Colleges Must
Help Further the Goals of Common Core Standards, Report Says
Higher education cannot afford to sit on the sidelines as states and
secondary schools devise common standards that seek to define who’s ready
for college, according to a report released on Tuesday by the New America
Foundation.
The Chronicle of Higher Education, July 22, 2014
34-Campus,
For-Profit Anthem Education May Close
Anthem Education, a 34-campus for-profit chain, appears to be on the verge
of shutting down campuses, The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported.
Anthem has notified state officials of layoffs coming soon in Missouri,
Texas, Wisconsin and Georgia.
Inside Higher Ed, July 22, 2014
What it Takes
to Help Students Succeed
President of the University of Maryland-Baltimore County since 1992,
Freeman A. Hrabowski III thinks he knows what students need: lots of
support. Morally, colleges owe it to students to do everything possible to
help them succeed, he said in a recent visit to The Chronicle,and a
higher retention rate means more tuition dollars, too.
The Chronicle of Higher Education, July 22, 2014
Victims From
Academe on Downed Flight
Over the weekend more information has come out about some of the
researchers, faculty members and students who were on the Malaysian Airlines
plane that was shot down over Ukraine.
Inside Higher Ed, July 21, 2014
FAFSAs With
Decimal Place Error Will Be Reprocessed
The U.S. Department of Education said Friday that it will automatically
reprocess the federal financial aid applications of tens of thousands of
students whose aid eligibility was likely reduced because of a decimal
place error.
Inside Higher Ed, July 21, 2014
Fafsa Fix Will
Mean Less Aid for Many
The U.S. Education Department will automatically reprocess the student-aid
applications of tens of thousands of applicants who inadvertently
overreported their income this year, costing many of the applicants their
Pell Grants, the department has announced. ... Excluded from Monday’s
fix are additional applicants whose reporting errors probably cost them a
Pell Grant. Such applicants, who were initially assumed to be the majority,
now appear to be the minority—or at least, a lesser priority for the
department.
The Chronicle of Higher Education, July 21, 2014
Former U.S.
Attorney Will Monitor Corinthian Shutdown
The U.S. Department of Education announced on Friday that Patrick
Fitzgerald, a prominent former U.S. attorney from Illinois, will lead the
team of outside monitors that will oversee the closure and sale of
Corinthian Colleges' 107 campuses.
Inside Higher Ed, July 21, 2014
Report
Documents the State of Higher Ed Facilities
Public universities have increased the amount of institutional funds they
spend on facilities by 50 percent per square foot since 2007, as they
strive not to fall too far behind on needed repairs and renovations despite
declining state capital support, a new report shows.
Inside Higher Ed, July 21, 2014
Video Chat:
Recapping ‘The Student Loan Mess’
For nearly two
months The Chronicle Book Club has been discussing The
Student Loan Mess: How Good Intentions Created a Trillion-Dollar
Problem. Today we’re wrapping up the discussion with a video chat. The
chat features Joel and Eric Best, the book’s authors; Justin Brown, an
associate director of the University of Missouri at Columbia’s office of
student financial aid (and one of the book club’s most active
participants); and Beckie Supiano, a Chronicle reporter who
covers financial aid and student-loan policy.
The Chronicle of
Higher Education, July 21, 2014
How Do You Plan
the Campus of the Future? Try Not To.
Some institutions might create committees to try to anticipate specific
changes. Cornell Tech is determined to do the opposite. Those responsible
for building the campus of the future won’t pretend to know what the future
holds. They only hope they’re building something malleable enough to handle
it.
The Chronicle of Higher Education, July 18, 2014
Sustainability,
Divestment and Debt: A Survey of Business Officers
Many campus chief financial officers lack confidence in the sustainability
of their colleges' business model over the next decade -- but they also
seem loath to take cost-saving measures that could ignite campus
controversy, according to a new survey by Inside Higher
Ed and Gallup.
Inside Higher Ed, July 18, 2014
The Post-LMS
LMS
Blackboard has Learn, Instructure has Canvas, and now, Desire2Learn has
Brightspace. With Desire2Learn's announcement, the three leading learning
management system providers have all finally put a name to their products,
but analysts say vendors may be on the verge of tearing down those silos in
favor of an open ecosystem.
Inside Higher Ed, July 18, 2014
Your voices:
Students talk about experiences with for-profit colleges
Education Lab recently asked readers to share their experiences —
positive or negative — with for-profit colleges and universities.
The Seattle Times, July 16, 2014
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