Tag: "Colleges and Universities"
Is the College Debt Bubble About to Pop?
The New York Times has been running a series about the college debt crisis. Both public and private institutions continue to hike tuition and fees, resulting in graduates coming into the job market with greater debt loads and relatively poor prospects of finding employment that pays well enough to retire that debt in a timely [...]
A Consumer’s Guide to MOOCs
Want to compare the various MOOCs (Massive Open Online Course) out there? The Chronicle of Higher Education has a handy guide here. The formats are as varied as the people who tune in. Some consist mainly of lectures recorded on iTunes, while other courses seek to replicate a classroom experience by offering study groups, computer-graded [...]
Underfunding Public Higher Education Hurts the Economy
Has 30 years of fiscal austerity contributed to the US skills gap? That is the implication of a piece in today’s New York Times. As state support for public higher education dwindles, those institutions raise tuition and are forced to cut or eliminate high-cost programs in areas like engineering, nursing, etc. This squeeze is one [...]
The latest Jeremiad About Higher Education
There is another new book out lamenting the deterioration of our nation’s system of higher education: Academically Adrift compiles the research of authors Richard Arum and Josipa Roksa, documenting the inability of many students to improve their intellectual capabilities while in college. (College-bashing is a big industry these days, so it’s always wise to take [...]
Are Free On-Line Resources Undermining Higher Ed’s Business Model? (Part 2)
Following our post yesterday, we’ve got some more thoughts about the challenge on-line learning poses for public higher education. It goes even further than just the delivery of educational content through videos and other on-line technology. Inside Higher Ed has a piece on how Khan is creating analytics for instructors that are designed to enable [...]
Report Recommends Changes for Bay State Community College System
The Boston Foundation recently released a report recommending changes in the Massachusetts Community College System so that the system can better meet the needs of the state’s employers: Among other things, the report recommends the adoption of performance metrics for community colleges in the state; strengthening governance and accountability within the system; clarifying the mission [...]
