Daniel Luzer

Mike Rustigan writes in the Los Angeles Times that it’s time to reconsider vocational training: According to a growing number of demographers and labor experts, the U.S. soon will be experiencing a severe shortage of skilled workers. Blue-collar baby boomers are retiring, but schools aren’t preparing the next generation to take their place. Our nation […]

So much for that gender imbalance problem. From Inside Higher Ed comes news that more men are entering college: For the first time in many years, a number of community colleges are reporting that their enrollment of male students this past fall either outpaced or equaled that of female students. Tidewater Community College, in Virginia, […]

Recently, the Maryland Higher Education Commission invalidated the University of Maryland University College’s (UMUC) online program because it too closely mirrored a traditional program at Morgan State University. Instead of fixing the problem, according to an article in the Baltimore Sun State university leaders, in what they call a quest to expand college access to […]

U.S. News & World Report rankings of colleges has long been a source of concern for those interested in determining college quality. Part of the trouble comes from the way that 25 percent of the college ranking (more than any other factor) comes from a survey of a college’s reputation. Essentially this reputation survey, or […]

More slightly awkward news from the ivies. The Ithaca Journal reports that: Eldred Harris, a former reunion campaign officer in the [Cornell University] Alumni Affairs and Development Office, is suing the university for $30,000 in overtime fees. Cornell officials allege in court documents that Harris said he had information about a supposed university admissions practice […]

Maybe eight isn’t such a lucky number in China after all. In an update to the story of Zhang Lei, the Chinese businessman who last week gave Yale University, his alma mater, $8,888,888.00, apparently some in the People’s Republic of China object to his gift. According to an AFP article: A Chinese businessman’s huge donation […]

From the Chronicle of Higher Education comes news that many are urging law schools to work on helping law students “cope” with not getting a job: Law schools have a responsibility to teach students how to be emotionally resilient and fiscally sensible at a time when high-paying jobs are hard to come by and student-loan […]

From USA Today comes news that the Princeton Review has published its annual list of best value colleges. Topping the list are the University of Virginia (for public schools) and Swarthmore College (for private schools). Wait, what? Out-of-state tuition at UVA is $31,680. Tuition at Swarthmore is $37,860. While these aren’t the most expensive school […]

Is this is one of those spine-chilling depression stories or just a sign that the bottom has finally dropped out of the gigantic, parasitic textbook market? It’s hard to tell. According to the San Francisco Chronicle, Barns & Noble has expanded its college textbook rental program: The new program, available though campus bookstores or the […]

A study published in the latest issue of the Journal of Labor Economics predicts that a ban on affirmative action would decrease minority representation at American colleges very moderately. According to the study: Black and Hispanic representation at all four-year colleges is predicted to decline modestly—by two percent—if race-neutral college admissions policies are mandated nationwide. […]