International
International Student Enrollment May Slide Further | There are about a million international students in the United States, and according to the U.S. Department of Commerce, these students contributed $35 billion to the U.S. economy in 2015.
Higher Education for Refugees | Today the world is facing the largest migrant crisis in human history: More than 65 million people—nearly one percent of the world’s population—are displaced as a result of conflict. While the demands of survival have taken priority, the large and unaddressed educational needs of this population are astounding: The United Nations estimates that there are at least 200,000 Syrians who have had their post-secondary education interrupted as a result of the conflict.
TUI urges 1% levy on corporation profits to fund higher education | The Government should introduce a 1 per cent levy on corporation profits to generate a dedicated fund to finance higher education, the Teachers’ Union of Ireland (TUI) has urged.
Israeli Gov’t Investments in Education Produce Good Returns, OECD Says | Israel is among the leading countries for educational ROI – return on investment. An OECD [Office for Economic Cooperation and Development] study places Israel ninth among the top 29 economies in the world for government recouping of initial investment in education via taxes paid later by a wage earner who received government assistance.
Africa: UNESCO Calls On Governments to Make Higher Education Equitable, Affordable | Ensuring those who need help the most are getting it and guaranteeing equity and affordability in regulatory frameworks are two of the ways policy makers need to consider in order to make higher education equitable and affordable for all, says a new report. The new Global Education Monitoring Report, released by UNESCO, also recommends that governments establish national agencies to ensure equal opportunities; and vary admissions criteria to respond to different individuals’ needs.
U.S. National
PayScale’s Impact (and Limitations) | Ten years ago this summer, the compensation data firm began publishing data on the colleges whose graduates earned the highest salaries. “For what it costs, a B.A. degree might as well be made of gold,” the company’s first report said.
Full-Time Finishers | A growing body of research shows that college students who enroll full-time, taking even 12 credits’ worth of course work in a single semester, are much more likely stick with college, save money and eventually graduate.
Making a Modern President | Current presidents face a slew of new challenges as demographics drive colleges and universities to enroll increasingly diverse student bodies with new sets of needs, as financial constraints impose harsh realities on institutions, and as technology threatens to upend the campus and the workplace. At the same time, the professional ladders leaders climb on the way to becoming presidents is changing — just as a large number of long-serving presidents are expected to soon retire.
HBCUs and the Nation’s Higher Ed Goals | Our nation’s international competitive position depends in part on the quality of higher education that it provides all its citizens. It is fortunate we have an array of higher educational institutions, including historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) and minority-serving institutions (MSIs) that serve the unique needs of a diverse population that seeks equal access to higher education.
U.S. States
Fight to expand, increase funding for concurrent enrollment continues | Oklahoma’s concurrent enrollment program has been available to high school juniors and seniors since 2005. Last academic year, nearly 12,000 students enrolled in concurrent courses, generating more than 102,000 credit hours, higher education Chancellor Glen Johnson said.
N.Y.’s Tuition-Free Dream Meets Details | Details of New York’s free public college tuition program stoked a stream of strong reactions in the days since Governor Andrew Cuomo and state lawmakers reached a deal that will have it starting this fall.
The state owns the education crisis | The chancellor of Pennsylvania’s state-owned universities recently admitted that the system is in crisis. The diagnosis? A threatening combination of enrollment losses, state appropriations at the same dollar amount as they were nearly 20 years ago and collective bargaining agreements that bring annual cost increases despite stagnant or declining revenues at nearly every university.
University Presidents Seek Restored Funding in New Mexico | A council of university presidents from New Mexico is lobbying to have about $745 million put back in the state’s public colleges and universities coffers.
Illinois and Everyone Else | State and local support for higher education in Illinois plunged as the state’s lawmakers and governor were unable to reach a budget agreement and instead passed severely pared-down stopgap funding… That situation proved to be enough of an outlier that it weighed down several key markers in the 2016 State Higher Education Finance report from the State Higher Education Executive Officers association, which is being released today.
Report: Colleges’ Reliance on Tuition Revenue Growing | Colleges and universities experienced a 1.8 percent decrease in funding at the state and local level in 2016 — part of a downward trend that has led students and families to shoulder a larger portion of the cost of higher education, a new report released Thursday shows.
Institutional
UND faculty to consider ‘crisis in confidence’ resolution | The University of North Dakota University Senate will consider a draft resolution issued by its counterpart at North Dakota State University expressing a “crisis of confidence” in the leadership of North Dakota higher education, said the senate’s elected head.
Faculty Union at Rider U. Votes No Confidence in University’s President | Members of Rider University’s faculty union have voted no confidence in the New Jersey institution’s president, Gregory G. Dell’Omo, with 75 percent of the votes against him.
Faculty Votes No Confidence in Fordham U. President | Faculty members at Fordham University have voted no confidence in the university’s president, the Rev. Joseph M. McShane, reports The Fordham Ram, a student newspaper.