Most Young People Entering the U.S. Workforce Lack Critical Skills Essential for Success
http://www.conference-board.org/UTILITIES/pressDetail.cfm?press_ID=2971
The Changing Face of the Health Care Industry
http://olmis.emp.state.or.us/olmisj/ArticleReader?itemid=00002126&segmentid=0007&tour=0&p_date=1
Accountability
Higher Education’s Big Liehttp://www.insidehighered.com/views/2010/06/03/larson
Accreditation
Accreditation 2.0
http://www.insidehighered.com/views/2010/01/18/eaton
New Scrutiny for College Accreditation Groups
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703340904575285014094515910.html?KEYWORDS=accreditation
Adults
Understanding Adult Learning Trends to Predict Future Opportunities
http://sharing.educationdynamics.com/media/p/366.aspx
Assessment
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2010/05/28/assess
Athletics
College Costs and Student Debt
11 Ways to Graduate College with Less Debthttp://www.ethiopianreview.com/business/568
As college costs rise, loans become harder to get
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/27/AR2009122702116.html?hpid=topnews
College May Become Unaffordable for Most in U.S.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/03/education/03college.html
Families losing appetite for college debt
http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2008/dec/19/families-losing-appetite-college-debt/
How America Pays for College 2010: A national study by Sallie Mae and Galluphttps://www.salliemae.com/about/news_info/research/how_america_pays_2010/
How to Tame College Costs—It’s Not Just Tuitionhttp://online.wsj.com/article/SB128121249197225401.html?mod=WSJ_hpp_LEFTTopStories
In the Basement of the Ivory Tower
http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200806/college
Measuring Up 2008: The 2008 National Report Card
http://measuringup2008.highereducation.org/index.php
‘Out of Whack’ Tuition May Drive Away Students, Duncan Says –http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601070&sid=a7F1HfrTe6Ms#
Painful Choices as College Bills Wallop Families
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122895685290096607.html?
Paying for college– the great juggling act http://economy.kansascity.com/?q=node/3449
Squeeze Play 2009 The Public’s Views on College Costs Today
http://www.highereducation.org/reports/squeeze_play_09/index.shtml
The (Hidden) Cost of College
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/christie-garton/the-hidden-cost-of-colleg_b_593608.html
Why College Costs Rise, Even in a Recession
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/05/your-money/paying-for-college/05money.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1&th&emc=th
College Graduate Earnings
College Class of 2009 Sees Declines in Starting Salary Offers
http://www.naceweb.org/press/display.asp?year=&prid=305
College Preparation
College-Bound Seniors 2009 http://professionals.collegeboard.com/data-reports-research/sat/cb-seniors-2009
College Entrance Test Scores Flagginghttp://online.wsj.com/article/SB125065253283242295.html
College Rankings
30 Ways to Rate a College
http://chronicle.com/article/30-Ways-to-Rate-a-College/124160/
Best Colleges – Most Lucrative Schools & Majors
http://www.payscale.com/best-colleges/
Circular Ratings
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2010/01/13/usnews
A Different Way of Ranking Collegeshttp://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/08/23/a-different-way-of-ranking-colleges/
How the U.S. News & World Report College Rankings Are Destroying Higher Educationhttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/bob-samuels/how-the-us-news-world-rep_b_699264.html
Curriculum/Programs
5 Reasons to Attend a Liberal Arts College
http://moneywatch.bnet.com/saving-money/blog/college-solution/five-reasons-to-attend-a-liberal-arts-college/1390/
Business Curricula Need a Strong Dose of the Liberal Arts, Scholars Say
http://chronicle.com/article/Business-Curricula-Need-a/63694/?sid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en
Colleges come up short on what students need to know
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/13/AR2010081304468.html
Freshmen Abandon Business
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2010/01/21/freshmen
In Defense of the Liberal Arts
http://www.newsweek.com/id/229955
Leader of Liberal-Education Group Takes Stand Against 3-Year Degrees
http://chronicle.com/article/Leader-of-Liberal-Education/65760/?sid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en
Making Teaching a Profession
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2010/01/05/teachers
Community Colleges
More White-Collar Workers Turn to Community Colleges
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/20/education/20COMMUN.html?_r=1
Obama Community College Plan Bets On Online Course Potential
http://www.politicsdaily.com/2009/08/17/obama-community-college-plan-bets-on-online-course-potential/
Culture
The End of Tenure?
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/05/books/review/Shea-t.html?_r=2&src=me
Delaware Study
University of Delaware – The National Study of Instructional Costs & Productivityhttp://www.udel.edu/IR/cost/
Discounting
Distance Education
Diversity/Under-represented Populations
Dual Enrollment
In Suburban Schools, an Alternative to A.P.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/10/education/10dual.html
Economics/Value of Degree Attainment
http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/03/myth-busting-the-value-of-college/?hp
Economy
Demographics and Poverty
http://www.nccp.org/profiles/demographics.html
Demographics and the Economy
http://www.statehealthfacts.org/comparecat.jsp?cat=1
Economy Forces States to Scale Back Scholarship Programs
http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2010/07/26/37scholarships.h29.html?tkn=UTPF3B9dOEuJUmJcJigG+QoiVI/oEVQJT6P&cmp=clp-edweek
Economic Mobility Project – Pew Trust
http://economicmobility.org/
Financial Outlook Remains Negative for Higher Education, Moody’s Says (1/2010)
http://chronicle.com/article/Financial-Outlook-Remains/63642/
Leveraging Crisis for Competitive Advantage
http://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/reality_check/leveraging_crisis_for_competitive_advantage
Recession calls into question economics of a college degree
http://staugustine.com/national-news/2010-01-24/recession-calls-question-economics-college-degree
The Revenue-to-Cost Spiral
http://www.popecenter.org/inquiry_papers/article.html?id=2196
Endowments
The Not-So-Rich Elite
http://www.newsweek.com/id/209959
Finance
The Growing Imbalance: Recent trends in U.S. postsecondary education finance
http://www.enrollmentmarketing.org/research/The-Growing-Imbalance-Recent-Trends-in-US-Postsecondary-Finance.pdf
Hundreds of Colleges Fail to Make the Grade on Financial Responsibility
http://chronicle.com/article/Hundreds-of-Colleges-Fail-to/123872/
Negative Credit Ratings Reflect Financial Strain on Small Colleges
http://chronicle.com/article/Negative-Credit-Ratings/123622/?sid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en
Financial Aid
Private Student Loans Are Making a Comeback
http://www.smartmoney.com/personal-finance/college-planning/private-student-loans-are-making-a-comeback/
Trends in Student Aid (College Board Annual Report)
http://www.trends-collegeboard.com/student_aid/
First-year Programs/Retention
True Costs of Student Success
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2010/01/06/delta
Gender
MSU Study: Girls Game Less Because They Have Less Free Time
http://news.msu.edu/story/6608/
Globalization
The Globalization Of Higher Education
http://www.forbes.com/2010/07/28/global-international-universities-colleges-leadership-education-ben-wildavsky.html?boxes=financechannelforbes
Governance
The Trustee-Faculty Relationship
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2010/01/25/agb
Graduate
Graduation Rates
Ohio
http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2009/06/ohio_college_graduation_rate_i.html
Promoting a Culture of Student Success: How Colleges and Universities Are Improving DegreeCompletion
http://publications.sreb.org/2010/10E02_Promoting_Culture.pdf
Colleges Are Failing in Graduation Rates
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/09/business/economy/09leonhardt.html
Does student financial aid cause more participation in and graduation from post-secondary education? – (This paper addresses two fundamental questions about the impact of student financial aid on participation in and graduation from post-secondary education.)
Graduation/Work Preparedness
Study: College Grads Unprepared For Workplace
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=127230009&ps=cprs
High School Student Attitudes/Preparation
U.S. Graduation Rate Continues Decline
http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2010/06/10/34swanson.h29.html
Higher Education Economics/Finance
Higher Education Issues
The Other Side of ‘Test Optional’
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/26/education/edlife/26guidance-t.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=test%20optional&st=cse
Beyond the Rhetoric: Improving College Readiness Through Coherent State Policyhttp://publications.sreb.org/2010/Beyond%20the%20Rhetoric.pdf
HBCU’s
D.o.B.C. Death of Black Colleges?http://alumniroundup.com/?p=3537
The Challenge for Black Colleges
http://www.usnews.com/articles/education/best-colleges/2009/08/19/the-challenge-for-black-colleges.html
Innovation in Higher Education
Another New Idea for Higher Education
http://collegeaffordability.blogspot.com/2010/01/another-new-idea-for-higher-education.html
How to make colleges twice as productive
http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2008/12/07/double_u/?page=2
Rethinking Science Education
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2010/01/06/scienceed
International Students
A Shifting International Mix
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2010/08/25/chinese
K-Middle School: College Prep
How Would You Assess The Proposed Early Learning Challenge Fund?http://education.nationaljournal.com/2009/08/how-would-you-assess-the-propo.php
Marketing and Communication
Parents
Keeping parents’ ‘helicopters’ grounded during college
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-parents-20100829,0,5909576.story
Parent Expectations and Planning for College: Statistical Analysis Report
http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2008079
Private Colleges and Universities
Proprietary/For-Profit Higher Education
Damaging Data on Loan Repayment
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2010/08/16/eddata
For-profit higher-ed gets failing grade from White House http://www.aurorasentinel.com/articles/2010/06/06/opinion/editorials/doc4c0be565055eb821453507.txt
Linking Debt and Income
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2010/01/18/rules
For-Profit, For God
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/08/03/christian
Undercover Testing Finds Colleges Encouraged Fraud and Engaged in Deceptive and Questionable Marketing Practiceshttp://pervegalit.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/gaomarketing.pdf
Public Universities
Beyond the Rhetoric: Improving College Readiness Through Coherent State Policy http://www.highereducation.org/reports/college_readiness/index.shtml
Public Higher Education Is ‘Eroding From All Sides,’ Warn Political Scientists http://chronicle.com/article/Public-Higher-Education-Is/124292/?sid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en
Public Colleges Turn to Tuition Increases to Offset Budget Squeezes http://chronicle.com/article/Public-Colleges-Turn-to/124214/?sid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en
Rankings
Research Universities
Retention/Graduation
The Four Year College Myth
http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/magazine/articles/2009/05/31/the_four_year_college_myth/
Who Graduates At-Risk Students?
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/06/18/career
State Budgets
Budget Cuts Take Toll on Education
http://www.usnews.com/articles/education/best-colleges/2009/08/19/budget-cuts-take-toll-on-education.html
More Cuts for Colleges Are Likely Even After States Pass Budgets
http://chronicle.com/article/Further-State-Budget-Cuts-Loom/47448/
Strategic Enrollment General Topics
Planning Trumps Rankings
http://www.insidehighered.com/views/2009/07/27/walters
Why Do Graduates of Some Colleges Earn More Than Others?
http://collegeaffordability.blogspot.com/2008/12/why-do-graduates-of-some-colleges-earn.html
Student Loans/Debt
Deep In Debt http://www.forbes.com/2010/08/01/student-loan-financial-aid-opinions-colleges-10-debt.html?boxes=Homepagelighttop
Placing the Blame as Students Are Buried in Debt
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/29/your-money/student-loans/29money.html?src=me&ref=business
Skewed Statistics: the implications of the student cohort default
http://www.centerforcollegeaffordability.org/uploads/SkewedStats_Bennett.pdf
Study Shows Rise in Average Borrowing by Students
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/12/education/12college.html?_r=1&hp
Test-Optional Issue
ACT/SAT Optional Colleges List Soars to 280
http://www.fairtest.org/act-sat-optional-colleges-list-soars-280
Another First for SAT-Optional Movement
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2008/05/27/wake
More universities are going SAT-optional
http://www.usatoday.com/news/education/2006-04-04-standardized-tests_x.htm
SAT-optional — will trend take off or sputter?http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/04/19/2703351-sat-optional-will-trend-take-off-or-sputter
Transfer Students
Undocumented Students/Illegal Immigrants
Dream Act could save immigrant students from deportation
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/11/AR2010081105284.html
DREAM vs. Reality: An Analysis of Potential DREAM Act Beneficiaries
http://www.migrationpolicy.org/pubs/DREAM-Insight-July2010.pdf
United States Higher Education International Setting
Getting Back to #1
http://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/getting_back_to_1
Veterans
A New Deal for Veterans
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/06/22/gibill
Women’s Colleges
Are Women’s Colleges Still Needed?
http://views.washingtonpost.com/leadership/panelists/2010/09/are-womens-colleges-still-needed.html
Women’s Colleges Shift Gaze to Less Well-Off
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/30/education/30pinemanor.html