Yesterday, I wrote about new data analysis released by the Institute for Higher Education Policy. The data, which powers the group’s Equitable Valuation Explorer, shows…
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Yesterday, the Postsecondary Value Commission ā part of the Institute for Higher Education Policy ā issued its updated report on the value of higher education.…
The Oregon State Legislature has adopted a new funding model for its community colleges. It’sā¦ wait for it ā¦ performance-based funding! Oregon joins Texas, North…
If you’re looking for additional rationale for applying minimum earnings standards to community college programs, here’s one more. Sixty-two percent of this year’s graduating class…
More than a year ago, I wrote about the consolidation of five rural Minnesota community colleges. The new institution, known as Minnesota North College, has…
Kansas and Colorado have made it official: Their four-year universities automatically award associate degrees when the student amasses enough credits for them. The Kansas Board…
Yesterday, I wrote about an opinion piece I recently read. The author indicated that higher education institutions needed to do a better job of recognizing…
I read an opinion piece a while back regarding mergers among higher education institutions. The author’s point was that schools that really needed to merge…
The Department of Education will resume collections of student loans at the end of August. As part of the federal government’s pandemic relief strategy, ED…
EAB, a higher education consulting firm headquartered in Washington, D.C., recently released a report regarding what it calls “Gen P.” Gen P consists of students…