Here’s the top ten list from Huffington Post. Note how highly represented the National Capital Area is. Not being on this list and delivering excellent education in the Washington D.C. area: that’s a major competitive advantage for George Mason.
Category: higher education
Save the Public Universities!
From David Brook’s Column in today’s New York Times. Money quote:”Send federal money to the states, but make sure a lot of it goes to state universities. There’s going to be increased demand for their services at the same time their budgets are cut. We can’t weaken that link in the social mobility chain.”
Jim
Student evaluations of faculty
Today’s NYTimes Magazine is devoted to higher education. All of the articles are really excellent, but I bring to loyal readers attention the very interesting piece by Mark Oppenheimer on the tensions of having the graded grade the graders.
A pretty objective piece I think.
Read and enjoy.
Jim
Demographics shift to affect college admissions
Tomorrow’s NY Times suggests that higher education may be in for a big shift: less applicants.
Here’s the money quote:
Projections show that by next year or the year after, the annual number of high school graduates in the United States will peak at about 2.9 million after a 15-year climb. The number is then expected to decline until about 2015. Most universities expect this to translate into fewer applications and less selectivity, with most students likely finding it easier to get into college.
Discoverers and Discoveries 