Daniel Luzer

Yale University sent a memo to students and faculty Wednesday indicating that it plans to cut graduate admissions by up to 15 percent. According to an article Yale Daily News: In interviews Wednesday and Thursday some department heads and graduate students questioned the decision to shrink the Graduate School, arguing that the reduction will take […]

On Wednesday this week the New York Times Room for Debate blog (a regular Times feature in which experts debate a topical issue) covered an issue of great interest to the College Guide: the rising cost of tuition. More specifically, the Times looked at whether or not federal money can reduce the cost of college. […]

Advanced Placement classes, high school courses designed as a substitute for entry-level college classes, are a prime mover in college admissions. In recent years the number of AP classes high school students take, and the scores they earn on the test that comes at the end, has been a major factor in determining what colleges […]

The Vancouver Sun reports that the People’s Republic of China: Has removed the University of Calgary from its list of accredited institutions — a move school officials are concerned is connected to the Dalai Lama’s visit last fall. The university hosted the Tibetan spiritual leader and awarded him an honourary degree when he visited the […]

Gordon Gee, America’s “best” (and most bountifully compensated) college president, wants to change tenure. Gee, the president of Ohio State, recently spoke with the Associated Press: Ohio State University President Gordon Gee says the traditional formula that rewards publishing in scholarly journals over excellence in teaching and other contributions is outdated and too often favors […]

In an update to the story of the controversial merger of HBCU colleges proposed by Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour, Diverse Issues in Higher Education reports that it doesn’t look like a merger’s happening anytime soon: It has been “politically unfeasible.” Politicians, educators, and students and alumni and community leaders have vehemently opposed the concept of […]

Every college wants a big endowment. It can help cushion a school against financial insecurity and allow it to continue effective programs even in times when the economy isn’t doing well. The trouble is that the endowment might make a school too eager to take financial risks, too. According to an article yesterday posted on […]

More American colleges are now serving the Hispanic community. This is a growing trend and appears in some surprising states. According to an article in Inside Higher Ed: In the 1980s, the designation Hispanic-serving institution (HSI) was created by the federal government to direct funding to nonprofit colleges where at least 25 percent of the […]

There are diploma mills and then there are other things that might be characterized as much, much worse. The Times of London reports that: A university registrar offered bogus degrees in return for spanking sessions in a hotel, a court was told yesterday. He told the women that his name was Dave and that he […]

The Lexington Herald-Leader reports that: A University of Kentucky graduate student has sued the university and others, claiming he was wrongfully fired from his job at the UK Chandler Medical Center because he had a handgun in his car. Michael Mitchell, who had a permit allowing him to have a concealed weapon, was working as […]