public ivies gather no moss
Compare the stories of the top University of California campuses, the University of Virginia, the University of Michigan, and the University of North Carolina, all of which are projecting large...
View Articlewhen out-of-state isn’t far enough
I am not a higher ed specialist, and I’m certainly not highly knowledgeable about higher ed markets or international higher ed markets. But this post from Charles Kenny at the New America Foundation on...
View Article“all aid is not created equal”
A while back, a friend who works in higher ed linked to this essay from Inside Higher Ed about the “Bennett hypothesis” of postsecondary tuition increases. Roughly stated, the Bennett hypothesis...
View Articlecollege intrigue and bad k-12 reform
Valerie Strauss just analyzed the recent furor over the forced resignation of University of Virginia President Teresa Sullivan as the higher-ed analogue of K-12 school reform. As nice as it would be to...
View Articletricks and treats
1) According to a report issued by the New America Foundation less than two weeks ago, the recent changes to the Income-Based Repayment program for federal student loans will ultimately benefit upper-...
View Articletitle ix, money, and the humane disciplines
Apparently, support for women’s co-curricular sports under Title IX is just a way to take funding away from the hardworking (men’s) sports that actually make a profit and put it toward those (women’s...
View Articlethis week’s reads
are from all over the map, literally and in terms of topic: 1) Rachel Levy at All Things Education weighs in on all the various pieces of Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell’s “education agenda”, including...
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