The Messy Conversation Around Online Cost and Quality
Asked to explain how they balance financial and academic considerations, administrators and professors say quality is key but struggle to define it.
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School spirit symbols on the chopping block nationwide
Colleges and universities across the country are axing “offensive” mascots.
Hong Kong boycotts are ‘lessons in civics’
Students schedule their own classes in protest theory, political history and martial arts
Elizabeth Warren’s pushing for free college. Meanwhile her Harvard professor husband earns $400,000 a year.
Massachusetts senator and 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren has made free college and loan forgiveness a central plank of her campaign. To pay for it, her plan seeks to tax the wealth of America’s richest families.
Debates rage as more states offer free college tuition
California adds free community college as some higher ed leaders warn of financial ruin
Berkeley offers credit for ‘Pokemon Academy,’ ‘Marvel,’ and ‘Hogwarts’ classes
A University of California, Berkeley program features student-run courses on Harry Potter, Marvel, and a variety of other subjects, for credit.
Orientation for the adult learner
Institutions are trying to figure out how to introduce a growing population of older students to their campuses.
Government aid provides new opportunities for students
Authorities honor vow that poverty will not force people to drop out of school
GWU scraps ‘Colonials’ from student services center after vote to change mascot
George Washington University announced a new name for on-campus space housing student services.
California’s Elsevier break strengthens other campuses’ hands
Universities report winning more conciliatory terms on open access question in their own negotiations with publisher
