What Is Merit and How Should We Measure It?
It seems in hiring, much like in college admissions, we haven’t come to terms with the meaning of the word merit.
How Travel Bans, Coronavirus Could Affect International Graduate Enrollment
New international graduate enrollment data shows a positive trend. But education agents in China warn of the coronavirus’ impact on students.
Should Public Colleges Play the Merit-Aid Game?
Public flagships and regional state colleges are devoting part of their institutional aid to non-needy students.
Students in China Find Community During Coronavirus Quarantines
Researchers argue that coronavirus could be the biggest crisis to hit international education, and students in China share what it’s like in the eye of an epidemic.
A Massive Gift Highlights Pell’s Declining Purchasing Power
A new partnership with the Dell Foundation will help UT Austin’s low-income students — while also showing just how much they need.
It’s Affordability, Stupid
After decades of talking about rising college prices. we’ve become numb to the issue.
How American Colleges Are Responding to Coronavirus
From a prominent researcher’s arrest to a revised travel ban, it was a big week in international education.
In One City, A Microcosm of Our Higher Ed Issues
To learn what obstacles loom largest, and how individual lives are affected, zoom in to a city. We’ll be listening in New Orleans.
How China’s Government Can Suppress Student Speech Abroad
What does China’s arrest of a student for what he posted while in the U.S. say about the government’s reach on American campuses?
What Colleges Don’t Get About the Public
Colleges are trying to prove their value through studies, but the American public is losing faith. What do higher ed administrators think colleges should do to bridge the divide?
