The recent tuition increase passed by the Board of Regents as part of the fiscal year 2020-21 budget for the University of Michigan has thrust the University’s $12 billion endowment into the spotlight. Students, Regents and parents alike...
In my 20th year as president of the University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma, I hear more and more about the importance of the traditional liberal arts in the contemporary world. Though the...
When the late Clayton Christensen prophesied in 2011 that disruptive innovation would cause half of America’s colleges and universities to merge or close within 15 years, higher education leaders and associations listened but largely...
Courses like “Decoding Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” “Sex and Cinema in the 20th Century,” “Wizards and Vampires in Film, TV & Literature,” “Tattoos in American Popular Culture,” and “The Fame Monster: The Cultural Politics of...
Last week, Neflix CEO Reed Hastings and his wife, Patty Quillin, announced a series of gifts totaling $120 million, intended to support historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs). The funds will be split among...
The single finalist up for consideration as the next president of the University of Wisconsin System has withdrawn his bid for the job. University of Alaska System President Jim Johnsen announced the decision to withdraw...
College administrators have two things on their minds right now: how to reopen their campuses safely, and what steps they need to take to survive financially. The answer to the first question depends in...
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