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Report: ‘$500M Club’ Shuns Low-income Students

Universities with the largest endowments were slammed as “playgrounds for the children of the wealthiest” in a new Education Trust report today that says the institutions should tap their endowments at a higher rate to benefit more low-income students.

August 3, 2016

Faculty & Staff

Administrators Get Bulk of Chicago State University Payout for Layoffs

Nearly $1.6M of the $2.2M the financially strapped university has paid out went to severance pay for about 50 administrators in June, according to reports.

August 2, 2016

Students

Study: Public University Subsidies Don’t Favor Wealthy Students

A new paper seeks to contravene the “conventional wisdom” that states subsidies for public universities favor wealthy students, but one leading labor economist says it’s not a big deal if they don’t because poor students need more.

August 1, 2016

HBCUs

Some Colleges say Hosting a Debate Worth $5M Cost

HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. ― Democracy doesn’t come cheap. Between the logistics of accommodating an estimated 2,500 news reporters and arranging security for VIPs, the cost of hosting a presidential debate now tops $5 million. But that price tag has not deterred New York’s Hofstra University. The Long Island school is hosting a presidential debate for the […]

August 1, 2016

Students

Report: Standardized Assessments Best Measure of Graduates

A technology think tank’s report released Monday calls for the use of standardized assessments in measuring the abilities and job readiness of college graduates.

August 1, 2016

HBCUs

The Clinton Acceptance Speech and the Future of Higher Ed

If we aren’t smart enough to discern the real public servants from the frauds, then maybe the most important part of Hillary Clinton’s speech is her outline on higher education spending.

July 31, 2016

Students

CEO of Harvard’s $37B Endowment Resigns for Personal Reasons

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts ― The chief of Harvard University’s $37 billion endowment is resigning after less than two years at the helm. Harvard Management Company, the university’s investment arm, announced on Wednesday that President and CEO Stephen Blyth will resign immediately for unspecified personal reasons. He started the job in 2015. Blyth took a medical leave […]

July 27, 2016

Students

Open Educational Resources Paying Off for Some Colleges

A growing number of colleges are turning to open educational resources (OER) in an effort to relieve some financial stress for students.

July 27, 2016

Students

Free Community College Program Preparing to Launch in San Diego

Free community college is coming to San Diego. This fall, the first cohort of 201 students will participate in the San Diego Promise pilot program.

July 21, 2016

Students

Experts: Direct More Institutional Aid to Low-income Students

Colleges and universities should rethink the way they distribute institutional aid in order to matriculate more students who lack the means to pay.

July 21, 2016

Leadership & Policy

West Virginia Colleges Don’t Have Much Cash on Hand

CHARLESTON, W.Va. ― Officials for the commission that oversees West Virginia’s four-year colleges have warned that the financial strength of many of the state’s schools appears to be weakening ― at least by one indicator. Staff members of the Higher Education Policy Commission said during a meeting Monday that several schools had less than two […]

July 19, 2016

Students

Pros Advise Higher Ed Endowment Managers to Stick to Principles

When it comes to managing endowments at institutions of higher education and trying to acquire good returns on investments, the task is fraught with unpredictability.

July 14, 2016