Higher Education
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Higher education faces a major challenge: How to educate more students better as resources and funding at most colleges mostly stay flat
After nearly two years of public debate, and vociferous pushback from the higher education community, the White House announced it is pulling back on plans to rate the nation’s colleges based on a complex matrix of performance measures and student outcomes
Boston public radio reporter Kirk Carapezza (WGBH News) spent a week in Germany examining the country’s tuition-free higher education system
As students look to curb the amount of loan debt they build on their way to a degree and policymakers eye the need for more college-educated workers, the focus on college graduation rates continues to increase
Is keeping students on track to earn a degree as simple as just sending them text messages reminding them to register for classes and renew financial aid?
Can the United States continue to sustain financially the notion of residential college experience? What are parents and students expecting when they choose a college?
