand in class is [...]
I love a good controversy about an important higher education topic. What better way to enjoy a Wisconsin snowstorm than to sit cozily inside, trading emails with knowledgeable folks who are trying to sort out why it appears college completion rates have declined in the U.S. [...] An article in The Globe and Mail examines concerns in Canada over the growing gender gap in enrollments in higher education. An example: 80 percent of veterinary students at the University of Guelph are women.
[...]Leader of Rhode Island community college to maintain presidency while becoming commissioner of state’s higher education governing board.
[...]It's a message many Gradebook readers have passionately advocated over the years, but perhaps it's one that education leaders in Florida and elsewhere don't hear enough. So when Mark Wilson, president and CEO of the Florida Chamber of Commerce, rose to tell gathered higher education officials to prove they' [...]
