Blog Profile / College Inc.
| URL : | http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/college-inc | |
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| Filed Under: | Industries / Education | |
| Posts on Regator: | 324 | |
| Posts / Week: | 3 | |
| Archived Since: | April 20, 2011 | |
Blog Post Archive
College Inc. wraps up
I won’t bury the lead: This blog is done. But for those who have followed College Inc., please know that we will continue to provide news and analysis of U.S. higher education through a new format on the Post’s Education page at washingtonpost.com/education. Show More Summary
College leaders: Focus on ensuring students get degrees
. Higher education leaders made public a letter Wednesday night that is notable for stressing a point that should be obvious: “College completion must be our priority.” Which raises the question: Since when has completion not been a priority? Read full article >>
U-Va. leadership debate simmers
The debate over the leadership upheaval last June at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville continues to simmer on at least two fronts. The General Assembly in Richmond is heading toward final action on confirmation of U-Va. Rector Helen E. Show More Summary
Catholic U. starts a business school — without MBAs
Catholic University announced this month the creation of an unusual business school in which every course touches on morality and ethics. Interestingly, none of the business degrees offered at the D.C. university will include the traditional staple of business schools: a master’s in business administration. Read full article >>
Q&A: Dragas, the U-Va. rector, discusses why she wants a second term
We have a new story online about a showdown coming in the Virginia General Assembly over whether to keep Helen E. Dragas on the University of Virginia's Board of Visitors. A vote is expected as early as Tuesday in a state Senate committee. Read full article >>
Flyover at Capitol stokes U-Va. debate in Richmond
From Richmond, my Post colleague Errin Haines spotted this intriguing item Wednesday afternoon from the Times-Dispatch: Critics of University of Virginia Rector Helen E. Dragas have taken to the skies above the state Capitol to drum up opposition to her confirmation to a seat on the university’s governing board. Read full article >>
MOOCS — Here come the credentials
The most widely used platform for massive open online courses, or MOOCs, has just introduced another idea to shake up higher education: identity verification through keystrokes. MOOC provider Coursera announced Wednesday that it would...Show More Summary
O’Malley wants higher college completion rates
Gov. Martin O’Malley urged Maryland’s higher education leaders Tuesday to spur innovation to ensure that more students get through college with a degree. In a meeting of public and private college officials at Morgan State University...Show More Summary
‘The Big Freeze’: One small college’s tuition strategy
They call it “The Big Freeze.” At the University of Evansville, a private institution in Indiana, tuition for students who enter next fall will be the same ($29,740) as it is now. And the price will be locked in for the four years those students are in school; the price also will be locked in for current students as they finish their bachelor’s degrees. Read full article >>
Morgan State’s president Wilson will stay on, after all
After the holidays, we’re catching up to this a week a little late. But it’s still worth noting: Morgan State University’s governing board has reversed its decision to change the school’s leadership. The Baltimore Sun reported last week that the Board of Regents of the historically black institution had voted to extend president David J. Show More Summary
Lloyd H. Elliott, GWU’s 14th president
Just about every story we journalists write leaves out details from our notebooks that we wish had gotten into print. So here are a few from my obituary of George Washington University’s 14th president, Lloyd H. Elliott, who died on New Year’s Day at age 94. He led the university nearly a quarter century, from 1965 to 1988. Read full article >>
Hundreds of college presidents urge gun control
About 300 college presidents, including several from the Washington region, have signed an open letter urging Congress to enact new gun controls in the aftermath of the school shooting this month in Connecticut. Read full article >>
Marymount U.’s mystery shoppers
Marymount University President Matt Shank has a notion: If you pay to go to a private school, you should not only get excellent academics — you should get excellent customer service in every other aspect of campus life. Read full article >>
Uproar at Morgan State after board says it won’t renew president’s contract
A leadership transition announced this week at Morgan State University in Baltimore has sparked an uproar on campus. Word leaked out Monday that the board of regents of the historically black university had chosen not to renew President David Wilson’s contract when it expires in June. Read full article >>
Washington and Lee’s honor system the real deal
The student body president at Washington and Lee University, Steele Burrow, has a heavy responsibility. He and a dozen other students on the Executive Committee at the school in Lexington, Va., sit in judgment of peers who have been accused of lying, cheating or stealing. Read full article >>
Wellesley to offer MOOCs on edX
Wellesley, a prestigious women’s college, on Tuesday joined a nonprofit venture known as edX that offers free online higher education to the world. The announcement was the latest development in the fast-unfolding movement to provide massive open online courses, or MOOCs. Read full article >>
New law school dean at Catholic U.
There are so many academic deans among Washington area colleges and universities that it is impossible to note all of their comings and goings. But I’m told that the announcement this week of a new law school dean at Catholic University of America merits some attention because of his background. Read full article >>
KIPP and colleges: The list
Here’s a postscript to my story on KIPP charter schools and colleges. It’s a complete list of the 20 colleges and universities that have signed agreements with the Knowledge Is Power Program to recruit students from the national charter school network. Show More Summary
Do KIPP students enjoy an unfair advantage with college program?
What grabbed my attention were the details and the brand names. The memoranda of understanding between the charter school network called KIPP and numerous colleges and universities, which The Post reported Tuesday, spell out in extraordinary specificity what each side would do to build a pipeline to higher education for disadvantaged students. Read full article >>
GW presidents Knapp and Trachtenberg, current and former, on U.S. News ‘de-ranking’
Here are the takeaways from my telephone conversations Wednesday with two George Washington University presidents, past and current, after U.S. News & World Report designated the school as “unranked.” Steven Knapp, GWU president since...Show More Summary