Inside Higher Ed As California Goes? The biggest and perhaps least likely state to try performance funding will tie billions of dollars for community colleges to measures of student success, a plan faculty groups say will punish students and colleges. By Paul Fain With powerful faculty organizations and a commitment to unfettered […]
Inside Higher Ed California Higher Ed Leaders Oppose PROSPER Act By Andrew Kreighbaum The leaders of the three California public higher education systems on Monday issued a statement opposing the PROSPER Act, House Republicans’ proposal to overhaul the Higher Education Act. “Our public institutions of higher education are committed to providing affordable, […]
NPR ED By Ashley Gross and Jon Marcus Garret Morgan (center) is training as an ironworker near Seattle and already has a job that pays him $50,000 a year. Sy Bean/The Hechinger Report Like most other American high school students, Garret Morgan had it drummed into him constantly: Go to […]
Inside Higher Ed Jerry Brown: Higher Ed Should Be Like Chipotle By Scott Jaschik May 25, 2018 California Governor Jerry Brown, a Democrat, is in his last year in office, and he got in some swipes at higher education during a speech Wednesday at the California Chamber of Commerce. “What I […]
Inside Higher Ed New Accreditation Panel on Nonprofit Conversions By Andrew Kreighbaum May 25, 2018 The National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity, which oversees the country’s higher ed accrediting bodies, voted Thursday to have a subcommittee study oversight questions involved in for-profit colleges seeking to reclassify as nonprofit entities. […]
US News Behind the scenes, Congress is making progress on revamping the Higher Education Act By Lauren Camera, Education Reporter | Feb. 9, 2018, at 6:00 a.m. Congress might be log-jammed, with all eyes focused on blockbuster issues like Russian interference with U.S. elections, ensuing FBI investigations, the latest looming government shutdown and […]
Forbes New Higher Education Reform Bill Will Help Low-Income Americans Go To College Ames Brown , CONTRIBUTOR Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Today, Rep. Virginia Foxx (R., N.C.), chairwoman of the House Education and Workforce Committee, will introduce a landmark proposal to overhaul the way the federal government funds and […]
Forbes Quora , Contributor Apr 10, 2017 @ 01:51 PM What do you think of Silicon Valley’s critical attitude towards college these days? originally appeared on Quora: the place to gain and share knowledge, empowering people to learn from others and better understand the world. Answer by Jay Wacker, works in […]