Sanctuary? How will higher education fare under a President Donald Trump? The campaign’s misogyny shouldn’t sit well with a student body that is now majority-female. Its disavowal of climate changes won’t impress research universities. And the xenophobia won’t help economies and cultures bolstered by foreign enrollment. The number of foreign students in the U.S topped 1 mil...
The cost and the value of higher education, the short- and long-term impact of student debt, the role of career preparation, and accountability for student outcomes are the subject of intense and increasing examination and debate.
Every higher education professional I know is acutely aware of shifting demographic and business models in our industry, and the need to explicitly provide, and show, v...
For over a decade, educators, government representatives, entrepreneurs, social scientists, economists and journalists have espoused a constant drumbeat on the critically important skills and habits of mind that students will need to possess not just to survive, but also thrive in a rapidly changing and highly competitive world. Each commentator, in his or her own way has underscored the need to p...
AERA @AERA_EdResearch New AERA Book Examines the College Promise Programs -- Read the news release: http://ow.ly/XNOD50xwPUx || Watch coeditors @lauraperna1 (@PennGSE) & Edward Smith (@kresgefdn) discuss the book: http://ow.ly/OW4U50xwPUy #FreeCollege #FreeTuition #CollegePromise
Like many at #NECHE annual mtg, Judith Eaton @CHEAnews applauds Barbara Brittingham, who has announced her retirement next year as prez
of New England Commission of Higher Education
In #NECHE keynote, Judith Eaton @CHEAnews notes accreditation may increasingly address #equity, #academicfreedom, #freespeech, #digitization and #quality beyond academic issues and including social responsibility