A few years ago, my family gave $1 million to a large state school in the West—a fine institution, worthy of support. We shook hands with the development folks, and handed over a check....
Letter to Editor re: “State board boosts math requirement” (Metro, March 23): Massachusetts recently announced that, starting in 2016, state colleges and universities will only admit high school graduates with four years of math....
The story is told that when someone asked John D. Rockefeller how much money is enough, he responded “Just one dollar more.” Penn State’s president, Graham Spanier, like most college leaders, seems to agree....
Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, noted at his March 10 hearing on the for-profit Ashford University that accreditors are incapable of evaluating multistate, billion-dollar distance education programs. In this instance, his target was one of...
State funding for Idaho higher education will be trimmed by the Legislature again this year, sharpening the focus on what’s necessary and what isn’t on Idaho’s college campuses. In January, the Washington, D.C.-based American...
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