As lawmakers negotiate a final compromise state budget for the next two years, they will be focused on many issues, from taxes and K-12 education spending to social services and the rainy day fund. Critical as all these issues are, we urge legislators also pay close attention to higher-education budget issues.
Daily News
5/28/2013
Dark clouds are forming over America’s public universities as the Wall Street mindset spreads across more of our institutions. A decade of excessive spending based largely on unlimited student loans is looming dangerously over a major national asset.
5/28/2013
UBTech 2013 is higher education's most focused high-level conversation about technology's impact on every aspect of campus leadership and practice.
5/28/2013
This inspiring institute focuses on helping you enhance your effectiveness, hone your managerial skills, and excel within your institution.
5/28/2013
The Women in Higher Education Leadership Summit's purpose is to provide higher education leaders with the tools and education to meet the challenges that they face in their workplace.
5/27/2013
North Shore Community College and Salem State University are partnering on a new program to encourage nurses and nursing students to earn their bachelor’s degree to better prepare them to meet the challenges and changing demands of the workplace.
5/27/2013
It’s unfair to admit students with a minimal chance of success, especially if they will incur debt. But test scores can’t reveal a person’s motivation or sense of responsibility.
5/27/2013
Kenneth Sewell has been appointed vice president for research and economic development at the University of New Orleans.
5/27/2013
Wellesley College President H. Kim Bottomly announced the appointment of Ben C. Hammond as the new Vice President for Finance and Administration, succeeding Andrew B. Evans who will retire on June 30.
5/27/2013
Michigan's community colleges and universities could receive roughly 2 percent more in overall funding next fiscal year.
5/27/2013
Amy Goings was named president of the Lake Washington Institute of Technology (LWIT) in Kirkland. She will begin that job July 1.
5/27/2013
A proposal to infuse the Hazlewood Act with cash to help universities fund tuition exemptions for veterans and their children passed the Texas Senate on Sunday night but has yet to get approval from the House.
5/27/2013
Increasing numbers of college campus clubs give voice to those who don't fit into the traditional perceptions of race.
5/27/2013
A $2.7 billion state bond package to finance improvements at state colleges and universities, including a half-dozen institutions in North Texas, appeared all but dead on the final day of the legislative session, but senior lawmakers were making a frantic last-minute effort to rescue it.
5/27/2013
Of the 440 classrooms at the University of Georgia, the average is used just 18.5 hours per 40-hour work week, and when used, just two-thirds of the seats are full, according to the study. That is a 31 percent utilization rate.
