Low-income students work more amid rising college costs, analysis finds
Higher Ed Dive
OCTOBER 24, 2024
Three-fourths of students from lower-income families worked by 2008, averaging 20 hours per week or more, a Brookings Institution report found.
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States are taking on fewer college costs. Who is picking up the bill?
Higher Ed Dive
NOVEMBER 5, 2024
The gap between what states and students pay toward higher ed shrunk from 2008 to 2022, the State Higher Education Executive Officers Association found.
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Analysis: Higher ed costs haven’t been this high since 2008
University Business
DECEMBER 16, 2022
The post Analysis: Higher ed costs haven’t been this high since 2008 appeared first on University Business. Among master’s-granting institutions, that number rose by only 0.5%, and 0.7% at baccalaureate institutions. More from UB : Is betting big on graduate school enrollment growth a major risk for higher ed?
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Rolita Flores Ezeonu
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
MARCH 12, 2025
Prior to that, she was Dean of Instruction for Transfer and Pre-College Education at Highline, from July 2008 to March 2017. Ezeonuserved as Highline's Interim Vice President for Academic Affairs from April 2017 to June 2018.Prior
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Lumina Reports Highest Recorded Post-High School Educational Attainment
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
JANUARY 30, 2025
In 2008, Lumina set a goal for the nation, that by 2025, 60% of people in the U.S. in 2008 to 54.9% The data tool and report A Stronger Nation released on Thursday shows a look at national, state and local attainment trends, with the 2023 report highlighting a steady increase in attainment across race, ethnicity, and credential type.
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Let's Talk About the True Cost―and True Value―of a College Education
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
MARCH 19, 2025
hold a degree or credentiala 17% increase since 2008. I usually start my answer with a statistic some find surprising: despite the headlines, post-high school educational attainment in the U.S. is at an all-time high. Just last month, the Lumina Foundation released a report demonstrating that54.9% of working-age adults in the U.S.
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Report Details How Titles III and V of the Higher Education Act Could Better Serve Students of Color and Low-Income Students
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
OCTOBER 31, 2024
The last time it was amended was in 2008. … Elliott, director of workforce policy at the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies and one of the authors of the report.
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Remembering Dr. Alvin F. Poussaint: A Pioneer for Diversity in Medicine and Education
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
FEBRUARY 26, 2025
In 2008, Diverse recognized his extraordinary contributions by presenting him with the Dr. John Hope Franklin Award, which honors those who have made significant contributions to higher education. "His approach to diversity wasn't just about numbers; it was about creating an environment where students from all backgrounds could thrive."
Removal of On-Campus Voting on Election Day Sparks Uproar at Purdue
Inside Higher Ed
OCTOBER 3, 2024
This November, for the first time since before 2008, students, faculty and staff will be unable to vote on Purdue University’s campus on Election Day. Employees and students must vote off campus in November for the first time in years. Voting groups say such changes are a common, albeit subtle, form of voter suppression.
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After the Election We’ll Need a Strong System of Higher Education More Than Ever
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
OCTOBER 31, 2024
Economists have warned for more than a decade of a coming labor shortage due to birth rates that slowed at the start of the 21st century and fell further during the Great Recession of 2008-2009. This new reality has confused both employers and workers, forcing them to re-evaluate their strategies for success in a rapidly changing world.
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2021’s Top-Paid Private-College President Received a Record Payout
The Chronicle of Higher Education
FEBRUARY 16, 2024
of Pennsylvania at 2008’s commencement Amy Gutmann earned nearly $23 million in 2021, her last full year as president of the University of Pennsylvania, according to federal tax filings. By Julia Piper and Nick Perez Matt Rourke, AP Amy Gutmann as president of the U.
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Two Community Colleges Recognized for Excellence in Student Success and Equity
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
FEBRUARY 18, 2025
The Leah Meyer Austin Award, established in 2008, represents the highest honor bestowed by ATD, recognizing colleges that demonstrate outstanding achievement in creating a culture of evidence-based improvement, systemic institutional change, and equity.
How an Outsider Disrupted Pennsylvania’s Struggling State System
Inside Higher Ed
SEPTEMBER 13, 2024
When the Great Recession hit the University of California system in 2008, it marked a major “inflection point” in the life of Dan Greenstein. In his six years as PASSHE chancellor, Dan Greenstein took a bold—and sometimes controversial—approach to repairing a public university system in a downward spiral. Did it work?
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Cornell Cancer Researchers Fabricated Data
Inside Higher Ed
SEPTEMBER 15, 2023
Two former scientists at Cornell University used made-up data in 12 different scientific papers published between 2008 and 2016, according to new reports by the federal Office of Research Integrity.
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Forecasting the future of online education
The PIE News
JANUARY 3, 2025
AI and the pace of change Despite the widespread uptake of Massive Online Open Courses (MOOCS) across global education since 2008, Al Tarzi argues that they are a complimentary offering and that the pace of technological change has not been as rapid as people expected over the past two decades.
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Lumina Releases New Long-Term Goal and Strategic Plan for Higher Education
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
MARCH 4, 2025
In 2008, the Lumina Foundation, a national private foundation focused on higher education and workforce development, set a national attainment goal that by 2025 60% of working-age adults would earn college degrees, certificates or industry-recognized certifications.
University endowment generates first loss since Great Recession in 2008 - Janny Eng, the Princetonian
Economics and Change in Higher Education
NOVEMBER 9, 2022
percent, the lowest investment return since the Great Recession of 2008. This year’s endowment demonstrates a decrease of $1.9 billion compared to last year’s $37.7 billion endowment. University investments generated a loss of 1.5 That year, the University investments suffered a loss of 23.5 This year’s decrease comes after last year’s 46.9
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Put Democracy in the Lecture
Academe Blog
FEBRUARY 12, 2024
That became a book in 2008… It began with the heartbreaking story of Randy Pausch, who was a professor of computer science at Carnegie Mellon University. He was diagnosed with cancer and literally gave his last lecture in September 2007.
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Texas A&M International President Dies Unexpectedly
Inside Higher Ed
OCTOBER 7, 2024
TAMIU first hired him as provost in 2008. The president of Texas A&M International University in Laredo died unexpectedly on Thursday, according to a university announcement. No cause of death was given for Pablo Arenaz, the university’s sixth president, who had served in the role since 2016.
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The cost of private colleges is high, yet many low-income students still choose them
University Business
JANUARY 29, 2025
It used to be even higher, adjusted for inflation in 2023-24 dollars: The price students pay has declined by a few thousand dollars since data-keeping began in 2008-09, the CalMatters analysis shows. For its analysis, CalMatters defined low-income as a household income below $48,000. Read more at CalMatters.
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When Banks Lost Control of the Student Loan Mess
Higher Education Inquirer
JANUARY 13, 2025
Although the book was an exceptional chronicle of the student loan industry from 1958 to 2013, it missed at least one key event, the 2008-2010 bailout of Sallie Mae and a number of banks who made questionable private loans guaranteed by the US government. How commonplace this student loan grift was has not been adequately explored.
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Empowering Community Colleges Through AI: A New Era of Access and Economic Mobility
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
DECEMBER 4, 2024
Combined with the Apple App Store, which first debuted in 2008 with 500 phone applications, in less than 20 years, technology has revolutionized how the average consumer communicates, entertains themselves, and obtains information.
The Enrollment Cliff: How Technology Can Help Higher Education Confront It
EdTech Magazine - Higher Education
DECEMBER 21, 2023
The phenomenon starts with the financial crisis of 2008 and relates… Now, economic uncertainty, fears about diminishing returns on their tuition and other investments, increased opportunities to work in the trades, and other factors have experts warning about a coming enrollment cliff for higher education institutions around the country.
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How My Classroom Became a Laboratory for Countering Truth Decay
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
OCTOBER 22, 2024
The year: 2008. During our post-mortem, we realized that the political rhetoric surrounding the 2008 presidential race had hijacked our discussion. Our focus on truth-digging also inspired me to examine the role Obama’s Muslim-sounding middle name played in the 2008 election. I was teaching undergraduates in the Deep South.
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Watch for these 5 high-impact trends shaping higher education business in 2025
University Business
JANUARY 28, 2025
Federally, the Higher Education Opportunity Act (2008) improved access and affordability. State-level initiativessuch as Florida’s legislation on academic freedom, free speech and diversity restrictionsare redefining governance and curricula.
The Power of Empowerment
Faculty Focus
APRIL 11, 2023
A person with a growth mindset views one’s position, intelligence, talents, and abilities as being controllable and learnable; a person with a fixed mindset views such traits as being unchangeable (Dweck 2008). Dweck (2008) notes that outcomes are all that matter to students with a fixed mindset. New York: Ballantine, 2008.
JUAN J. CASTILLO
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
OCTOBER 10, 2024
Castillo, who has served as the Vice President for Finance and Administration at TAMIU since 2008, will oversee the university’s operations following the unexpected passing of President Pablo Arenaz. Castillo has been named the Acting President of Texas A&M International University in Laredo, effective immediately.
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Colleges Saw Costs Rise 4% in Fiscal Year 2023
Inside Higher Ed
DECEMBER 14, 2023
It’s the second-highest rate of inflation since fiscal year 2008, when the HEPI was at 5 percent. Inflation for U.S. colleges and universities rose 4 percent in fiscal year 2023, according to data from the annual Commonfund Higher Education Price Index released Wednesday.
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How sports betting fleeced students of their money—and mental health
University Business
JANUARY 21, 2025
High-risk gambling wasn’t on Amaura Kemmerer’s radar in 2008 when worked at Northeastern University’s wellness center. However, the rise of online sports betting platforms has created a pervasiveand oftentimes understatedissue for young adults, carrying potentially dire consequences for their mental health.
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Report: National Six-Year College Completion Rates Stalling
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
NOVEMBER 30, 2023
In terms of gender, outcomes from the fall 2017 cohort gave rise to the widest gender gap in completion rates since 2008 – a 7.2% gap compared to 2008’s 7% gap. Continuing trends all the way back to 2011, Asians continue to have the highest six-year college completion rates (74.8%), followed by white students (68.5%).
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Dr. Marva M. Craig, Borough of Manhattan Community College
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
MARCH 2, 2023
Since taking on the BMCC position in 2008, she has expanded student affairs services to better support well-rounded learning experiences and remove obstacles to student success.
WEEKEND READING: Why Scotland’s student funding system is “unfair, unsustainable, unaffordable” and needs to be replaced with a graduate contribution model
HEPI
JANUARY 18, 2025
The graduate endowment was then scrapped by the SNP in February 2008. This meant that from 2008 to 2021/22 EU students did not need to pay fees to attend Scottish universities, though students from the rest of the UK did.
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The Power of Empowerment
Faculty Focus
APRIL 11, 2023
A person with a growth mindset views one’s position, intelligence, talents, and abilities as being controllable and learnable; a person with a fixed mindset views such traits as being unchangeable (Dweck 2008). Dweck (2008) notes that outcomes are all that matter to students with a fixed mindset. New York: Ballantine, 2008.
AFT President Selling Out to Edtech?
Higher Education Inquirer
MARCH 18, 2025
Weingarten has been the President of AFT since 2008, a union with about 1.7 There are many people in edtech that Weingarten should criticize at the summit. But she is too much of a politician to do such a thing when it is needed. million members across the US.
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U.S. Inching Closer to Goal of Working Adults Attaining Degree or Credential
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
JANUARY 31, 2023
Lumina, a private nonprofit working to increase learning opportunities for all after high school, has been tracking credential and degree attainment for adults from 25 to 64 years of age since 2008. In 2008, only one state had set a degree or certificate attainment goal for its own population: Hawaii.
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Dr. Renu Khator
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
OCTOBER 20, 2022
Khator, a scholar in the field of global environmental policy, is the eighth chancellor of the University of Houston System and the 13 th president of the University of Houston , dual titles she’s held since January 2008. She is the first foreign-born president of the university and the second woman to hold the position.
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New Data Shows Credential Attainment Increasing
Inside Higher Ed
FEBRUARY 3, 2025
The data is part of Luminas A Stronger Nation tool, which tracks progress toward a goal the foundation set in 2008 that 60percent of working-age adults would hold a postsecondary credential by 2025. Credential attainment among U.S. adults is on the rise, according to new data released by the Lumina Foundation Thursday.
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Dr. Michelle Asha Cooper
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
OCTOBER 20, 2022
Since taking the helm of IHEP in 2008, Cooper’s been out front influencing national education policy. -based Institute for Higher Education Policy (IHEP), one of the nation’s premiere education research and policy centers, Dr. Michelle Asha Cooper has a vision.
Probing the Value of Online Student-Student Interaction
Faculty Focus
JULY 4, 2023
Chang and Smith (2008) studied student engagement in a computer science course, again through a student survey. However, explicitly, the authors noted (twice within the text), “The influence of student-student interactivity was less than expected” (p.554). This article has been cited 664 times. References Chang, S. H., & Smith, R.
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Former New England College President Michele Perkins Sues School, Alleges Gender Discrimination and Emotional Distress
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
SEPTEMBER 25, 2023
Dr. Michele Perkins In the suit, Dr. Perkins –who led the school from 2008-2022 before becoming chancellor in September 2022 – claims she was unexpectedly released by the school during an Apr. 4 online meeting. “I
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On a Mission: Damon L. Williams Jr., Takes on the World
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
NOVEMBER 6, 2024
Those lectures became a fundamental first step into his career in higher education, and in 2008, he became special assistant to the director of the TRIO programs at GSU, a series of federally funded programs that assist low-income, first-generation, or otherwise minoritized students attend and graduate college.
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First TNE campuses allowed in Greece
The PIE News
APRIL 15, 2024
Greece saw more than 400,000 people leave the country after the 2008 financial crisis, many of whom were university graduates. Our vision is not to create competition that undermines Greek state universities,” said Papaioannou.
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Higher ed funding: A look at 2 surprising trends
University Business
MAY 17, 2024
And neither is enrollment, according to a new analysis that also examines appropriations through the lens of the Great Recession of 2008. Higher ed funding, particularly at the state level, is not going in the direction one might expect at public colleges and universities a few years after the economic turmoil of the COVID pandemic.
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Huge college attainment growth missed one group’s big goal
University Business
FEBRUARY 4, 2025
Lumina Foundation has monitored local, state and national college attainment rates since 2008. More than half of all working-class Americans hold a college degree or credential beyond high school, according to a new report from the Lumina Foundation, a higher education advocacy group. Among 2534-year-olds, the rate is even higher at 56.8%.
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