To establish the set of colleges included in the rankings, we started with the 1,739 colleges in the fifty states that are listed in the U.S. Department of Education’s Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and have a 2015 Carnegie basic classification of research, master’s, baccalaureate, and baccalaureate/associate’s colleges, are not exclusively graduate colleges, participate […]
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Musings from a Midwest Road Trip
One of the best things about being a faculty member is the incredible flexibility during the summer. Although I am only on a nine-month contract and have to hustle for grant or contract funding to maintain a nice standard of living (here is what I did last summer), it’s great to be in almost complete […]
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By the Numbers: Private Student Loan Borrowing Can Leave Students in the Lurch
The Department of Education plans to eliminate reporting requirements on private and institutional loans, exempting those kinds of debt from any accountability or transparency. That’s a mistake.
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How One University is Luring Coveted Honors Students with Social Justice
To revitalize its home city, Rutgers University-Newark has started an honors program that looks beyond test scores to students’ commitment to social change
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High-Paying Jobs Go Begging While High School Grads Line Up for Bachelor’s Degrees
Huge shortages loom in the skilled trades, which require less — and cheaper — training
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Financial Stress Tests for Small Colleges?
The Massachusetts Board of Higher Education meets Tuesday to discuss the future of students at Mount Ida College, the liberal arts college in Newton set to close at the end of the month. Many of its 1,500 students—and incoming ones who had planned to enroll this fall—are unsure where they will complete their degrees. One […]
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Even If They Want to Go to College, Millions of Adults Live in Higher Education “Deserts”
At least 25 miles from the nearest campus, they also don’t have internet speeds to study online
Posted inApril/May/June 2018, Books, Featured, Magazine
Classless
A libertarian economist calls for ending public education as we know it. It’s a radical proposal—and deeply wrong.
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How the University of California Set the Gold Standard for College Affordability
Most students in the University of California system don’t pay a dime for tuition—and administrators pull it off without breaking the bank.
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New Higher Education Policy Voice: Dominique Bak
Dominique Baker (@bakerdphd) is a second-year assistant professor of education policy at Southern Methodist University, where her research focuses on student financial aid and equity in higher education. A prolific scholar (her CV is available here), her work addresses policy-relevant topics in a way that should be the goal of every assistant professor. (Also, SMU […]
