Filter & Sort
Wither Pennsylvania
The Pennsylvania State System of Higher Ed has already cut academic programs and staff members; now it has to cut more programs and professors.
Will States Reciprocate?
An effort to simplify how institutions are authorized to operate in multiple states prepares to invite its first members.
Performance Funding Underperforms
Studies at meeting of higher education researchers suggest that state policies that link funds to outcomes don't increase degree completion.
Scorecard for Scorecards
Complete College America talks up peformance-based funding at its annual meeting, releasing a report that rates the 16 states that have tried it so far.
Going to the Root of the Problem
Tennessee expands a remedial math project that reaches into high schools to boost college readiness, and the state's governor backs the reform with real money.
State Funding Upturn
With budgets set in many states, public colleges fare better than in recent years. Does that represent typical trend in a recovering economy, or something more?
Personalities and Policies
A personal relationship between Governor John Kasich and Ohio State's Gordon Gee has helped shape state higher education policy. Many institutions stand to benefit -- but Ohio State’s potential long-term gains stand out.
Opinion
The Stakes for All of Us
It's not MOOCs or administrative bloat that deserve academe's attention, writes Matthew Pratt Guterl. The issue that is destroying opportunity for students like he once was is the defunding of public higher education.