Scholarships Dot Com had a nice piece a while back on the pros and cons of attending a large state university. Most of my college employment life has been spent at relatively small schools. But...
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Inside Higher Ed reported recently that attrition rate for students in Ph.D. programs seem to be going down. Except in the humanities, where getting that doctorate is still as hard as ever. The...
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(Source: University of Kentucky) It seems as though roughly 50 universities want to be included in the top 20. The University of Kentucky is one. Their story is told in a recent New York Times piece....
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(Source: Bridgewater State College) What's in a name? Everything, say officials at Massachusetts' state colleges. First Bridgewater State and Salem State proposed the notion of becoming...
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(Source: University of Chicago) Every media outlet is offering its version of the "Year in Review" these days. For readers interested in higher education (like me), USA Today has compiled a...
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(Source: University of Florida) We've seen this before, so I suppose it's a recurring theme: Flagship state universities, in a race for better students and better rankings, are abandoning...
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This is the question on many a politician's--and student's-- mind. With a long-sought voting majority in both the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate, Democrats now have the power to...
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Just who should decide what material students study in college? Should we go by the classics in instruction and material, learning from past greats? Should we choose innovative ideas? Should we be...
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College is a time to be independent, develop the ability to think critically, and feel free to express strong opinions. But those qualities aren't appreciated everywhere. Human rights activists...
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From Inside Higher Ed: "We know we did wrong, and we admit that. Please don't be too hard on us." That's how Bill Greulich, a spokesman for Victor Valley Community College,...
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There's one syllabus at the University of Wisconsin Madison that may have to be revised. "Islam: Religion and Culture," taught by Kevin Barrett, posits unpopular opinions regarding the...
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The Commission on the Future of Higher Education recently drafted a national strategy plan for improving higher education. Of course, you can't make improvements without first finding the...
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For years, community colleges (formerly known by the degrading term 'junior colleges') have been viewed as a 'loser' option, a place where you go only if you can't get into a...
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(Source: Hampden-Sydney College) OK, here's a test. Start naming single-sex colleges for women. Go. Bet you got quite a few: Wellesley, Bryn Mawr, Mt. Holyoke, Smith, Wheaton, Simmons, and so...
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The topic of women in higher education--and the success they may experience in the field of academia and lucrative fields--has received increased attention lately, especially after Harvard president...
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Any cheerleader knows how difficult--and often, dangerous--the sport can be. There has likely never been a cheerleader who hasn't suffered at least a strain or sprain. Many have suffered far...
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Lawyers and university officials have long fought a losing battle: to have the option to choose whether or not military recruiters can appear on campus. The Supreme Court recently ruled that any...
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Say so long to the high school counselor. Students and parents are turning to the latest must-have college admission tool: the paid consultant. Sometimes racking up fees in the thousands of dollars,...
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We've all heard of women wanting to get into West Point; how about men wanting to get into St. Hilda's? Students at this last women's college in Oxford have voted to allow men...
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The ultimate debate regarding free speech is here: it is one thing for a professor to discuss the white supremacy movement in class, but what if he is actually part of the hatred himself? This is the...
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Ah...advanced placement courses. Could a year of hard work in high school, along with a nail-biter of a test, take the place of --or help in-- a college course? Students have been doing it for years,...
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