When the Gainful Employment regulations were first proposed by the Obama administration in 2010, I stated that they might be reasonable if they applied to all institutions of higher education. […]
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The outcome of this year’s presidential election was not surprising, at least to me. For all of the Lincoln Republicans who voted for Mr. Biden […]
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As I write in the early morning hours of November 3, Election Day, I continue to be amazed at the fractured status of our country. The outcome of the election may not be in doubt to the pollsters, but the unrest will likely continue. […]
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Dr. Robert Kelchen, an associate professor at Seton Hall University and an expert on financial aid, was commissioned to write an article about using earning metrics for accountability for Higher Learning Advocates, a bipartisan higher education advocacy group. […]
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Finding consistent sources of accurate data for many industries is not easy. Higher education is no exception. For those in the know, the College Board’s annual Trends in College Pricing and Student Aid report is a valuable resource, providing college pricing and other data for more than two decades. […]
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In an article published Monday by the New York Times, reporter Shawn Hubler writes that the resurgence of the coronavirus has forced universities to make deep cuts to close widening budget shortfalls. Some of the examples that she provides include the elimination of low-participation liberal arts degrees at liberal arts colleges, pausing admissions to Ph.D. programs in liberal arts, eliminating undergraduate programs in higher education, and furloughing employees. […]
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The cover of the October 24-30th issue of The Economist features the title “Who Controls the Conversation?” In an editorial in the same issue preceding the article “Social Media and Free Speech,” the editors write that free speech on social media is too important to be determined by a handful of tech executives. […]
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In the November-December 2020 issue of the Harvard Business Review, Professor Prithwiraj (Raj) Choudhury writes that the pandemic lockdowns have triggered two major questions for many organizations — Are all-remote or majority-remote organizations the future of knowledge work? Is work from anywhere (WFA) here to stay? […]
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In this week’s Inside Higher Education learning innovation blog, Josh Kim writes about how the future of the automobile industry is electric vehicles. Gasoline-powered pickup trucks, specifically the Ford F-150, are among the largest sellers and most profitable automobiles. As a result, the entry of electric pickups into the market has started to pick up. […]
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The incentives for institutions to smooth out the transfer student process are now greater than they have ever been before. […]
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