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Tuition and Fees at Flagship and Land Grant Universities over time

Higher Ed Data Stories

They tend to be the arch rival of the Flagship, unless, of course, they're the same institution. Anyway, today I'm looking at tuition, something you'd think would be pretty simple. If you've read this blog before, you know why Penn State is showing strange data. There doesn't seem to be a clear definition. So click away.

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Weekend Reading: What to do about university funding?

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The next step is to explain that the Resource Accounting and Budgeting (RAB) charge – the rather speculative forecast of loan write-offs in 40 years’ time is not cash available to be spent today: there is no stash of money here to solve the sector’s financial problems. That then opens the question of what should be done about the system.

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The English Degree Is Great Job Preparation

Inside Higher Ed

Blog: Just Visiting I see we are in another cycle of concern for the academic humanities, this time triggered by a long article in the New Yorker by Nathan Heller titled “The End of the English Major.” And also, I probably won’t be working here by the time you graduate anyway. Uhh…nothing?

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What springs to mind when I bring the words ‘homelessness’ and ‘university’ together?

HEPI

This blog was written by Izzy Cresswell. When someone is facing hardship, very quickly everything about what makes a person human is forgotten. This is all very simplistic and, of course, the reality is much harder and more complex, but it is an invaluable starting point. As it stands, the two do not share the same world.

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Can—and Should—Colleges Educate the Whole Person?

Inside Higher Ed

Blog: Higher Ed Gamma Within the Jesuit tradition, there is a concept, “ cura personalis ,” which means to care for the whole person. I know full well the objections to such a vision. I find this idea of educating the whole person inspiring. I find this idea of educating the whole person inspiring.

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About That N.Y.U. Organic Chem Course

Inside Higher Ed

Blog: Just Visiting It seems life all of higher ed Twitter has been discussing the story of Maitlin Jones Jr., Organic chemistry is a necessary pre-requisite for medical school, and often serves as a high-stakes, weed-out course for students walking that path. Jones be dismissed, and yet he was let go anyway.

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Becoming a VP (Or Becoming One on Another Campus)

Higher Ed Marketing Lab

In this episode, we’ll be discussing the role of the Vice President–how it differs from other roles someone would occupy on the way to a VP-level position and what it takes to be a strong candidate if you’ve got your sights set on a VP-level job. We start by discussing some of the unique dynamics that exist in senior leadership roles.