Humanities for
all
For academics, the information in books designed for general consumption
can be too basic. On the other hand, academic books aren't exactly
appealing to the general public. A new grant program at the National
Endowment for the Humanities hopes to bridge that gap. The first recipients
of the Public Scholars program are being announced today, in an attempt to
present more research in the humanities to the general public.
Inside Higher Ed, July 28, 2015
Rally for
recognition
Chants of "Students Over CEOs" and "ITT Is the Worst"
echoed around the plaza near the hotel in this Washington, D.C., suburb
Monday. About 20 former ITT Technical Institute students and advocates from
groups that organized the protest held brightly colored signs advertising
"#ITT Fail" not far from the nondescript concrete hotel where the
company held its annual shareholders' meeting.
Inside Higher Ed, July 28, 2015
Video: How one
president manages change and gets people on board
For college presidents today, the question is not whether they must lead
change on their campuses but how they can best manage it, says A. Gabriel
Esteban, president of Seton Hall University, in New Jersey. Colleges are
still responding to the aftermath of the recession and its effects on the
middle class, he says. And they are facing significant demographic shifts
that make the market for students increasingly competitive.
The Chronicle of Higher Education, July 27, 2015
Black students
are among the least-prepared for college, report says
African-American students’ college readiness is lagging compared with that
of other underrepresented students, according to a new
report released on Monday by ACT and the United Negro College Fund.
Sixty-two percent of African-American students who graduated from high
school in 2014 and took the ACT met none of the organization’s four benchmarks
that measure college readiness, which was twice the rate for all students.
The Chronicle of Higher Education, July 27, 2015
How
unemployment rates shift choices of majors
Conventional wisdom holds that in bad economic times, students are more
likely to make academic decisions that favor fields perceived to be paths
to jobs, and jobs that pay well. Despite plenty of evidence that liberal
arts graduates also have successful careers, undergraduates (and their
parents) tend in tough times to encourage majors in business and
engineering or other fields that seem to promise employment.
Inside Higher Ed, July 27, 2015
New options
driving down cost of college textbooks
Good news on the college cost front: According to a national survey, the
average amount students are spending on college textbooks and other
course materials has gone down in recent years. In fact, it’s been dropping
steadily for the last seven years, according to the National
Association of College Stores.
The Seattle Times, July 27, 2015
The shrinking
sector
As enrollments tumble at for-profit colleges, the number of proprietary
institutions is dwindling, too. Data released by the Education
Department's National Center for Education Statistics Thursday show that
3,436 for-profit colleges participated in federal financial aid programs in
the just-ended academic year, down 2.6 percent, from 3,527 such institutions
two years earlier, in the 2012-13 academic year.
Inside Higher Ed, July 24, 2015
Ed tech's
funding frenzy
With $2.51 billion invested in educational-technology companies during the
first half of 2015, investors continue to defy fears that interest in the
sector is waning. Yet analysts say the staggering figure distracts from
what and who isn’t being funded.
Inside Higher Ed, July 24, 2015
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