Postsecondary education faces critical challenges in the coming years. These range from cost, access, technology and the skills gap to quality, productivity, accountability and globalization. To make matters even more…
Loan Increases Out of Synch with Education Goals
Lori Perkovich | Master's Student, New York UniversityI decided to pursue a bachelor’s degree as a non-traditional student because I wanted a career change that had specific education requirements. Moreover, I sought longevity in the workplace and…
The following interview is with Terry Rawls, president of Patten University. Patten’s main mission is to make higher education accessible for everyone, especially adult students, and to that end, they…
The Flying Carpet that Caused Higher Education’s Commoditization
Jonathan Tice | Senior Vice President, Destiny SolutionsFor more than 200 years, public higher education institutions have been funded through a combination of government subsidies and student tuition dollars. For the majority of those 200 years, this…
Education Not So Much a Commodity as a Political Football
Michael Chanan | Professor, Roehampton UniversityGainful Employment Debate Continues
EvoLLLution NewsWireThird Wave of Funding Announced
EvoLLLution NewsWireMaking Pell Grants Work for Adults
Kathie Little | Senior Adviser for Student Aid Policy, The College BoardGo Higher Grant Looks to Increase Access for Kentucky’s Adult Students
Rebecca Gilpatrick | Director of Student Aid Services, KHEAAPell Grant Changes Proposed
EvoLLLution NewsWireAdult Education Research: Where’s the Money?
Jane Terpstra | Emerita Director of Distance Education and Professional Development, University of Wisconsin-MadisonImproving Education Quality in the Era of Outcomes-Based Funding
Thomas Lindsay | Director of the Center for Higher Education, Texas Public Policy FoundationAlberta Proposes Sweeping Higher Education Changes
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Federal Court Rules Against Gainful Employment
EvoLLLution NewsWireLast week, a federal court struck down the United States Department of Education’s “gainful employment” regulations. The gainful employment regulations, which have been on hold since July 2012, were created…
Funding Public Institutions Without Government Support in a Decade’s Time
Anthony Frank | President, Colorado State UniversityAfter several tough years, Colorado’s public higher education institutions are pleased to have some reasonable news on the state budget front this spring. Still, there’s a downside to having a…
The following interview is with Thomas Lukaszuk, deputy premier of Alberta and provincial minister of advanced education and enterprise. Lukaszuk recently shared some really interesting thoughts on the role higher…
Lack of State Investment Opening the Door to Federal Influence in Higher Education
John Aubrey Douglass | Senior Research Fellow at the Center for Studies in Higher Education, UC BerkeleyThe following interview is with John Douglass, senior research fellow of public policy and higher education at the Center for Studies in Higher Education at UC Berkeley. Douglass has done…
College Partnership Trend Surfaces
EvoLLLution NewsWirePerformance Measurement Changes to Heighten Focus on Non-Traditional Students
Sandra Woodley | President, UT Permian BasinImagining Land Grants 50 Years in the Future
Scott Peters | Professor, Syracuse UniversityThe Future of Land-Grant Universities
Christine Geith | Assistant Provost and Executive Director of MSUglobal, Michigan State UniversityThe Basic Skills Crisis: A Barrier to Answering the President’s Postsecondary Call to Action
Rachel Unruh | Associate Director, National Skills CoalitionA New Accreditation Program Looms
EvoLLLution NewsWireLincoln Project Expected to Spark Conversation about Public Higher Education
EvoLLLution NewsWireA Federal Perspective on Expanding LiLAs
Erik Paulsen | Congressman for Minnesota’s Third District, United States House of RepresentativesLiLAs are Worth the Investment for Employers
Julianne Hanner | Chief Executive Officer, Hanner Enterprises
The following interview is with Eleni Papadakis, the executive director of the Workforce Training and Education Coordinating Board of Washington State. Washington recently passed legislation that creates a clear definition…
The Value of LiLAs for an Employer
Jennifer Hermann | Director of Human Resources and Occupational Health Services, UC San Francisco Medical CenterThe following interview was conducted with Jennifer Hermann, director of human resources and occupational health services at the University of California at San Francisco’s Medical Center. Lifelong Learning Account (LiLA)…
As our economy slowly recovers from the 2008 recession, large numbers of unemployed workers continue to search for jobs, yet employers are having trouble finding candidates with the skills they…