International
Thought Leaders in Strategic Planning and Budgeting Partner to Improve Higher Education | Campus Strategies and Strategic Planning Online announced a partnership this week to combine their respective consulting and technology solution offerings in order to help their college and university clients discover new ways to implement and manage best practices for long-term success.
UK frets over overseas students as Australia backs ‘super growth’ | A new parliamentary group has been launched to voice “widespread concern across all parties over the UK losing international students to our competitors” – shortly after Australia announced a strategy to boost international education as a “super growth sector”.
Shadbolt review: universities must work closer with employers to improve computer science | In the 21st century, UK computer science graduates are a vital part of the success of companies both large and small and organisations both public and private. Yet there is a worrying disconnect between the supply and demand for computer science skills that seriously threatens this legacy and could undermine the UK’s ambition to be the world’s leading digital economy.
HE White Paper: Five key talking points | The higher education White Paper has been published: so how has Jo Johnson dealt with five of the big concerns raised about his policy plans in recent months?
Private universities introduce quality assurance unit | The Council of Independent Universities (CIU) has formed a peer-review committee to lead a process that creates a centralised quality assurance system to appraise programmes and degrees to meet local {Ghana] and international standards.
U.S. National
Dozens of Colleges Set to Partake in Dual-enrollment Experiment | The Obama administration selected 44 colleges Monday for an experiment that lets high school students enrolled in college courses pay for them using Pell grants, a form of federal financial aid that covers tuition, books and fees for needy college students.
Colleges Advised to be More Transparent with Key Data on Outcomes | In order to demonstrate what they are doing for students, colleges and universities must be willing to let data tell their story and stop perpetuating the faulty notion that charging a hefty tuition necessarily means students are getting a better education.
Envisioning the National Postsecondary Infrastructure in the 21st Century | America’s students, policymakers, and institutions need better information about our postsecondary system, especially in this era of rising college costs and stagnating completion rates.
Emphasis on Personalized Learning to Drive the Higher Education Learning Analytics Market in the US Through 2020, Says Technavio | According to the latest market study released by Technavio, the higher education learning analytics market in the US is expected to grow at a CAGR of almost 26% during the forecast period.
U.S. States
College Affordability Diagnosis presents sobering picture of higher ed | “Two-year institutions are no longer the affordable options for many students,” Davis Bell said at a recent conference for journalists. “For the longest time, legislators and other state policymakers felt that if they could preserve two-year institutions as that safety net for low-income students, they’re in good shape.”
Fears for Future of UNC Black Colleges | Republican lawmakers back bill that would substantially cut tuition and revenue, and seek more student diversity, at five system campuses, four of which are minority-serving institutions.
Professors protest Rauner’s nomination of Bambenek to IBHE board | Gov. Bruce Rauner’s nomination of a part-time University of Illinois lecturer to represent college faculty on the Illinois Board of Higher Education is prompting backlash at the UI and across the state.
States have cut money for higher education 17 percent since the recession, report finds | In spite of a gradual economic recovery and improving revenues, most states are spending dramatically less on public higher education, a new report says.
The college debt crisis is even worse than you think | We tell students they need a bachelor’s degree to get ahead. But for too many, the numbers no longer add up.
Kentucky’s higher education budget cuts remain among highest in the country | A new report by the national think tank Center for Budget and Policy Priorities shows that while many states are beginning to restore their steep cuts to higher education spending since the Great Recession, Kentucky’s cuts remain among the highest in the country and it is one of only three states to continue such cuts over each of the past two years.
Institutional
3 N.J. colleges agree to greater transparency for mandatory student fees | Three public colleges in New Jersey are making changes in response to an audit by the state comptroller that showed mandatory student fees accounted for a third of the costs to attend those schools.
Discounting Hits New Highs | Tuition discount rates keep climbing to previously unseen levels at private colleges and universities, leaving institutions caught between the need to enroll highly price-conscious students and the squeeze discounting places on the amount of money they end up netting.
Should colleges charge for academic credit earned from unpaid internships? | Internships have become an integral part of the college experience, with some schools requiring students to complete at least one internship before they graduate into the working world, where employers increasingly are giving preference to candidates with experience.
Amherst’s Record on Low-Income Students | Amherst College’s president talks about adding more community college transfers after receiving an award for supporting low-income students.
Shrinking Faculty Power | University of Delaware gives the provost more control over the Faculty Senate, and says that professors will now advise on some areas they had previously controlled.
MSIs: A Good Long-term Investment for Students | When it comes to national conversations about increasing access to college opportunities, minority serving institutions are often excluded from the public discussion, in part because there is so little research that focuses on their return on investment.
Burlington College to close under weight of debt | Burlington College will close later this month, the school announced Monday, citing the “crushing weight of debt” as the reason.
What Killed Burlington College? | The small Vermont liberal-arts college will close up shop this month, and a controversial real-estate deal made by Jane Sanders, Bernie Sanders’s wife, may be to blame.
Tension at the Top | A spate of resignations and terminations among community college presidents provokes worries about a shortage of qualified candidates to fill these positions.