Daniel Luzer

A new study from the business school at the University of New Hampshire indicates that there is little connection between grades earned by students and the amount of time they spend on social media. According to the study: There is no correlation between the amount of time students spend using social media and their grades. […]

The College Guide has run articles about campus corruption and scams before, but this looks like a new low. The owner of California Union University surrendered to immigration agents recently for running an immigration scam through his “college.” According to an article in the Orange County Register: Samuel Chai Cho Oh, 65, surrendered to Immigration […]

According to an article in Inside Higher Ed: A Massachusetts appeals court ruled Wednesday that Boston College police officers acted legally when they searched the dormitory room of two students without a warrant. The search, prompted by reports that the students had weapons in the room, found weapons — which were legal, but violated college […]

This is, well, novel. From Inside Higher Ed comes news that the Indiana Commission for Higher Education has plans to cut state university budgets. But the funding cuts will not be arbitrary or even. According to the article: Indiana’s commissioner of higher education recommended distributing budget cuts to state colleges based in significant part on […]

A little more state cuts for higher education at the holidays. From the Las Vegas Sun comes news that with declining revenues the governor of Nevada, Jim Gibbons, plans on making new funding cuts to state agencies: With more budget cuts anticipated, state agency heads and advocates for services are preparing to make their cases […]

While an undergraduate education is expensive, it’s is nothing compared to law school. While sometimes law schools are willing to cut students deals, in exchange for past achievement or promises of future service, one school is just bucking the trend altogether and offering law school for half price. According to an article in the New […]

The New Jersey attorney general, Anne Milgram, recently began a lawsuit involving Stevens Institute of Technology. According to a piece in the New York Times: charges are swirling over Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, N.J. The state attorney general has sued the institute and its president, Harold J. Raveché, accusing him of plundering the […]

According to an article in Inside Higher Ed, a recent survey by Yaffe & Company indicates that the heads of community colleges get paid less than the heads of four-year schools. While the headline is of the “sky blue, report says” variety; certainly one would expect the heads of two year schools—which are generally almost […]

With the latest economic downtown, the poverty cry of universities has become pretty well accepted: endowments down, layoffs, cuts in services, a decline in tenure-track jobs. The schools just can’t afford such luxuries. But most of this information comes from college administrators. But actual academics are skeptical, however. According to an article in Inside Higher […]

Many California students are now out of luck due to higher education cuts. California’s budget troubles not only make California public colleges more expensive; the cuts will also make the colleges more selective. Because of this, California community colleges now are considering offering bachelor’s degrees. From an article in the Contra Costa Times: With tens […]