Fifteen years ago, the Obama administration and philanthropic foundations encouraged more Americans to get a college degree. Remedial classes were a big barrier. Two-thirds of community college students and 40% of four-year college students weren’t academically prepared for college-level work and were forced to take prerequisite “developmental” courses that didn’t earn them college credits. Many […]
Higher education is re-envisioning its offerings from the ground up to acclimate itself to the emerging demands of a digital workforce. How can the humanities and arts defend their merit?
In his new book, “Degrees of Risk: Navigating Insecurity and Inequality in Public Higher Education,” sociology professor Blake R. Silver examines some of many ways that college students can slip through the cracks at public colleges and universities. In the following Q&A with The Conversation U.S., Silver expounds on what he discovered while doing research […]
The report's authors noted that this gap may vary—or even be wider—at institutions that do not stress discipline as intensely as West Point. Also: what does this presidential candidate's bid to cut "unnecessary" college degree mean for you?
College graduates on average earn more than those without a four-year degree — but where you go to school may influence your earning potential. Young men (ages 25 to 34) earned a median annual income of $77,000 in 2023, compared with $45,000 for those in the same age group who only completed high school, Pew […]
Whether spearheading growth opportunities or helping sow campus harmony, Link, the "bi-cultural" scholar, carries this centuries-old, nine-word phrase with her as the leader of Drew University.
A new report released by State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli highlights the higher education sector’s importance to New York’s local economies and to the state’s overall economic health. The state’s 290 degree-granting, postsecondary institutions employed over 296,000 people, paying wages of around $26.5 billion in 2023, but the sector still has over 13,000 fewer jobs since […]
Liberal arts college leaders attending The Presidents Dinner in D.C. are tangled in a Catch-22 balancing First Amendment protections. But dialogue and learning to listen are seen as solutions.
Breaking down siloes is a method of the past at UT Knoxville. Inaugural dean Ozlem Kilic shows us how her new college is creating a forum for cutting-edge curriculum.
