Daniel Luzer

The Senate’s pork-laden omnibus spending bill would fund Pell, but despite providing generous cash for a whole series of wacky, vaguely academic local projects like Dixie State College of Utah’s “Cybercrime Detection and Computer Support Training” program and Cornell’s “National Textile Center,” it would also eliminate one existing federal program. According to an article by […]

People concerned with the quality of higher education in America often say that remediation, non-credit bearing classes schools often make students take in preparation for introductory courses, is one of the main challenges to improving completion at community colleges. The problem is that when students enter college unprepared, how can the college make them ready? […]

Earlier this week I, like others, criticized the American Council on Education’s recent report on the value of college. The report, which surveyed college graduates and then indicated overwhelming support for the value of college, seemed troublesome to me because a lot of the graduates were actually middle aged and the study didn’t try to […]

One thing about Senate’s controversial funding measure, at least it would fix the Pell Grant problem. According to a piece by Doug Lederman at Inside Higher Ed: Senate leaders on Tuesday unveiled an omnibus spending bill to fund the government’s operations for the 2011 fiscal year that they say would sustain the maximum Pell Grant […]

Tennessee’s Belmont University may be legally allowed to fire its lesbian soccer coach, but that doesn’t mean people aren’t going to make the decision very difficult on the school. According to an article by Nate Rau The Tennessean: [Nashville] Councilmen Jamie Hollin and Mike Jameson filed legislation Monday that would void the 2007 agreement allowing […]

College graduates, no matter now unemployed or in debt, totally think college was worth it. This may have a lot to do with how researchers asked the questions. The American Council on Education released the results of its recent survey Monday. According to the press release: The more than 2.4 million students who receive an […]

It’s apparently not just Columbia that has a drug market problem. Hanover, New Hampshire police recently arrested Dartmouth freshman Delos Chang. According to an article by Leslie Ye in The Dartmouth: Delos Chang ’14, the secretary of the 2014 Class Council, was arrested on six counts of possessing illegal drugs — three of which are […]

Students may be lying on course evaluations, say professors. Really, someone actually did a study. The study might be limited in its usefulness, however. According to an article by Staci Hupp in the Des Moines Register: About a third of students surveyed… admitted they had stretched the truth on anonymous teacher evaluations, which teachers at […]

Oh, where is Christine O’Donnell when you want to hear from her? Well something is rotten in Denmark. According to an article in the Copenhagen Post: An Aalborg University professor and at least three other men and one woman have been caught on tape holding a steamy orgy on campus. The orgies have reportedly been […]

On Monday the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed a lower court decision on “the pricing of products made outside the United States.” This has implications for textbook pricing because it effectively prevents the new introduction of low-priced academic books. The case, Costco vs. Omega, was originally about watches. As an earlier piece in Inside Higher Ed […]