The High Cost Of Higher Education Eight thousand dollars. That’s the average cost for a year’s in-state tuition at a public college or university in the US, according to the College Board. Pick a private school, and the price tag jumps to more than $28,500.
U.S. News & World Report Weigh the cost, benefits of graduate school The tab may not be as burdensome as you think. “Many of us have in our heads the sticker price of $30,000 to $40,000 per year for undergraduate education,” says Sean Gallagher, executive director of the Center for the Future of Higher Education and Talent Strategy at Northeastern University. “So we say, ‘OK, it’s two […]
Forbes One size does not fit all: Educational pathways outside of the four-year degree Elevating the educational attainment of the population—often referred to as “college for all”—has become one of the dominant policy goals of our time. However, dynamics are changing as the trends of soaring college costs and flattening enrollment rates have collided with the talent demands of a robust global job market, which today features unemployment rates […]
Fast-food worker strikes coming to Los Angeles; higher wages sought Fast-food workers have long struggled to form unions, according to Ed Wertheim, an associate business professor at Northeastern University. Employees cycle in and out of the industry at “tremendously high” rates — greater than 75% turnover each year, he said. “The mind-set among the vast majority of these workers is that they’re not going to be […]
Higher ed systems in 10 states turn to Coursera Legislators in Florida and California are pressing to force universities to accept credit from MOOC courses, especially if students can’t get into the in-person versions of the courses they need. Peter Stokes, an expert on education innovation at Northeastern University, said more such efforts will follow — likely to the alarm of some faculty. “It […]
International Business Times Paris climate agreement: Companies, universities, states sign ‘we are still in’ statement More than 1,200 governors, mayors, higher education leaders and businesses signed a statement declaring “We Are Still In.” The statement says: “The Trump administration’s announcement undermines a key pillar in the fight against climate change and damages the world’s ability to avoid the most dangerous and costly effects of climate change. Importantly, it is also […]
EdSurge Yes there’s ‘disruption’ in college market, but the bigger trend is growth of ‘enabler’ companies Sure, there are aspects of the college world that seems worthy of disruption, and colleges face serious challenges: flat enrollment trends and demographic headwinds; appropriate concerns about debt levels and increasing costs; and growing numbers of struggling institutions. But the intense focus on “disruption” as a guiding principle often overlooks that delivering higher education is […]
MetroWest Daily News Republicans Baker, Fisher meet in first debate of primary race for governor On reining in the cost of higher education, Baker said the state should offer students the chance to complete college in three years, incorporate more online education, and seek guidance from Northeastern University on how to build a similar co-op program for students in the workplace within public higher education. He said, “We’re not going […]
Beyond the limits of traditional learning In the US and Australia, two very different higher education reform initiatives are playing out in two very different ways. In the US, President Barack Obama recently expanded a programme that enables borrowers to cap their federal student loan repayments at 10 per cent of their monthly income. By contrast, Australia’s prime minister, Tony Abbott, […]
Forbes In defense of the master’s degree In the United States and throughout the world, an important debate is taking place regarding the costs and benefits of higher education. In the post-Great Recession era, issues such as employability, return on investment, and student debt levels have come to the fore. A very recent analysis published by the New America Foundation, “The Graduate […]
Elizabeth Warren Calls For Big Changes To Student Loans College graduates struggling to repay their student loans should have an easier time getting their debt eliminated if they go into bankruptcy, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) said Saturday. Warren laid out several reforms to address the rising costs of higher education in a speech at the Education Writers Association’s Conference on Higher Education, held at […]
The Hechinger Report Survey: Colleges aren’t preparing graduates for jobs Nearly two-thirds of Americans think the higher education system is doing only a fair or poor job of preparing graduates for the workforce, according to a new poll. So firmly does this belief appear to be held that 60 percent of those polled said employees with some work experience but no college degrees are likely to […]