Policy & Legal: Page 212


  • What's More Expensive Than College? Not Going to College

    There is a cost to not educating young people. The evidence is around us and all over the world.

    By Sean Griffey • March 28, 2012
  • ACT and College Board Tighten Security

    High-school students will soon have to upload photos of themselves when they register for ACT and SAT exams. 

    By Sean Griffey • March 28, 2012
  • Michigan President Blasts Governor's Budget Proposal

    As the state Legislature reviews Gov. Rick Snyder's budget proposal in Lansing, University of Michigan President Mary Sue Coleman lambasted it before a group of faculty members Monday afternoon.

    By Sean Griffey • March 26, 2012
  • Supreme Court declines appeal on religious groups at public university

    The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a challenge to the anti-bias rules used by San Diego State University to deny recognition to a Christian fraternity and sorority. 

    By Sean Griffey • March 20, 2012
  • Higher Education Funds Begin Slow Recovery

    As tax revenues have started to recover in many states, others around the country have made similar pushes for more money. Last year, only six states increased overall spending on colleges and universities.

    By Sean Griffey • March 19, 2012
  • U of I: State Funding Should at Least Stay Flat

    University of Illinois President Michael Hogan urged lawmakers this week to at least hold funding at current levels and fielded their questions about his tense relationship with some faculty.

    By Sean Griffey • March 13, 2012
  • Blended Learning: Adding Asynchronous Discussions to Your F2F Classrooms

    We have all done it: "participated" in a face-to-face discussion, nodding along in agreement, but not really present. Many of us have sat in discussions, afraid to throw in our two cents because we might sound silly. On other occasions, we have had a fantastic idea to share, but the ...

    By Eli Dickinson • March 2, 2012
  • The Republican candidate's record on higher education

     So far, the path Mitt Romney has set out for the Republican presidential nomination has not focused much on higher education. Although President Obama has promoted a push for college affordability as a plank of his 2012 re-election platform since January, education issues of all kinds --...

    By Sean Griffey • Feb. 29, 2012