What Are Freshmen Thinking?
A record 43 percent of freshmen say that a financial aid offer was a “very important” or “essential” factor in choosing which college to attend.
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Shying Away From Graduate School
When the economy tanks, graduate school applications go up. That’s one of the few bits of good news in which educators could have reasonably taken comfort this year. No more.
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While Public Colleges Feel Pain, For-Profits See Gains
WASHINGTON — State support of public colleges is shrinking. Endowment values are plummeting. Tuition is increasing, and threatening college affordability.
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In ‘Geek Chic’ and Obama, New Hope for Lifting Women in Science
With the inauguration of an administration avowedly committed to Science as the grand elixir for the nation’s economic, environmental and psycho-reputational woes, a number of scientists say that now is the time to tackle a chronic conundrum of their beloved enterprise: how to attract more women into the fold, and keep them once they are there.
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College May Become Unaffordable for Most in U.S.
The rising cost of college — even before the recession — threatens to put higher education out of reach for most Americans, according to the biennial report from the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education.
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Go Western, Young Man
Let's not waste anyone's time or money. You won't find that phrase emblazoned on a T shirt, but it's essentially the motto of Western Governors University (WGU), a private online school that has worked hard to prove it is anything but a diploma mill.
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Why Some of the Best and Brightest Skip College
Many college-qualified students who choose not to enroll in college may have made up their minds well before high school graduation, according to a new study from the Institute for Higher Education Policy and underwritten by the Education Resources Institute.
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Die Gedanken sind wieder frei
Klima- und Grundlagenforschung: Nach frustrierenden Bush-Jahren erwarten US-Wissenschaftler einen Neuanfang mit Barack Obama.
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In Harvard wird gespart
Die Finanzkrise trifft Amerikas Universitäten mit voller Wucht, weil sie von privaten Spendern abhängig sind.
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„Man spürt Aufbruchstimmung“
Die Elite-Forscherin Ulrike Gaul aus New York erklärt, warum sie für ihre Vision von Wissenschaft nach Deutschland zurückkehrt.
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"Heuschrecken" in der Hochschullandschaft
Mein Studium zur Betriebswirtin mache ich nach dem Job, abends zu Hause oder unterwegs im Zug", sagt die gelernte Industriekauffrau Petra Kienzle. Zu Präsenzveranstaltungen muss sie nur samstags kommen.
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Mit Multikulti zur Elite
Die Diskriminierung farbiger Studenten in den USA hat sich ins Gegenteil verkehrt: Nun wetteifern die Hochschulen um nichtweißen Nachwuchs.
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Britische Unis haben Angst vor dem Mittelmaß
Lange galten die Unis in Großbritannien als Vorbild. Nun bleiben ausländische Studenten weg, die Einnahmen sinken und die Qualität der Studiengänge lässt nach.
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"Unis werben aggressiv um die Studenten"
Traumfabrik Harvard: Der Soziologe Ulrich Schreiterer erklärt, warum amerikanische Hochschulen so anders sind.
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