Oregon's 17 community colleges generated more than $9 billion in annual economic impact for the state in the 2021-2022 fiscal year, according to a report released last week by the Oregon Community College Association. The analysis, conducted by labor market analytics firm Lightcast and paid for by the colleges, looked at a variety of ways […]
And while there is undeniable value in a traditional college education, businesses have the opportunity to reshape higher education once again to align better with their most current and pressing needs at the height of the Information Age. Today, a "traditional college education" isn't necessarily the optimal pathway for building a successful career. Companies like […]
Colorado students hoping to earn bachelor's degrees in civil or mechanical engineering, fermentation science and technology or hospitality and event management from Colorado State University will spend more than $56,000 apiece in tuition and fees to complete the four-year programs. Those who take the same classes just four miles away at Front Range Community College's […]
The offer makes concessions on a variety of issues, many of which were brought up in GEO's original bargaining platform. The offer includes offering birthing parent graduate students up to 12 weeks of paid leave, lower out-of-pocket maximums on mental health care and physical therapy copays, expanded gender-affirming benefits and the creation of a $20,000 per […]
#BamaRush is not just a racialized system (the schools sororities were unofficially segregated until 2013), it's a system shaped by a troubling shift in college admissions: public universities heavily recruit out-of-state students from affluent, predominantly white high schools because as nonresidents they pay higher tuition. Too many schools around the country are following UA's formula, which […]
Thanks to relaxed legal sanctions and a sprouting economic impact, institutions are responding to higher workforce demands in the cannabis industry by offering short-term, cost-friendly programs. Will their efforts pan out?
VitalSource's Annual Course Materials Report found that about a fifth of all students now purchase course materials directly through their LMS rather than through standard retail options.
Illinois universities have seen an 11% drop in per-student spending in the past decade and a half. One of the largest contributing factors is the rapidly increasing cost of university pension payments. Back in 2009, only 14 cents of every higher education dollar went toward faculty pensions. Now, those payments consume a hefty 43 cents of […]
