Daniel Luzer

Apparently women are now outpacing men in higher education achievement. According to an Associated Press article by Hope Yen: Among adults 25 and older, 29 percent of all women in the U.S. had at least a bachelor’s degree, compared with 30 percent of men, according to 2009 census figures released Tuesday. Measured by raw numbers, […]

National Hispanic University, a 600-student college in San Jose, Calif. serving mostly adult Hispanic women, was yesterday saved from an uncertain financial future through its sale to Laureate Education. Laureate is a $3.5 billion company in Baltimore that owns more than 50 accredited colleges. According to an article about the deal by Joe Rodriguez in […]

Earlier this month the University of Missouri announced that it had hired Illinois State University’s Robin Pingeton to be the school’s women’s basketball coach. At the press conference announcing her appointment Pingeton said: I’m very blessed to have my staff here. This is something very unique for Division I Women’s basketball. A staff where the […]

How can people know if community colleges are doing a good job? That issue is a major point of discussion for administrators attending the annual meeting of the American Association of Community Colleges in Seattle. According to an article in Inside Higher Ed: After leaders of the American Association of Community Colleges revealed details about […]

Can you get college credit for just, well, living? Apparently sometimes you can. According to an article by Matthew Dembicki at Community College Times: [The Council for Adult and Experiential Learning (CAEL)], A national organization that focuses on adult learning, will this summer launch a two-year demonstration project to transfer individuals’ life and work experiences […]

The true contribution of schools of education to, well, actual education has long been a matter of debate. Back in October Education Secretary Arne Duncan said most education schools were “mediocre” and served as “cash cows” for other academic programs. This week New York State takes what may be the first step in the ultimate […]

Foreign language professors at George Washington University are very worried about jobs and the futures of their department. Thanks to a change in the school’s degree requirements, students will no longer have to take foreign languages to fulfill their distribution requirements. According to an article in Inside Higher Ed: The final package of reforms — […]

In 2005 real estate mogul and, you know, human resources specialist Donald Trump started his own school, Trump University. Trump offers classes in real estate, asset management, and entrepreneurship. Trump, who actually graduated from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, here explains that “action is what Trump University is all about”: Well apparently […]

April is not only the time that many high school students find out which colleges accepted them, but also information about their financial aid. But as Nina Marks, a woman who serves as the president of a nonprofit that works with low-income, first-generation college students, points out in an article in the Washington Post, financial […]

When President Obama signed the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 on March 23 he also asked longtime community college professor Jill Biden, the wife of the vice president, to convene a conference to discuss the future of community colleges. It’s a little unclear what the policymakers are supposed to chat about at […]