Dec 31 Watch Former university chancellor offers memoir of moving on at Ole Miss Former university chancellor offers memoir of moving on at Ole Miss… Continue watching
Dec 29 The New York Public Library’s 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing 2013 At the end of each calendar year "best of" lists take over the media landscape. They cater to almost every whim from best science fiction costuming to the top ten farm crimes of 2013. Not all list have… Continue reading
Dec 24 Watch Will new Common Core standards succeed in centralizing student learning? Will new Common Core standards succeed in centralizing student learning?… Continue watching
Dec 24 Watch Students explore an entrepreneurial alternative to higher ed with Enstitute As the cost of higher education mounts, debt-laden students, cash-strapped parents and members of the media are asking: is traditional college still the answer? Correspondent Mona Iskander reports on Enstitute, a two-year apprenticeship program that matches 18- to 24-year-olds with… Continue watching
Dec 23 Colleges offer fixed-rate tuition to help families budget education costs About 320 colleges and universities offered flat-rate tuition in the 2012-2013 school year, enabling students to plan how they'd pay for a multi-year education. Photo by Glenn Asakawa/The Denver Post via Getty Images MILWAUKEE -- Freshmen at Northland College, a… Continue reading
Dec 19 ‘Flipped’ classroom story sparks debate on teaching style By Elizabeth Jones Watch NewsHour's feature on "flipped" classroom instruction. The segment will also air on the show Wednesday. PBS NewsHour's American Graduate team recently visited Clintondale High School in suburban Detroit for a story on the concept of "flipped"… Continue reading
Dec 19 How young newsmakers helped shape the world in 2013 Pope Francis and NSA leaker Edward Snowden can argue over who rightly deserves the title "Person of the Year," but many of the year's big stories involved younger people. From drone strikes and cutting edge medical research, to Hollywood… Continue reading
Dec 16 Odds are you won’t finish college where you started Photo by Paul Zimmerman/Getty Images Fewer than half of all students who entered college in 2007 finished school where they started, and almost a third are no longer taking classes toward a degree anywhere, according to review released… Continue reading
Dec 16 Presidents at 42 private colleges make more than $1 million, Chronicle of Higher Education finds A report by the Chronicle of Higher Education sheds light on the growing salaries of private college presidents. Photo by Flickr user John Walker. The number of college presidents at private colleges making more than $1 million dollars rose… Continue reading
Dec 11 Dan Ariely: At $61k a year, college is a bargain By dariely Is college too expensive and are free online courses the answer to the rising cost of full-time college? Dan Ariely's not so sure. Photo courtesy of Flickr user DG Jones. MOOCs. Massive Open Online Courses. By now, the… Continue reading