Apr 01 Should taxpayers cover the light bills at university labs? Trump kicks off a tense debate By Meghana Keshavan, STAT Taxpayers spend billions subsidizing the electric bills, equipment, and other overhead costs at university research labs. That funding may face steep cuts. Continue reading
Oct 08 Schools warn of 'virtual kidnapping' scam targeting parents By Collin Binkley, Associated Press Schools across the U.S. are warning about a scam to convince parents that their children have been kidnapped — even though they haven't — and to collect ransom money. Continue reading
Jun 22 Column: How an epidemic of grade inflation made A's average By Vikram Mansharamani Grade inflation — no, hyperinflation — is running rampant in American higher education. A recent study revealed that 42 percent of four-year college grades are A’s, and 77 percent are either A’s or B’s. Continue reading
Apr 29 Why boomers are retiring to college By Ellen Rolfes Step over nursing homes and golf communities. More baby boomers are reaching 67 and, unsatisfied with just the status quo options for retirement, they are looking for unique lifestyles that satiate their desire to join an active, intellectually stimulating and… Continue reading
Mar 27 Watch Top-Achieving Poor Students Go Unnoticed by Some Elite Universities Top-Achieving Poor Students Go Unnoticed by Some Elite Universities… Continue watching
Mar 18 Watch Colleges and Universities See Graying Workforce Holding On to Coveted Positions Colleges and Universities See Graying Workforce Holding On to Coveted Positions… Continue watching
Jan 08 Watch How Free Online Courses Are Changing the Traditional Liberal Arts Education How Free Online Courses Are Changing the Traditional Liberal Arts Education… Continue watching
Jun 04 Watch The Heavy Load of Student Debt David Graeber on mounting student debt and what history says about paying it back. Continue watching
Aug 19 Watch Budget Cuts, Tuition Hikes Jeopardize Quality of Higher Education in California Students preparing for college this fall are facing higher tuition rates as their schools face budget cuts in this troubled economy. Correspondent Spencer Michels reports on the fallout in California's public universities. Continue watching
Feb 12 Watch War Vets Still Struggle With Education Costs, Despite G.I. Bill Benefit John Merrow reports on how education benefits offered through the G.I. Bill are issued to soldiers returning from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and the renewed efforts by some members of Congress to expand the bill, which has seen… Continue watching