Survey: U.S. higher education must change to remain globally competitive
Nearly half of all Americans have a dim view of the quality of U.S. higher education, and most think it’s not only too expensive but also only a fair or poor return on their investment, according to...
View ArticleClock ticks down on billions in tuition tax credits
Among the many tax breaks waiting for Congress to rescue or let tumble off the fiscal cliff is more than $18 billion in savings for families who pay college and university tuition. The American...
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Boards of trustees think the price of college is just about right
The boards of trustees and directors who oversee America’s colleges and universities think higher education has gotten too expensive—just not at their own institutions. In a finding that suggests...
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Colleges step in to fill students’ social-skills gaps
After final exams are over, MIT students will return from their holiday break to experience something different from their usual studies—but almost as important. It’s the university’s annual Charm...
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One in four freshmen now starts in January, not August
When she graduated from her high school in Pittsburgh last spring, Mikaela Molstre didn’t follow her classmates to college. She went to Africa instead and worked in an orphanage. That convinced her...
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New pressure on colleges to disclose grads’ earnings
Joyce English was about to start studying toward an associate degree she hoped would lead to a job as a consultant to healthcare companies around Tacoma, Wash., where she lives. Then she discovered a...
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As grads seek jobs, universities cut career services
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Courtney Flynn spends a lot of time in a bright, bustling office suite that looks like something out of the Fortune 500, gleaming with floor-to-ceiling frosted glass, conference...
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Colleges take new approach to anticipating—and meeting—workforce needs
A handful of colleges think they’ve found the secret to closing the gap between the types of graduates they’re turning out and the types employers say they need. Spiders. Not the hairy, creepy kind....
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Community-college grads out-earn bachelor’s degree holders
Berevan Omer graduated on a Friday in February with an associate’s degree from Nashville State Community College and started work the following Monday in his new job as a computer-networking engineer...
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Per-student spending on public higher ed drops to 25-year low
The amount being spent per student by public colleges and universities has fallen to its lowest level in at least 25 years, a result of state budget cuts that a new report warns are rapidly eroding...
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In era of high costs, humanities come under attack
Oregon State University President Ed Ray flinched when a stranger confronted him to say his daughter had just graduated from the school with a degree in philosophy. “I thought, ‘Oh my God,’ ” says...
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In new age of college transparency, who’s checking the facts?
Once a year, a line of briefcase-wielding accountants in business suits files into an office at Texas Christian University. They’re not there to check on income or expenditures. They’re auditing the...
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Stopping the clock on credits that don’t count
As March Madness nears its all-consuming climax, a less widely noticed kind of intercollegiate competition is forcing students to churn endlessly through the higher-education system, wasting their...
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Study backs liberal arts, but questions graduates’ competence
Firing back against intensifying attacks on the humanities, an association of liberal-arts colleges and universities has released a survey showing that employers want graduates with precisely their...
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Conventional college route shifts to “education buffet”
Danine Adams has taken a few courses at a four-year university, some at a community college, and still more online while working all over the country as an investigator for the federal Bureau of...
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More Americans have degrees, but lead is slipping
More Americans than ever have earned bachelor’s degrees, putting them ahead of international rivals, but the gap is narrowing, according to new figures from the U.S. Department of Education. The...
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Reported skills gap widens—and so does skepticism
The projected shortfall between the demand for workers with university degrees and the supply of Americans who have them continues to widen, according to new research from the Georgetown Center on...
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New programs use data to steer poor kids into college
Thick white envelopes are landing in the mailboxes of thousands of high-school juniors nationwide this summer, with hip graphics in greens and blues and colorful photos of happy-looking people just...
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Columbia tops government list of priciest tuition
Columbia University tops the newest list of the most expensive colleges in America, released annually by the federal government along with a roster of schools that have increased their prices by the...
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Fancy college dorms, gyms don’t help draw applicants, research says
Universities and colleges may be competing to build such perks as climbing walls and fancy dormitories, but the “arms race” over residence halls, food services, and fitness centers is having little...
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