Daniel Luzer

In contrast to trends everywhere else in the country, apparently women in Utah aren’t graduating from college at particularly impressive rates. According to a piece by Paul Nelson on Salt Lake City’s KSL-TV: The percentage of women in Utah attending and graduating college has traditionally been high. Dr. Susan Madsen, an associate professor of management […]

Some college administrators worry that the Obama administration’s education proposals may ultimately leave minority schools with less money, or might make it a lot harder for these institutions to obtain federal money. According to an article by Charles Dervarics in Diverse Issues in Higher Education: An Obama administration plan to consolidate dozens of education, science […]

In an update to the February story of Kaplan University’s agreement to offer some California Community College courses, apparently it’s not working out so well. According to an article by David Moltz in Inside Higher Ed: Months later, though it is unclear how many students have taken advantage of the option, critics view the deal […]

They’re known as non-traditional students—college students over 25, often with children and real jobs—but they’re apparently increasingly common in colleges across the country. According to a piece in the (Iowa) Creston News Advertiser: The single fastest-growing segment of the student population is the proportion of students aged 25 and older. While the total population of […]

Is the awards system for scientists way off? Northwestern University management professor Benjamin Jones argues it is. According to an article by Scott Jaschik in Inside Higher Ed: The paper argues that science has changed in key ways. Specifically, it argues that the age at which researchers are able to make breakthroughs has advanced, and […]

Cambridge recently completed a new addition to a classics building. According to an article at the Huffington Post: The automatic doors at the entrance of the… addition were supposed to be inscribed with the Aristotle quotation “All men by nature desiring to know.” Instead, the typesetter placed a Roman “s” where a Greek one was […]

It’s the sort of gaffe familiar to graduates of Berkelee College of Music, Cornell College, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, and the University of South Carolina: people often confuse their alma maters with other popularly recognized institutions of higher learning with similar names. Or, well, the exact same name. On Saturday “Today Show” anchor Ann Curry […]

From Louisiana comes news that its state legislature is considering altering the authority state colleges have over tuition. According to an Associated Press article by Melinda Deslatte appearing in The Times-Picayune: The Louisiana House will debate a proposal that allows public colleges to hike their tuition costs for students if the schools improve their performance, […]

A survey by the College Board indicates that apparently most American high school students and their parents rule out colleges based on sticker price alone, even though with financial aid a lot of expensive schools might actually be quite affordable. According to an article by Eric Hoover in the Chronicle of Higher Education: Most students […]

“Saturday Night Live” contacted 88-year-old actress Betty White to host a May 8th broadcast of the program after fans created a massive Facebook campaign to get her there. If it works for her, it can work for anyone. There’s apparently a new, similarly massive, Facebook campaign to get an SNL episode hosted by Slovenian philosopher […]