University Budget Hardships Continue
By Emily Rutherford - Jan 27th, 2009 at 12:23 pmThe New York Times reported yesterday that during the period covering last summer and fall university endowments took their largest loss in value since the…
Posts Tagged ‘higher ed’
Conservatives Attack Student Aid in Stimulus
By Pedro de la Torre - Jan 26th, 2009 at 6:20 pmFunding for education and student aid is becoming a favorite target of conservative criticism of the economic stimulus plan currently being considered in Congress. For…
A New G.I. Bill?
By Kay Steiger - Jan 26th, 2009 at 12:50 pmThere’s an op-ed this morning in Inside Higher Ed by Arthur Levine, president of the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation, that proposes a “new G.I.…
2008 Installment of Freshman Thoughts and Values
By Emily Rutherford - Jan 23rd, 2009 at 10:11 amI only wish I could have taken part in this survey: the Higher Education Research Institute at UCLA has published the latest installment in its…
Colleges Not Spending on Students
By Daniel Strauss - Jan 16th, 2009 at 2:51 pmAs a state-school student–a Big Ten one at that–I always have a lingering fear that the majority of my outrageous annual tuition (in the $40,000…
Another Bailout for Student Loan Companies?
By Pedro de la Torre - Jan 15th, 2009 at 6:17 pmInformation about the House’s version of the stimulus package is just coming out, and, when it comes to higher education, the news is… well.. mixed.…
One Day, I Rejected Everyone With a “D” in Their Name
By Jesse Singal - Jan 13th, 2009 at 5:27 pmVia Amy Benfer of Broadsheet, The Daily Beast has a juicy article [late edit: I forgot that Ned posted on this last week as well]…
We Don’t Really Educate Our Athletes
By Jesse Singal - Jan 13th, 2009 at 3:11 pmGregg Easterbrook makes a really good point about student-athletes in his weekly football column:
Last week, the New York Times had a story about the…
The Absurdist University
By Ned Resnikoff - Jan 9th, 2009 at 2:15 pmCollege admissions are (thankfully) a couple years behind me, but I vaguely recall a time when overachieving students would have aneurysms over their extra-curriculars, parents…
Congressman Speaks out for Economic Relief for Students
By Pedro de la Torre - Jan 8th, 2009 at 12:30 pmThe Chronicle of Higher Education published an op-ed from Rep. Tim Bishop (D-NY) about the need for relief for struggling students and an investment in…
Not a Good Time to Be an English Grad Student
By Emily Rutherford - Dec 19th, 2008 at 10:30 amThe Chronicle of Higher Education reported yesterday (subscription required, but there’s more info at Inside Higher Ed) on the findings of a Modern Language Association…
Academic Witch Hunts Go Down Under
By Pedro de la Torre - Dec 8th, 2008 at 1:30 pmThe movement to demonize professors, restrict the free exchange of ideas on campus, and impose a binary political litmus test on decisions that should be…
Donor Value
By Daniel Strauss - Dec 4th, 2008 at 2:29 pmIn my last Pushback post I argued that more donations should go to smaller, less renowned schools. In response Celia commented :
Agreed for the…
Things to Read: Education Reform Edition
By Kay Steiger - Dec 3rd, 2008 at 6:07 pmOver at Campus Progress, Celia Segal has a good rundown of the debate over K-12 education and what problems President-elect Barack Obama will be facing:…
College Donations Can Go to Small Schools Too
By Daniel Strauss - Dec 3rd, 2008 at 5:26 pmMatthew Yglesias (a Harvard graduate) writes :
[G]iving money to wealthy elite universities still doesn’t make much sense. If you want to donate to something…
