Innovative Solutions For Higher Education
Mark Kopenski May 25, 2017 232 Comments Off on Student Debt’s Grip on the Economy – The New York TimesAfter decades of rising college costs and tepid income growth, student debt has become a drag on graduates’ hopes and a threat to economic growth. The cost of a four-year college education, adjusted for inflation, is two and half times as much as it was in the 1978-79 school year, while median family income has increased only 20 percent. A
American students — at record numbers — are accepting offers of admissions from Canadian universities. So are students from other parts of the world. Immediately after last year’s presidential election, Canadian universities started to report record traffic on their websites, coming from American high school students. Then the universities started to report more trips to campus from south of the
Mark Kopenski May 25, 2017 245 Comments Off on Vietnam: local enrolments at foreign schools expected to grow after cap removedThe international schools market in Vietnam is expected to see a surge in enrolments following the announcement of a draft decree which will uncap local student enrolments at foreign-invested schools. The draft decree, which was announced earlier this year, will replace decree 73, which currently enforces a cap on the number of Vietnamese students enrolling at schools below higher education level established
Mark Kopenski May 25, 2017 196 Comments Off on Students Stop U.S. Immigration Officer From Speaking at Northwestern U. – The Ticker – Blogs – The Chronicle of Higher EducationStudents at Northwestern University disrupted a sociology class on Tuesday to protest the visit of an officer from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The Daily Northwestern reports that members of student groups gathered outside the campus building where the ICE representative was beginning a guest presentation. The sociology course focuses on “inequality in American society with an emphasis on
Mark Kopenski May 25, 2017 147 Comments Off on Business scholars and administrators publish call to move away from current rankings systemsTwenty-one scholars at a range of business schools are about to publish a joint call to change the way business schools are ranked. They argue that traditional methods — which reduce business schools to ordinal rankings — are deceptive and biased toward certain kinds of M.B.A. and other business school programs. The article — soon to appear in the journal
Mark Kopenski May 25, 2017 179 Comments Off on Jesuit leader warns BC High: O’Malley against admitting girls – The Boston GlobeA Jesuit leader warned Boston College High School officials in March that Cardinal Sean O’Malley “strongly opposed” the idea of admitting female students to the all-boys school, saying such a move would threaten the all-girls Catholic schools in the area by drawing their students away, according to a letter obtained by the Globe Tuesday. The letter by the Rev.
Mark Kopenski May 25, 2017 176 Comments Off on Colleges Still Accepting Applications for Fall 2017 | MoneyDidn’t Get Into Your Dream School? These Colleges are Still Accepting Applications for Fall 2017 Kim Clark May 04, 2017 In one of the best-kept secrets of college admissions, hundreds of schools — including dozens of well-regarded private colleges and public flagships — re-open their application process in early May, giving students a second chance at getting into a dream
Mark Kopenski May 25, 2017 179 Comments Off on US: 4 Chinese international students arrested for cheating on admissions test – studintsUS authorities have arrested four chinese international students who were allegedly involved in a college entrance test scam. US Federal Prosecutors claim that Yue Wang, who is a international student at Hult International Business School, sat the TOEFL exam for three other Chinese international students – Shikun Zhang, Leyi Huang, and Xiaomeng Cheng. They then relied on the exam scores to
Mark Kopenski May 25, 2017 268 Comments Off on Partnerships Might be Key to Attracting International Students (Paid Content by INTO from The Chronicle of Higher Education)As the world continues to watch the evolving implications of the Trump administration’s executive orders to restrict certain nationalities from entering the United States, academic institutions have been acting swiftly in response, from university presidents issuing statements against the ban, to widespread student protests. Many campus communities agree international students and scholars not only bring diversity to a university campus,
Mark Kopenski May 25, 2017 162 Comments Off on Author discusses new book about how American higher education has always been ‘a perfect mess’David F. Labaree’s new book makes a somewhat unusual argument to reassure those worried about the future of American higher education. Yes, it has many serious problems, he writes. But it always has and always will. And that is in fact a strength of American higher education, he argues. Labaree, a professor of education at Stanford University, answered questions
