The Wall Street Journal published a series of articles in 2021 about the costs of graduate degrees and the income earned by graduates of those programs. I wrote a series of six blog articles that reported on and commented about their articles and the data presented in their reporting tool. These posts included: Incurring Debt […]
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I am a fan of dual enrollment programs. For the uninitiated, these programs allow high school students to take courses that earn them high school and college credit. The courses may be taken at a local college or high school. The programs are formalized with a signed agreement between high schools and colleges. Dual credit […]
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I recently reposted a link to a keynote speech that I delivered at the Distance Learning Administration Conference in 2013. The original speech was Online Disruption, MOOC Mania, and Change in Higher Education. I thought it might be useful to provide commentary on the more notable sections of the speech. The commentary is italicized. The […]
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Commenting about higher education finances is a frequent topic of mine. My most recent blog post was about fluctuating higher education funding at state institutions. In June, I wrote about a number of colleges and universities announcing closures, mergers, and restructuring. I have years of experiences with university cost-cutting measures. I began my career in […]
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It’s no secret that many colleges are in financial trouble. Non-elite private colleges have embraced the practice of offering tuition discounts in the form of merit scholarships for so long that more than 60% of their tuition is discounted. Public colleges and universities are subject to pressures from state higher education finance decisions as well […]
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Many years ago, I was fortunate to attend a private school in Maryland. After I graduated from college, I served as a member of the school’s alumni association board and as a trustee of the school. In 2021, I published a five-part series of articles about my work for the school under the title A […]
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In September 2022, I wrote about the Texas Commission on Community College Finance’s (TCCCF) recommendation to increase state and local funding for Texas Community Colleges. The state’s share of funding had decreased from 68% to 26% over the past 40 years, with the difference covered by higher tuition and property taxes. The nonpartisan public policy […]
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I write frequently about college affordability. From my perspective, it’s easier to provide a return on investment for a college education if the cost to attend college doesn’t saddle the graduate with student loans for a lifetime. A graduate with low or no debt is also free to pursue a career that may not pay […]
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Sometime in the mid-1990’s, I became familiar with the concept of tuition discounting. I was not yet working in higher education, but served on an independent school board with an economist who worked in higher education. When she described the practice of tuition discounting by colleges, she recommended that I read economist David Breneman’s book. […]
Over the weekend, I read a LinkedIn post discussing a book about artificial intelligence in education. Normally, I flag posts like that or store the link so that I can return to the post, the article, or, in this case, the book. The book’s title is Creative Applications of Artificial Intelligence in Education. It is […]
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