Jane Sanders took the helm in 2004 after having a successful year as interim president at Goddard College, in rural Plainfield, Vermont, and working in various roles for her husband. In an interview with the Burlington Free Press at the time, she cited building enrollment and expanding the school’s smallContinue Reading
For example, honors students on full scholarships at regional, tuition-dependent colleges often have degree completions rates similar to all undergraduates at Ivy League institutions. At the same time, to subsidize the honors program, those tuition-dependent colleges charge non-honors students tuition that more closely approaches the list price. In addition toContinue Reading
For I agree with you that there is a natural aristocracy among men. The grounds of this are virtue and talents… There is also an artificial aristocracy founded on wealth and birth, without either virtue or talents; for with these it would belong to the first class. The natural aristocracyContinue Reading
Standing Next to a Mountain Vox recently published a piece in its Business and Finance section speculating on the conditions in which “online instruction could begin to overtake traditional higher education” from the perspective of Jeff Bezos, CEO of Amazon, in 2030. Alexander Holt, a policy analyst with the EducationContinue Reading
Of Advocates and Entrepreneurs Michael B. Horn, “a top proponent of higher-ed disruption,” stepped down from his position as director at the nonprofit, nonpartisan Clayten Christensen Institute, The Chronicle of Higher Education reported on October 12. In a blog post announcing his decision, Horn indicated his intention to “work onContinue Reading
