Daniel Luzer

Iowa’s community colleges are facing new challenges as more citizens seek classes community colleges provide. According to an article in the Sioux City Journal: “We’re growing like a weed,” said Steve Ovel of the Iowa Association of Community College Presidents and Trustees. “There are a lot of pressure points.” Comparing Iowa’s community colleges to an […]

Tuition freezes at American colleges have long been appealing, particularly in times of economic trouble. But an article in Inside Higher Ed indicates that they might not really work: Tuition freezes have long had political appeal, and a plan to halt hikes for a second consecutive year in Missouri has been met with predictable applause […]

While Colorado is considering ending longstanding policy providing free education for American Indians studying at Fort Lewis College, things are moving in the opposite direction elsewhere in the American Southwest. From the Salt Lake City Deseret News comes news that first-generation students: Provided they meet specific eligibility requirements, will be able to attend Weber State […]

Colleges may be cutting financial aid, services, and even courses, but apparently the salaries of college presidents continue to increase. According to an article in the New York Times: The median [pay of college presidents] rose to $436,111 in 2008-9, an increase of 2.3 percent when compared with the year before. (When adjusted for inflation… […]

University professors are so liberal. This has long been an established, and even occasionally proven, stereotype. Well now we have an idea why. According to an article in the New York Times: A pair of sociologists think they may have an answer: typecasting. Conjure up the classic image of a humanities or social sciences professor, […]

There’s an update to the case of Harold Raveche, the controversial president of Stevens Institute of Technology investigated by the New Jersey attorney general last month for a series of violations, including keeping two sets of financial records to conceal his school’s dismal financial situation. On January 15, Raveche agreed to resign from his position, […]

In an effort to save the state money, some members of the Colorado legislature propose limiting money has allows Native Americans to study at Fort Lewis College without paying tuition. According to a Huffington Post article: Facing a budget crunch, Colorado lawmakers want to take some of that money away. Rep. Karen Middleton, D-Aurora, said […]

From the Chronicle of Higher Education comes news that the governor of New York, David Paterson, is proposing greater independence for the state and city university systems. According to the article, in Peterson’s 2010-11 budget: Is a proposal to remove tuition from the state’s budget process and to allow universities to receive that revenue without […]

Never mind getting a tenure-track job in academia. While a PhD-holder finding a good job is rare enough, it turns out that the salary prospects for academics is declining too. From the Boston Globe comes news that: Perhaps people should flee the Ph.D. path…. While the inflation-adjusted earnings of workers with bachelor’s or masters degrees […]

On Tuesday the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit rejected an appeal by religious high schools that balked at some of the University of California’s admissions standards. The plaintiffs, the Association of Christian Schools International and several evangelical Protestant high schools, alleged “that the University of California admission policy, which involves UC’s review […]