Symposium on college ratings program reveals partially developed structure. The Education Department's National Center for Education Statistics held a symposium of technical experts in the groups they're consulting as they build the administration's proposed college rating system. While the structure of the rating system is not fully developed, the advisors made clear that the administration was m...
Fisher College announced that Boston Marathon figures Carlos Arredondo and Jeff Bauman will speak at its 110th commencement ceremony, on May 10, 2014 at 11 a.m. at the John Hancock Hall in Boston. Bauman lost both legs in the Boston Marathon bombing last year. Arredondo helped save Bauman's life by wrapping a makeshift tourniquet around his leg and wheeling him to safety.
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It is fairly well-documented that most underprivileged students see any early interest they had in STEM fields vanish in high school due to lack of school resources and inattention or exclusion. It's certainly true of environmental sciences.
But a new grant aims to reverse that. College of the Atlantic (COA) was awarded $134,000 from the Brooke Astor One-Year Fund for New York City Education to w...
A private college in Massachusetts and a public one in New Hampshire are teaming up to pursue their shared interests in serving working adult students.
Cambridge College will expand online offerings through a new partnership with Granite State College.
Focused on a diverse population of adult learners, Cambridge already operates three Massachusetts-based campuses and five additional sites across...
Kennebec Valley Community College (KVCC) has been powering up its innovative Energy Services and Technology (EST) program, designed to prepare students for employment in the growing field of sustainable energy.
EST integrates instruction in the installation and design of high-efficiency and renewable plumbing, heating, ventilating and air conditioning (HVAC) systems and prepares students to ...
Department of Education delays symposium on college rating system. The Education Department has again rescheduled its "technical symposium" on the administration's proposed college ratings system. The new date for the daylong, public meeting is this Thursday, Feb. 6.
HEA efforts may not bear fruit in 2014. Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA), chair of the Health, Education, Labor and Pension Committee, spoke ...
Community college students who transferred to for-profits in the early to mid-2000s earned roughly 7% less over the next decade than those who transferred to public or private nonprofit institutions, according to a study by the Center for Analysis of Postsecondary Education and Employment housed at the Community College Research Center (CCRC) at Columbia University Teachers College.
The authors o...
College endowments grew by nearly 12% in 2013, according to an annual survey of 835 institutions by Commonfund and the National Association of College and University Business Officers.
The largest U.S. endowments are Harvard's at $32 billion and Yale's at $20 billion. The nation's top two liberal arts college endowments are at Williams and Amherst colleges.
Nationally, the endowments have reboun...
Geochemist and former NASA official Laurie Leshin was named the first woman president of Worcester Polytechnic Institute, effective July 1. She succeeds Dennis D. Berkey, who had been president for nine years until retiring in May.
The national public policy group Demos promoted its vice president of policy and outreach, Heather McGhee, to be its next president, effective March 10. She will suc...
Obama speaks on college access. President Obama announced a new initiative aimed at increasing low-income students' access to higher education that relies on commitments from states, universities, nonprofit organizations and businesses. The Obama administration unveiled more than 100 commitments from colleges and universities and millions of dollars in philanthropic donations aimed at helping more...
Symposium on college ratings program reveals partially developed structure. The Education Department's National Center for Education Statistics held a symposium of technical experts in the groups they're consulting as they build the administration's proposed college rating system. While the structure of the rating system is not fully developed, the advisors made clear that the administration was m...