Aug 25 Competing college rankings take different views of what matters By Kirk Carapezza, WGBH The country's best known college rankings are probably those published every year by U.S. News and World Report. While the rankings sell magazines and advertising, their influence is often criticized as pushing colleges to drive up admissions criteria and drive… Continue reading
Aug 25 Colleges adjust to new reality that more students juggle work, family By Kyla Calvert Mason Marshall University in West Virginia is seeing a national trend up-close, Between 2000 and 2011, the number of people 25 and older enrolled in college increased 41 percent. At Marshall, nearly 20 percent of students are over 25. The campus… Continue reading
Aug 22 Help us 'Rethink College' in 3 Twitter chats By Nora Daly Join us, along with an assortment of experts, to discuss several issues currently being debated both in and outside of the education system. Continue reading
Aug 22 Explore the future of higher education with Hari Sreenivasan By Merrill Schwerin PBS NewsHour’s Hari Sreenivasan traveled the country this year to explore the state of higher education. He will share five of stories he found as part of a week-long look at how America is rethinking the college experience. The series… Continue reading
Aug 22 Watch Grad rates double after reinvention of Chicago City Colleges By PBS News Hour Just 20 percent of community college students complete a degree in the U.S. Cheryl Hyman, chief of City Colleges of Chicago, is reshaping her school system to not only provide wide access to higher education, but to put students on… Continue watching
Aug 14 What parents need to know about college faculty By Joseph Fruscione Students and faculty, former adjunct professor Joe Fruscione says, need parents on their side, which means they need to start asking the tough questions about who's teaching their kids and how much they're getting paid. Continue reading
Jul 31 Watch Will strengthening higher ed's accountability on campus rape create 'shadow' justice system? By PBS News Hour Senators have proposed bipartisan legislation with steeper penalties for educational institutions that fail to investigate reports of sexual assault -- and some voices in higher ed are pushing back. Anne Neal of the American Council of Trustees and Alumni joins… Continue watching
Jul 30 The most cost effective college in America? Not Harvard... By Simone Pathe The latest rankings of four-year colleges and universities come from Money Magazine, but the top schools in this list may catch some college-ranking connoisseurs by surprise. Continue reading
Jul 25 When a college contracts 'adjunctivitis,' it's the students who lose By Joseph Fruscione With adjunct professors constituting over 70 percent of college and university faculty, former professor Joe Fruscione explains why adjuncts are petitioning the Department of Labor about their working conditions, and why the real losers in this situation are the students… Continue reading
Jul 23 Dept. of Education encourages colleges to experiment with flexible credit systems By Elizabeth Jones As a part of President Barack Obama’s push to make college more affordable, the U.S. Department of Education announced Tuesday that it will launch a new initiative to test innovative practices aimed at providing nontraditional, low-income and struggling students with… Continue reading