Higher Education
In the News: The College of New Rochelle Is For Sale — and Comes With a Castle
The 15.6-acre campus of the College of New Rochelle in New York will be auctioned off on November 21, the New York Post reports. The school filed for bankruptcy protection last month.
Higher Education
Bipartisan Bill Would Set Rules for Income Share Agreements
Better incentives for colleges, less loan risk for students.
Higher Education
Does the Baumol Effect Explain Rising College Costs?
Salary data and the academic research undercut the notion that faculty pay is the key driver in price increases.
Higher Education
The Disruptive Playbook for Bootcamps to Upend Higher Education
An unbundled higher education system could focus on helping learners earn and learn, as opposed to the existing pattern of learn and then later, maybe, earn.
Higher Education
Can We Design Student Loan Forgiveness to Target Low-Income Families?
How different approaches to loan forgiveness, including plans put forward by members of Congress and presidential hopefuls, would distribute benefits to Americans of different income levels and races and ethnicities.
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Who Would Benefit from Elizabeth Warren’s Student Loan Forgiveness Proposal?
The plan is likely to disproportionately benefit middle- and upper-middle-income Americans, as well as black families, at an estimated total cost of about $955 billion.
Higher Education
The Corruption Continuum
Name an educated, upper-middle-class parent who hasn’t done a hundred things to advantage their own progeny in the frantic competition for limited spots at elite universities.
Higher Education
Democrats Just Voted AGAINST Free College
On Feb. 27, Democrats in New Hampshire defeated House Bill 673, which would have allocated $100,000 to cover the cost of students taking exams for free college credit.
Higher Education
What Do Racial and Ethnic Wealth Gaps Mean for Student Loan Policy?
Higher education policy research tends to focus more on income than wealth, not because income is more important, but because it is easier to measure, but income is a poor proxy for wealth, especially for black and Hispanic families.
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By inviting ChatGPT into the classroom instead of locking it out, schools can push students toward independent thinking in a way that doesn’t signal mistrust.
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… So we can rewire schools for belonging and achievement
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