by Goldy from the SLOG University of Washington director of undergraduate admissions Philip Ballinger announced that the university would be restoring the 150 slots for resident freshman that were cut earlier this year as part of a cost-cutting move. The University intends to continue the overall gr[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Funding’
September 9th, 2011 - 5:33 am § in Schools & Colleges, The Ave Scene
Where the “new” tuition dollars are going
July 6th, 2011 - 9:52 am § in Schools & Colleges
Puerto Rico: !0,000 students priced out of attending university.
from Aljazeera: Dozens of university students are arrested for demonstrating against a tuition hike. But Puerto Rico Governor Luis Fortuno remains steadfast in charging students more to help close a $3.2 billion budget gap. Fault Lines extra: • Breaching ‘the point’ • Behind the univ[...]
June 29th, 2011 - 5:48 pm § in Schools & Colleges
NYU Finding The Best and The Brightest .. Irrespective of $$$$$$
Finding talented disadvantaged youth from around the world can be a hard feat to accomplish for New York University, and other elite institutions, largely because of the situation most disadvantaged youth find themselves in. If you are living in a tent in Haiti, or in post-genocide Rwanda, you are t[...]
June 28th, 2011 - 8:13 am § in Schools & Colleges
Koch Brothers Buy Into Universities
The Charles G. Koch Foundation has been making six-, seven- and eight-figure gifts to such public institutions as Florida State, Clemson University, George Mason University, Utah State University and West Virginia University. The Koch brothers’ involvement in the Tea Party has raised que[...]
June 28th, 2011 - 6:31 am § in Schools & Colleges
What a rip-off! US-style fees undermine British Higher Ed
Should the UK Emulate US Pay to Study University System? from Times Higher Education by Anthony Glees, director of the Centre for Security and Intelligence Studies, University of Buckingham. One of many claims our vice-chancellors regularly rehearse is that American universities are the best in the [...]
June 21st, 2011 - 4:19 pm § in Schools & Colleges
BREAKING NEWS: Bellevue, Bellevue, Bellevue
The Bellevue Public Schools dominated the latest Newsweek ranking of top pubic high schools with several showing in the top 300 across the USA. NO OTHER SCHOOLS IN WA STATE RANKED AT THIS LEVEL![...]
June 20th, 2011 - 8:49 am § in America
Siemens vs WGU:Unemployed or just uneducated?
German Giant Says US Workers Lack Skills Siemens has just reported that it is now unable to find US workers qualified even for entry level apprentice jobs. WGUW … Washington State’s new no faculty, online solution to the problem .. offers our answers! DIPLOMAS! Not just high school d[...]
June 19th, 2011 - 8:35 am § in Schools & Colleges
Adjuncts vs. Full Time Faculty … a way to save $36,000?
June 17, 2011 Inside Higher Ed (excerpted) Fifteen years ago, the faculty union at Green River Community College persuaded administrators to add one new full-time faculty position each year (in 2003, it became two positions per year) in order to better balance the percentages of full-time and part-t[...]
June 1st, 2011 - 1:23 am § in Uncategorized
June Weddings … and my in-state tuition discount
from Washington Post by Jenna Johnson I know a few couples who have tied the knot earlier than planned, for reasons greater than love alone — usually, the need for health insurance or visa woes. But here’s a reason I had not thought of: Getting hitched to score an in-state tuition rate. [...]
May 19th, 2011 - 7:39 am § in Schools & Colleges
UT … $1000000000 in gold bars
By David Mildenberg and Pham-Duy Nguyen – Apr 16, 2011 2:45 AM PT Sat Apr 16 09:45:57 GMT 2011 Ed. As we debate taxes, would someone tell me how owning gold (0r art, yachts, houses) stimulates the US (or any) economy? The University of Texas Investment Management Co., the second-largest U.S. a[...]