by admin | Apr 24, 2014
Dear Grace, I know life is awfully hectic for a busy middle school girl like you. One day soon, you will be graduating from high school, and then college. Then off to pursue a career, travel, perhaps a family, who knows? You are young, and your whole life is ahead of...
by admin | Mar 13, 2014
The Council of Independent Colleges and the Teagle Foundation, which supports undergraduate education in arts and sciences, are among some of the organizations pushing for a liberal arts approach to online or hybrid education through recent initiatives that invite...
by admin | Jan 29, 2014
Today’s White House higher education summit will focus, in part, on improving access to higher education for lower-income and first-generation students, and it’s no surprise that five women’s college presidents will be on hand to lend their support. Women’s...
by admin | Jan 29, 2014
Spelman College, a historically black liberal arts college for women, celebrates with President Beverly Tatum, who received one of four 2013 Academic Leadership Awards from the Carnegie Corporation of New York. Established in 2005, the award honors university...
by admin | Jan 29, 2014
In college athletics, Division I teams garner much of the attention, money and scandal associated with the NCAA. That leads to a spillover into the governance of smaller programs in Divisions II and III. That’s according to Mount Holyoke College President Lynn...
by admin | Jan 22, 2014
“Undermatching” is the latest buzzword to afflict higher education, a theory that “high achieving low income” students should choose only elite or “competitive” colleges and universities instead of the often-local institutions that serve...
by admin | Nov 10, 2013
At the highest levels of the American workforce, less than 20 percent of the top leadership jobs are held by women, according to a new national study, which found that women, on average, earn less than men in comparable jobs while, by some measures, outperforming...
by admin | Oct 10, 2013
If you’re a parent with a college-bound daughter, I know you’re thinking about the cost of her education. On one hand, you’re so proud of her; on the other, you’re wondering what kind of education you can really afford. You know she deserves a...
by admin | Sep 16, 2013
My first job out of law school paid $15,000, pretty grim even by 1977 standards. That modest sum paid for a roach-infested apartment in Mt. Rainer, a used Duster with rust holes in the floor, and $90 a month in student loan payments that really stressed me out. Sallie...
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