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Purdue’s Outsider
Former Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels has an unconventional background for a research university president, but he and Purdue’s board think that is what is needed to address the unconventional issues facing higher education. And he's winning over campus skeptics.
Fund-Raising the Bar
Vanderbilt has seen average student debt decline due to “singular focus” on fund raising for need-based financial aid, a potential model for other universities. Hopkins has taken similar approach.
Opinion
Affordability and Value
The current political discussion of college costs is based on flawed assumptions about the market for high quality education, writes Alison Byerly.
Opinion
A New Measure of Value
Ellen McCulloch-Lovell proposes a method to track the way colleges contribute to society in ways that go far beyond the salaries of graduates.
Private Capital, Community Colleges
New investor-backed company teams up with public two-year colleges to create honors programs designed to attract top students and help them transfer.
‘A Blunt Instrument’
Advocates for liberal arts education worry that White House’s new College Scorecard oversimplifies the college-selection process and places too much emphasis on financial aspects of the decision.
Rejecting the New Normal
Campaign for the Future of Higher Education asks faculty to present new models for funding higher education.
Public Perception of Higher Ed
Americans still think college is worth it, new survey suggests, but problems with price, access and rigid programs might keep them from pursuing degrees.