As public colleges grapple with reductions in state funding, the prospect of reduced access to higher education is looking more likely. Florida's state universities, squeezed early by the slumping economy's effect on tax revenues, ...
The rising cost of college--even before the recession--threatens to put higher education out of reach for most Americans, according to the biennial report from the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education. ...
While a partnership with Laureate Education Inc. is no longer a possibility, the College of Santa Fe still owes the company $2.2 million that it borrowed to run the school. A partnership would have meant Laureate assumed the college's ...
It's no secret that colleges and universities are relying increasingly on part-time instructors or other faculty who are neither tenured nor on track for tenure. But a flurry of recent studies draw troubling conclusions about what kind ...
Georgia college students will pay more fees and employees will shell out hundreds more dollars for health care under stopgap budget measures passed by the state Board of Regents today. With little discussion, the board hurriedly ...
With increasing pressure to up the production of four-year degrees in Washington state, a few community and technical colleges have been adding baccalaureate programs to their course catalogs--and they'd like to add even more over the ...
For example, a single text book may cost hundreds of dollars. That same text book could be put on a disc and sold for the cost of a music CD. However, that would not be good for business - and college / university is big business. ...
... system of 109 community colleges and eyes budget cuts at its four-year universities. Until then, the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education concludes that California schools' easy access is unique across the country. ...
When the time comes for higher education, odd hours, late night parties and studying for tests can wreck a student’s sleeping habits, said Bryan Duncan, a counseling psychologist at Texas Tech University’s Student Wellness Center. ...
How do you get a consumer to plunk down $150000 nowadays? Verrrrry slowly. And with a viral ad. Advertising experts say Roanoke College's online "Maroon" campaign is the future of advertising. ...
