College Inc. Archive: Attainment
Cal State's Reed: Don't cut Pell grant program
California State University broke with years of tradition in the 2008 downturn by adopting competitive admissions. For the first time in a long time, California students in the top third of their classes with B averages weren't guaranteed admission. Since...
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Daniel de Vise
| March 2, 2011; 12:22 PM ET |
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Access, Administration, Admissions, Aid, Attainment, Community Colleges, Finance, For-profit colleges, Public policy, Publics
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Fixing higher ed: U-Va. and U-Md. weigh in
In an article published last week in The Washington Post Magazine, I offered eight suggestions to "fix" higher education. After reading the article, you can rank the ideas in a poll, which you will find farther down on this blog....
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Daniel de Vise
| February 27, 2011; 2:46 PM ET |
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Administration, Aid, Athletics, Attainment, Development, Finance, Labor, Research, Technology
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Fixing higher ed: Lumina's Jamie Merisotis
In a story that published Sunday in The Washington Post Magazine, I offer eight suggestions to "fix" higher education. After reading the story, you can rank the ideas in a poll, which you will find farther down on this blog....
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Daniel de Vise
| February 24, 2011; 5:52 PM ET |
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Access, Administration, Admissions, Aid, Attainment, Finance, Online, Pedagogy, Public policy, Students, Technology
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Guest post: We need 14 million more Hispanic degrees
Here is a guest post by Frank Alvarez, president and CEO of the Hispanic Scholarship Fund: As Hispanic Americans watch the batches of data flow out from the U.S. Census Bureau we have both a sense of pride and anxiety....
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Daniel de Vise
| February 23, 2011; 3:34 PM ET |
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Access, Aid, Attainment, Public policy, Students
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Fixing higher ed: Trinity's Patricia McGuire
In a story that published Sunday in The Washington Post Magazine, I offer eight suggestions to "fix" higher education. After reading the story, you can rank the ideas in a poll, which you will find a bit farther down on...
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Daniel de Vise
| February 23, 2011; 10:50 AM ET |
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Access, Administration, Attainment, Finance, Pedagogy, Students
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Randolph-Macon offers 'degree guarantee'
Randolph-Macon College in Ashland, Va., today announced a Four-Year Degree Guarantee: Students who follow a few institutional policies are promised a degree in four years, or else the college will waive tuition until the student has finished. With the guarantee,...
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Daniel de Vise
| February 22, 2011; 5:35 PM ET |
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Attainment, Finance, Liberal Arts, Privates
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