Higher Ed: Page 292


  • Obama announces 'College Promise' campaign, advisory board

    The campaign is designed to tout the administration’s free community college proposal, as well as the range of others recently proposed or enacted.

    By Tara García Mathewson • Sept. 10, 2015
  • New U of Iowa president turns down tenure offer

    The longtime businessman has not spent any part of his professional career in academia, making even the offer of tenure seem strange — though it's not unprecedented.

    By Tara García Mathewson • Sept. 10, 2015
  • Trendline

    Mental Health and Wellness

    This Trendline examines how colleges can address rising mental health concerns and support at-risk groups, such as transgender students and college athletes. 

    By Higher Ed Dive staff
  • Princeton, UC-Berkeley top 2016 US News & World Report rankings

    Williams College ranks as the top national liberal arts college and the United States Naval Academy is its top public counterpart.

    By Tara García Mathewson • Sept. 9, 2015
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    Supply of college graduates not meeting demands

    CareerBuilder data shows an increase in degree completions from 2012 to 2014 was less than 1% per year following an unsustained uptick from 2010 to 2011.

    By Tara García Mathewson • Sept. 9, 2015
  • Making a case for building classes around mobile technology

    Ronald Yaros created an app for his classes to help eliminate distractions that competed with classwork. 

    By Tara García Mathewson • Sept. 9, 2015
  • Kentucky for-profit Daymar to settle with former students

    The proposed settlement calls for Daymar to pay almost $1.8 million, which will be split among Kentucky and out-of-state students.

    By Tara García Mathewson • Sept. 9, 2015
  • Survey: Higher ed presidents largely in support of debt-free college

    The Gallup/Inside Higher Ed poll asked 523 college and university presidents, finding most private institutions opposed and most public in favor.

    By Tara García Mathewson • Sept. 9, 2015
  • Deep Dive

    Beyond student progress: How Ivy Tech is approaching data analytics

    The Indiana school is exploring a range of uses, like tracking faculty outcomes and financial aid fraud.

    By Tara García Mathewson • Sept. 8, 2015
  • Duncan, Perez argue for K-14 expansion

    An additional two years would better facilitate career education for the 21st Century economy, according to the education and labor secretaries.

    By Roger Riddell • Sept. 8, 2015
  • What should institutions consider when working with big data?

    Building momentum from small victories and thinking through the end-game helps foster a culture that respects data and keeps it front and center in decision-making.

    By Tara García Mathewson • Sept. 8, 2015
  • 11 Tennessee schools join consortium aimed at boosting faculty, staff diversity

    Vanderbilt will host the nonprofit Greater Tennessee Higher Education Recruitment Consortium, or Greater TN HERC.

    By Tara García Mathewson • Sept. 8, 2015
  • Denver mulls tax increase to raise $10M for college scholarships

    The city council gave preliminary approval to send the tax proposition to voters, who will decide whether the fund is worth 8 cents on every $100 purchase.

    By Tara García Mathewson • Sept. 8, 2015
  • Colleges turn to outsourced counseling services for students needing support

    In some cases, the service is an extension of an Employee Assistance Program, targeted to students, and it serves as a lower-cost option that meets demand.

    By Tara García Mathewson • Sept. 8, 2015
  • U of Iowa presidential search ends with controversial choice

    The Iowa Board of Regents chose business consultant J. Bruce Harreld after tense questioning about his lack of academic leadership experience.

    By Tara García Mathewson • Sept. 8, 2015
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    More Choices Can Mean Better Results When Looking at OPM

    Exploring best practices in Online Program Management (OPM) evaluation, negotiation and success.

    By Dale Leatherwood • Sept. 8, 2015
  • Washington Monthly publishes its take on college ranking priorities

    Sixteen of the top 20 schools are public, with Harvard and Stanford the only two traditional elites cracking the top 10.

    By Tara García Mathewson • Sept. 4, 2015
  • U of Rochester cuts business school tuition to improve ranking outlier status

    Simon Business School will drop its two-year tuition cost to $92,000 from $106,500 after years of standard increases that weren't in line with its peers.

    By Tara García Mathewson • Sept. 4, 2015
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    Why open educational resources aren't catching on with some faculty

    In many cases, they don’t know what OER is, aren't familiar with the Creative Commons licensing that covers it, or don’t know where to find it.

    By Tara García Mathewson • Sept. 4, 2015
  • Wariness looms over federal aid for coding bootcamps

    The Century Foundation is urging the Education Department to keep in mind that the for-profit sector began with lofty goals for innovation, too.

    By Tara García Mathewson • Sept. 4, 2015
  • Lobbying spikes to save expiring Perkins Loan program

    The program is running on a one year extension that ends Sept. 30, after which Congress would need to take action to keep it alive.

    By Tara García Mathewson • Sept. 4, 2015
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    University researchers could see major benefits from new medical trial rules

    A joint group of federal departments have been working to overhaul the rules guiding human participation since 2011.

    By Tara García Mathewson • Sept. 3, 2015
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    Achieving the Dream to partner with Echo360 for student engagement study

    The partnership will give the community college reform network a chance to dig deeper into specific factors that contribute to positive outcomes.

    By Tara García Mathewson • Sept. 3, 2015
  • Network attached storage systems touted for reliability, scalability, access

    NAS systems may have gotten flak in the past, but tech improvements make them an ideal backup in a multi-tiered data protection strategy.

    By Tara García Mathewson • Sept. 3, 2015
  • UCF enrolls more students than it has seats, live-streams lectures to overflow

    Lecture-capture technology allows the university to offer intro courses to more students than its classrooms fit.

    By Tara García Mathewson • Sept. 3, 2015
  • New York attorney general to create independent monitor of Cooper Union

    The arrangement comes as part of a settlement with the long-free college, which prompted an alumni lawsuit when it started charging tuition in 2014.

    By Tara García Mathewson • Sept. 3, 2015