Category: Higher Education/System

The Department of Homeland Security has issued a request for proposals to establish a new university-based center for research on terrorism. (Subscription required.)

Despite a recovering economy and exasperation in Congress, college tuition will be up sharply again next year — though experts say that once financial aid is factored in, students may not be worse off.

Maggie and Nate Pancost searched for colleges pretty much on their own. They booked cross-country flights and made campus visits by themselves. Both eventually picked the University of Maryland at College Park, which was not at the top of their parents’ list. (Login required.)

The search for a new president of the University of Wisconsin System has been narrowed to four tentative finalists, including the Texas Tech University System chancellor who made news earlier this year after a public argument with Tech basketball coach Bob Knight.

Victor L. Davolt has an obscurity problem. Regis University, where he is the admissions director, is not exactly what he would call a “bumper sticker college,” not “by any stretch of the imagination.” (Login required.)

Two key Republican lawmakers have sent a letter to the presidents of more than 6,700 colleges and other schools accusing college lobbyists of spreading “misinformation” about legislation in Congress to renew the Higher Education Act. (Subscription required.)

Most American colleges and universities now offer special programs for entering freshmen. One of the most common components of that first-year experience is the freshman learning community or group, designed to socialize new college students, integrate them into the campus, and make sure they don’t drop out. (Subscription required.)

ing the United States needs “a GI Bill for the new century and the next economy,” Sen. John F. Kerry pledged last week that if elected president he would provide federal aid to states that commit to keeping tuition at their public colleges in line with inflation and to institutions that increase the number of Pell Grant recipients they enroll and eventually graduate. (Subscription required.)

Daniel L. Anderson, president of Appalachian Bible College, in West Virginia, has always been a big supporter of conservative causes.

But he is outraged by a proposal, which is being championed by conservative Republican lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives, that would urge colleges to present diverse viewpoints inside and outside the classroom. (Subscription required.)

On a clear April morning in Lincoln, Neb., four members of a search committee assigned to find the University of Nebraska’s next president piled into a white 2003 Mercury Marquis, motored onto State Highway 2, and set out for Kansas City, Mo., nearly 200 miles away. Keith R. Olsen, the committee’s co-chairman, drove. Harvey S. Perlman, chancellor of the University of Nebraska at Lincoln, rode shotgun. (Subscription required.)

Five weeks into their intensive introductory Arabic course, and the words seemed to flow with ease around the classroom at George Washington University, the 16 undergraduates chanting together.

For the first time in four years, MBAs across the nation have reason to celebrate: The economy is heating up, and the class of 2004 is in heavy demand

The stories Monday on how the rise of college ”sticker prices” has been more than offset in recent years by a compensatory increase in grants and tax breaks were a welcome take on the college-cost issue.

Saying the United States needs “a GI Bill for the new century and the next economy,” Sen. John F. Kerry unveiled several major higher-education proposals on Tuesday, including plans to provide federal aid to states that commit to keeping tuition at their public colleges in line with inflation and to institutions that increase the number of Pell Grant recipients they enroll and eventually graduate. (Subscription required.)

What students pay on average for tuition at public universities has fallen by nearly one-third since 1998, thanks to new federal tax breaks and a massive increase in state and federal grants to most students and their families.

In a speech today in Chicago, Sen. John F. Kerry, the presumed Democratic presidential nominee, is expected to unveil several major higher-education proposals, including plans to provide federal aid to states that commit to keeping tuition at their public colleges in line with inflation and to institutions that increase the number of Pell Grant recipients they graduate.

The Higher Education Act will not be renewed this year, a top Republican on the U.S. House of Representatives education committee acknowledged last week. (Subscription required.)

King Alexander, president of Murray State University in Kentucky, wants the world to know how many universities set tuition prices. It works like this: (Sidebar.)

The average cost of going to college has fallen dramatically since 1998 because of tax breaks and increases in financial aid. (Sidebar.)

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Jared Jones’ father wanted him to attend New York University.

”Trouble was, he didn’t have a good plan to come up with the $45,000 to pay for it,” says Jones, 19, of Volga, W.Va.

Terrorism threats. Race-conscious admissions. Intellectual-property rights. Conflicts of interest. Those are just a few of the issues with legal ramifications that are proliferating at colleges and universities. The law has permeated almost every aspect of higher education. (Subscription required.)

Texas has seen the number of minority students attending its flagship universities drop since a federal court ordered it to ban affirmative action in admissions, and it should amend its policy to reflect recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions supporting the practice, affirmative-action advocates told state lawmakers on Thursday. (Subscription required.)

Foundations are on a financial comeback, suggesting that their giving to higher education may not be far behind. (Subscription required.)

The boom in educational technology has not lived up to its promise of revolutionizing the classroom and making higher education more profitable, two professors conclude in a report scheduled to be released today. (Subscription required.)

The boom in educational technology has not lived up to its promise of revolutionizing the classroom and making higher education more profitable, two professors conclude in a report scheduled to be released today.

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. ââ?¬â? At the most recent reunion of Harvard University’s black alumni, there was lots of pleased talk about the increase in the number of black students at Harvard.

But the celebratory mood was broken in one forum, when some speakers brought up the thorny issue of exactly who those black students were. (Reg. required.)

Within weeks of taking over as president of Harvard University in July 2001, Lawrence H. Summers captured national headlines after rebuking a star of the university’s African American studies department for lackluster academic performance. (Reg. required.)

Dave Trachter says the president of the University of Wisconsin System doesn’t necessarily need to have a doctorate, as long as he or she could deliver where it counts.

AMHERST, Massachusetts (AP) — The Supreme Court’s ruling on affirmative action prompted a year of hard work at the University of Massachusetts.

Because of a record number of applications and a desire to better control its enrollment, Marquette University’s admissions rate fell dramatically this year, and it is moving up its priority deadline, this time by two months

Young Hispanic high school graduates are as likely as their white counterparts to enter college, yet half as likely to finish a bachelor’s degree, a new report finds.

The Higher Education Act will not be renewed this year, a top Republican on the U.S. House of Representatives education committee acknowledged on Tuesday. (Subscription required.)