Global
OECD’s Dirk Van Damme says debate on Ahelo was ‘low quality’ | University leaders’ fears over the quality of their institutions is “not a valid excuse” for rejecting new measurements of teaching and learning, according to an education expert at the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).
U.S. National
Not Worth It? | Just half of college alumni “strongly agree” that their education was worth what they paid for it, according to the newest data from an ongoing Gallup-Purdue University study of college graduates.
US News College Rankings Won’t Survive the Next 10 Years | It just hit me this week: the US News college rankings won’t survive the next ten years. Like most people involved in higher education, I realized long ago that the US News rankings don’t live up to their claim to capture the “measures of quality that matter most.”
Discussing the “Revolution in Higher Education” | Rich DeMillo’s Revolution in Higher Education situates the discussion about new technologies and new methods squarely within our postsecondary productivity crisis.
Understanding the College Scorecard | [I]n keeping with the original vision, the administration recently released a plethora of previously unavailable information about colleges.
Can Small Colleges Save Themselves From the ‘Death Spiral’? | It has become increasingly hard for small colleges in the U.S. to stay afloat, and a new report suggests the next few years won’t be any easier for the institutions.
U.S. State
Buying Back Iowans | In the last year the University of Iowa has received a clear mandate from its Board of Regents: enroll more Iowans or risk losing money.
More Ohio colleges could pursue privatization to save money, affordability task force document says | Ohio’s public colleges could follow Ohio State University’s lead and privatize non-academic functions.
Study finds residents want to improve educational outcomes | Findings from nearly 53,000 residents surveyed as part of Envision Utah’s Your Utah, Your Future campaign show Utahns want their education system to be one of the best in the nation and are willing to invest in a list of proven strategies.
Illinois Senate Panel on College Costs | The Illinois Senate Higher Education Committee met today at Carterville’s John A. Logan College to discuss the impact of the state’s budget crisis on higher education.
Community College system trustees freeze tuition | Trustees of the Community College System of New Hampshire voted Thursday to freeze tuition, something school officials said they would do in June. – See more at: http://www.unionleader.com/Community-College-system-trustees-freeze-tuition#sthash.LHDpW1Un.dpuf
Institutional
UWA awarded $2.3 million U.S. Dept. of Education competitive grant | The University of West Alabama has just been awarded a U.S. Department of Education Competitive Grant totaling $2.3 million over five years.
Multi-State Collaboration Produces Valuable New Evidence About Writing, Critical Thinking, and Quantitative Literacy Skills of Undergraduate Students Using Rubric-Based Assessment of Students’ Authentic Work | The pilot study successfully demonstrated that rubric-based assessment can be taken to scale and can produce valid findings with credible and actionable information about student learning that can be used to improve curricular and assignment designs and to increase effectiveness of programs and classes in advancing the most important learning outcomes of college.
Warburg Pincus Leads an Investment of Up to $60 Million in Higher Education Data Pioneer | Civitas Learning today announced that Warburg Pincus is leading an investment of up to $60 million in the company.
An Intervention That Works for First-Generation College Students | In a new research paper that follows up on students who participated in an earlier intervention, Stephens and her colleagues found that when first-generation college freshman attended what the researchers call a “difference-education intervention”—a meeting where seniors discuss their college experience in light of their social backgrounds—they were better-adjusted and more at ease by the end of their sophomore year than those who attended a meeting where social background was never mentioned.
Purdue President Mitch Daniels calls on Congress to join higher education reformers | Purdue President Mitch Daniels called on Congress to join a growing movement to reform higher education, making it more accessible and accountable to students, parents and taxpayers.