International The ‘bona fide’ crisis in US universities that’s coming to the UK | With American staff living in poverty and students in ‘outlandish’ debt, ‘Dr Karen’ is touring UK campuses with a simple message: it could happen to you. Government should not cut funding for improving teaching | AnyContinue Reading
International Grading Vietnam’s higher education reforms | Higher education reform has been recognised as a national priority since Vietnam’s successful reform or ‘Doi Moi’ policy in the late 1980s. Vulnerable Brits are facing a personal debt crisis | Back in 2010, reeling from a global financial crisis, Britain entered intoContinue Reading
International Expert: Student Data Underutilized in Promoting Success | Colleges and universities must make better use of the vast amount of student data that is available in order to bring about more timely graduations for all students, a data mining expert exhorted his colleagues Monday at an annual gathering ofContinue Reading
International Higher education loan fiasco sets $185bn time bomb | The Turnbull government admitted the risk from “ballooning” costs in higher education as politicians blamed each other for policies that will deepen the deficit while lumbering young Australians with bigger personal loans. Simon Birmingham promises more details of higher educationContinue Reading
For example, honors students on full scholarships at regional, tuition-dependent colleges often have degree completions rates similar to all undergraduates at Ivy League institutions. At the same time, to subsidize the honors program, those tuition-dependent colleges charge non-honors students tuition that more closely approaches the list price. In addition toContinue Reading
