Policy & Legal: Page 211
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Kentucky Limits on Debt Issuance Hinder University Constructions
Lawmakers in the Kentucky state legislature denied the state’s universities the authority to issue any bonds for the next two years
By Sean Griffey • April 26, 2012 -
Veterans' Group Names 26 For-Profits It Says Exploit Its Brand to Lure Students
A national advocacy group for student veterans that kicked out 40 chapters at for-profit colleges this month for allegedly providing misleading information to prospective students plans to release on Thursday the names of 26 chapters that remain suspended.
By Sean Griffey • April 26, 2012 -
U Of Texas System Officials: We Took 'Immediate Action' In Investigating UTSW's Kern Wildenthal
Wildenthal resigned Tuesday after an internal investigation of his spending.
By Sean Griffey • April 25, 2012 -
Creating Innovators: Why America's Education System Is Obsolete
America’s last competitive advantage — its ability to innovate — is at risk as a result of the country’s lackluster education system.
By Sean Griffey • April 25, 2012 -
Stanford's President Predicts the Death of the Lecture Hall
Believes that large lecture halls are not a good learning environment and it’s not a good use of faculty's time.
By Sean Griffey • April 25, 2012 -
ETS Will Allow GRE Takers to Select Which Scores to Report
Move is similar to one made by the College Board with regard to the SAT in 2008
By Sean Griffey • April 24, 2012 -
Obama and Duncan Begin Push to Avoid Doubling of Student-Loan Interest Rate
Stafford loan interest rate is set to double, from 3.4 percent to 6.8 percent, on July 1
By Sean Griffey • April 20, 2012 -
Is the AAUP about to change course?
Is a statement on candidates website election hyperbole or is it more?
By Sean Griffey • April 20, 2012 -
Report: Middle Class Share of Tax Breaks Reduced Under Obama's Tuition Tax-Credit Program
American Opportunity Tax Credit program has shifted share of tax breaks to families making either less than $25,000 or more than $100,000 per year
By Sean Griffey • April 19, 2012 -
Colleges To Prove Worth For State Funds
Aggressive states are looking to award funding based on performance metrics
By Sean Griffey • April 17, 2012 -
Greening the Network
University of Nebraska is embarking on a network refresh project that could significantly boost energy efficiency.
By Sean Griffey • April 17, 2012 -
Supreme Court will hear case with major implications for textbook prices
The Supreme Court on Monday announced that it will rule on whether enterprising re-sellers can hawk cheaper versions of textbooks, produced for students overseas, to U.S. students at a discount.
By Sean Griffey • April 17, 2012 -
California State U Faculty Members Set To Vote On Strike
Faculty members at all 23 California State University campuses will begin voting Monday on whether they should strike if they are unable to come to a contract agreement with the university system.
By Sean Griffey • April 15, 2012 -
Education Department changing graduation rate measurements
A long-held wish of many community colleges is on the verge of becoming reality
By Sean Griffey • April 12, 2012 -
Senator Proposes 'Carfax-'Style Reports For Higher-Ed Costs
Proposal would require schools to provide user-friendly information on grad rates, debt levels, and more.
By Sean Griffey • April 9, 2012 -
Innovation in Higher Education? HAH !
College leaders need to move beyond talking about transformation before it's too late
By Sean Griffey • April 8, 2012 -
Changes may make it easier to measure a college's performance
Rankings based on the credentials of entering freshmen are not hard to find, but how can students, parents and policy makers assess how well a college builds on that foundation?
By Sean Griffey • April 8, 2012 -
Three Publishers Sue Free-Textbook Company
Boston start-up, Boundless Learning, denies its business is built on copyright infringement
By Sean Griffey • April 5, 2012 -
Columbia trustee's column challenges notion that trustees should speak with one voice
Open debate among trustees at private institutions is rare
By Sean Griffey • April 3, 2012 -
Big Tuition Increases At U Of Florida, Florida State U May Get Delayed
Difficulties in getting UF's computer systems ready for a tuition overhaul this fall may delay tuition hikes.
By Sean Griffey • April 2, 2012 -
Company hopes to get alumni to provide private loans to students
Social Financial makes private loans to current Stanford business students.
By Sean Griffey • April 2, 2012 -
Universities Track Athletes Online, Raising Legal Concerns
The business plan of Varsity Monitor is simple. Major universities like North Carolina, Nebraska and Oklahoma pay $7,000 to $10,000 a year and Varsity Monitor keeps an online eye on their athletes.
By Sean Griffey • April 1, 2012 -
Judge Backs Va. Tech Over Its 2007 Gunman Warning
Virginia Tech received a measure of vindication for its handling of a 2007 campus massacre when a judge ruled that federal education officials were wrong to conclude the university's response to the tragedy violated federal law.
By Sean Griffey • April 1, 2012 -
Retiring Education Department official looks back on 30 years of policy
Daniel Madzelan, a senior Education Department official, retired recently after 33 years of helping shape federal education policy.
By Sean Griffey • March 30, 2012 -
U Of Colorado Launches 'Accountability' Website With Information About Tuition, Salaries
The University of Colorado on Thursday launched an online data center containing information about the school's finances and academic practices.
By Sean Griffey • March 29, 2012
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