More Small Colleges Dropping Out- (Found June 24, 2008 ) It's like Wal-Mart opens up on the highway, and the mom-and-pop store around the corner closes.http://www.nytimes.com/2002/05/07/education/07LIBE.html?ex=1021348800&en=e98e6f7de2920... (Untitled)- (Found June 24, 2008 ) Welcome to Our Law School, Young Man. We'll See You in Court.. A law student sets up a website - lsulaw.com - and the law school it describes - LSU Law - sues, objecting to the domain name and suggesting (probbly inaccurately) that people might confuse this (clearly labeled) site with the real thing. The courts have come down with a mixed bag of rulings in similar cases, so there is hope for both sides. But it strikes me as a pretty frivolous lawsuit, one that creates more bad publicity for LSU.http://radio.weblogs.com/0101096/2002/05/07.html#a59 Stung by tight budget, Tennessee makes changes in how universities are funded- (Found June 24, 2008 ) "Facing a budget shortfall, Tennessee's Higher Education Commission voted in favor of a plan to raise admission standards at colleges and universities, limit enrollment and cut $25 million in state funding for athletics."http://www.nj.com/newsflash/national/index.ssf?/cgi-free/getstory_ssf.cgi?a0497_BC_HigherE... Community Colleges Fudge Facts for Foreigners- (Found June 24, 2008 ) Surprisingly, community colleges are among the most aggressive recruiters abroad, despite the fact that the primary mission of these public two-year schools traditionally has been to serve their localities by offering open admissions, vocational training and low tuition...But some community colleges buttress their recruitment by misrepresenting transfers to more celebrated schools, waiving English-language requirements, or paying recruiters commission, a practice discouraged by the best-known..http://www.msnbc.com/news/732851.asp?cp1=1 Education Policy Analysis Archives- (Found June 24, 2008 ) Quantifying Quality: What Can the U.S. News and World Report Rankings Tell us About the Quality of Higher Educationhttp://epaa.asu.edu/epaa/v10n16/ Colleges Blame States for Huge Tuition Hikes- (Found June 24, 2008 ) State budget cuts this year are prompting galloping tuition increases at many of the Midwest's biggest public universities, sharpening concerns over growing student debt and access to higher education for low- and middle-income students. Who do we blame for tuition increases when the state manitains or increases funding Who do we blame when the economy is good The sad fact is institutions of higher education have strayed from their core mission of teaching and research.http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-0203240280mar24.story?coll=chi-news-hed Economics 101: Everyone Pays For Tuition Hikes- (Found June 24, 2008 ) Tuition hikes are another easy out. Only students and professors squawk, and they're too young to vote or too cloistered to win public sympathy. It's just sad.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59381-2002Mar20.html (Untitled)- (Found June 24, 2008 ) Community College: A Good Start at a Good Pricehttp://radio.weblogs.com/0101096/2002/03/21.html#a53 |