Getting Out of the Rut
In more than four decades researching and writing about higher education policy, finance and management, University of Pennsylvania professor Robert Zemsky has touched on just about every corner of the higher education world.
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In more than four decades researching and writing about higher education policy, finance and management, University of Pennsylvania professor Robert Zemsky has touched on just about every corner of the higher education world.
Students in some Econ 101 classes at Iowa State University this fall will take a pre-test that measures their knowledge of economics ...
Thirteen years ago, the University of California changed its ban on flying business or first class on the university’s dime, adding a special exception for employees with a medical need.
The shuttering of Ivy Bridge College could dump cold water on the online aspirations of some colleges, particularly ones that prefer to play it safe with their regional accreditor.
This fall, for the first time, the nation's largest public university system will offer the option of online courses to all of its students, using digital technology to overcome pervasive space shortages in real-world classrooms.
A controversial California bill to pass off untold thousands of state college students to nontraditional providers of instruction, some of them for-profit or unaccredited, is dead for now.
The House on Wednesday approved a bipartisan bill that ensures lower interest rates on loans for students heading to college this fall.
President Obama may have strong words for colleges about tuition prices, but he continues to push for more federal funding for community colleges.
Every year states hand out more than $11 billion in financial aid to college students with no certainty as to whether they’ll ever graduate.
Polly Williams, a single mother who had recently lost her job, was desperate to lower the payments on her $23,000 in student loans