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The article offers information on the evolution of college amenities over the past twenty years, from an amenities arms race to attract students to a focus on student success services. Topics include the construction of suite-style dorms, recreation centers, and dining halls during the surge of 18-year-olds coming to campuses, the shift to student success services like academic advising and mental-health support as Gen Z arrived at college, and the impact of the Great Recession.

The article discusses the transformative impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) on higher education, with a focus on diverse viewpoints from 12 scholars and administrators. Topics include the potential of AI in revolutionize admissions, enhancing student services, and redefining educators' roles, while addressing challenges and opportunities in knowledge production.

The article discusses the latest enrollment numbers from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center fallen by 1.1 percent in the year 2022.

The author offers observation on the state of undergraduate education in the U.S. He reveals the complaints from both graduates and employers about bachelor's degree program. He mentions the remarks from Clark Kerr, former president of the University of California, about the college's curriculum, and increase in the number of academic majors, according to the U.S. Education Department.

Institutions that use online survey data to group students into segments can personalize campus services and put themselves on stronger financial footing. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article discusses effects of the global financial crisis of 2008-2009 on efforts by Hofstra University to improve its academic image. Hofstra's efforts are compared to those of George Washington, Boston and New York Universities but contrasted in that Hofstra kept its tuition moderate and offered student aid to more freshmen, giving it relative value in a private school market. Hofstra struggles to raise its net tuition rate, its selectivity and its yield rate on students accepted.

The article focuses on the results of a survey conducted by the publication which focused on the attitudes of college faculty and staff members concerning their relationships with their employers. Particular focus is given to attitudes related to career development opportunities, fairness, and job satisfaction. It notes that academics appear to be most positive concerning their work environment at the beginning and end of their careers, but are less satisfied mid-career. Differences in satisfaction between employees at private and public institutions are also explored. The article also offers suggestion for improving morale among mid-career faculty members.

The article reports that many presidents of American colleges are traveling to India to learn about the country's higher education system and try to create partnerships. Like American corporations that began coming to India more than a decade ago to tap the brain power of its millions of inexpensive, well-educated engineers, software writers, and medical technicians, American higher-education institutions are flocking to the country to recruit Indian students, set up academic and research ventures, and raise money.

The article provides information related to higher education in the United States. The article presents a state-by-state view of the funding, governance, and educational news related to higher education. Among the information presented are statistics related to the educational attainment of students in each state; number and type of colleges; college enrollment figures; and the average pay for full-time professors.

The article reports that Lawrence H. Summers, president of Harvard University, has resigned. Summers cited his accomplishments during his five years as president, including making Harvard more accessible to undergraduates from low-income families and extending its reach in science and technology. In January 2005, Summers outraged professors when he publicly posited that perhaps relatively few women worked in science and mathematics because women lack the innate ability to achieve in those fields. The remarks prompted the Faculty of Arts and Sciences to pass an unprecedented no-confidence vote in his leadership. Professors in Harvard's Faculty of Arts and Sciences pass a vote of no confidence in Summers by a vote of 218 to 185, with 18 abstentions.

The article presents information on the increasing cost of education at Bates College. This fall, Bates College reluctantly joined a small but growing group of institutions reaching a significant milestone. Its annual price tag passed the $40,000 mark. Of that, officials are hoping to bring in $45-million for student aid in order to make the college less reliant on tuition to pay for scholarships. With so many students applying to Bates for so few spots, the college can still persuade enough smart students to pay full price or take a smaller aid package than another college may offer.

Focuses on the efforts to solve the deficit facing the HOPE Scholarship, the merit-scholarship program of Georgia as of November 2003. Implication of the decision of the legislators to make modifications in the program that added thousands of students to the scholarship rolls; Discussion on the plan to add a minimum scholastic aptitude test requirement to the B-average standard of the program; Significance of the scholarship program.

Deals with the strong support of the U.S. public for the state of higher education in the country as of May 2003, according to a public opinion poll by the periodical 'The Chronicle.' Aspects of higher education questioned by the respondents; Focus and priorities of higher education recommended; Concerns on academic research.

Presents an outlook for higher education in the United States state legislatures for fiscal year 2002-03. Budget request by each state; Issues challenging state budgets.

Presents information on the debates about the elimination of the scholastic aptitude test (SAT) for entry into universities in the United States. Criticisms on the SAT; Study sponsored by the Association of American Universities on the creation of a database of state tests; Evidence of racial preference in college admission procedures in the country.

Looks at how colleges in Midwest and Southwest States coped with financial shortfalls and midyear budget cuts during the years 2000-01. Colleges affected and their strategies being considered; Views of higher education policy analysts on the situation; Terms under the budget for fiscal 2002.

Offers information and predictions for higher education in the 50 state Legislatures. Dates of session and budget requests for each state; Prediction that Alabama colleges will not receive the funding increases they requested; Suggestion that a budget surplus in Arizona may affect the willingness of legislators to increase funding; Others.

The author reflects on ways for college administrators to help end the classification of colleges in the U.S. Topics discussed include the need to end these categories of colleges, the encouragement from Carnegie to other colleges to copy each other's structure and policies to maneuver into higher categories, the impact of the COVID-19 on college enrollment and finances, and a way for colleges to obtain flexibility in delivering education.

Presents a detailed look at budget requests and key issues that United States states will be dealing with for higher education in 1999. Lobbying efforts by college officials to obtain protection against tighter state budgets; How lobbyists are characterizing their requests; How the success of Georgia's HOPE scholarship programs is affecting efforts in Southern state.

The article discusses how the Covid-19 pandemic will affect the future of admissions in U.S. colleges and universities. Topics include whether the changes in admission practices like conducting virtual tours to recruit students and the use of big data, the challenges faced by schools like declining revenue, tightening financial-aid budgets, and reduction of programs, as well as the comment of Georgetown University's Charles Deacon on the development.

The article examines the nontraditional enrollment paths many college students take through higher education which includes attending multiple institutions, engaging in co-op programs and internships, and taking courses from alternative providers or through massive open online courses (MOOCs). According to the author, higher education is still designed in a linear fashion despite students' increasing preferences for options. He suggests a student-center approach to education design.

The article focuses on the findings of a survey conducted through The Chronicle/Gallup Panel that a plurality of U.S. people favor presidential candidate Barack Obama to tackle college costs. Based on the survey, 42 percent of the respondents think that controlling college costs is extremely important for the next president to address. On the question of which candidate would do more to help families pay for college, Obama maintains a 13-point advantage, 32 percent to 19 percent, over presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton. Robert C. Lockwood, a partner in the Gallup Organization, claims that more than half of the respondents think that the U.S. government should have a role in controlling tuition.

To survive, colleges need to recruit a wider swath of students and connect their curriculum to the job market. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article discusses the report on higher education accreditation delivered to the U.S. secretary of education, Margaret Spellings, by the Commission on the Future of Higher Education and subsequent changes proposed by Spellings. She wants accreditation forms to ask colleges more specific questions about how and what students are learning and to find more accurate ways of measuring learning. Spellings has called for a meeting with accreditors to discuss the issue. Many accreditors are concerned that her methods for measuring student learning may be too simplistic. They also fear that the federal government may impose standards to directly control the accrediting industry.

The article focuses on the condition of Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana. It was affected by Hurricane Katrina that forced it to cancel fall semester in the previous year. Nearly 90 percent of its 6,400 undergraduates returned to the university when it reopened in January 2006. There are several obstacles to the full recovery of the university. Despite a record 21,000 applications for this fall's freshman class, the university may end up falling some 200 short of its enrollment goal of 1,400 new students, which was already nearly 300 smaller than previous year's freshman class. Although most faculty members support the restructuring plan, some of those whose jobs are being eliminated are fighting it. Tulane's campus and its surrounding neighborhood are functioning again, but one third of the New Orleans is still deserted. The city is in varying stages of recovery. Changing the perception that the city is largely uninhabitable is especially important for Tulane, which draws about 80 percent of its students from outside Louisiana.

The article reports that accreditors and some college groups in the U.S. are aghast at a proposal to eliminate regional accreditors and replace them with a national accreditation body. The proposal is contained in a discussion paper released late last month by the secretary of education's Commission on the Future of Higher Education. The news came just as the chairman of the commission allayed another concern of college officials by publicly promising that a mandatory test of college students would not be among the panel's final recommendations.

The article reports that the enrollment at Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts' continuing-education division has climbed nearly 20 percent since president Christopher E. Hopey arrived. Northeastern's renaissance comes at a time when adult education is booming nationwide. Hopey has spent $250,000 on surveys that have helped make informed decisions on degree programs and he pays $25,000 a year as part of a consortium of 61 colleges that share research done on their behalf by Eduventures. Now 60 percent of the continuing-education students at Northeastern are enrolled in undergraduate programs.

The article focuses on a new survey uncovers concerns over faculty tenure and lack of training for the top job. The survey, the first of its kind and completed by nearly 6 in 10 four-year college presidents nationwide this past summer, shows that financial issues permeate almost every facet of the top job on campuses. John Maguire, chairman of Maguire Associates, an educational-consulting firm in Bedford, Massachusetts, which conducted the survey, says the overall findings indicate that many college presidents have an obsession, day in and day out, with things related to finance.

Features David J. Skorton, a physician, musician and president of the University of Iowa in Iowa City. Career highlights; Role of Skorton in a Capitol Hill hearing regarding the vandalism in the university's research laboratories and offices in May 2005; Efforts done by Skorton to help the university recover from the impact of the reduction of its state budget; Educational background of the president.

Discusses the issues surrounding the decision of the U.S. Supreme Court to permit the use of affirmative action in college admissions in 2003. Significance of the decision to universities; Reaction of several organizations to the decision; Decline in the enrollment of Michigan State University .

Highlights the Republican agenda on higher-education policy in the U.S. with the re-election of President George W. Bush in 2004. Reaction of the student-loan industry to the possibility that presidential candidate John Kerry would win in the elections; Information on the academic bill of rights proposed by David Horowitz, president of the California-based Center for the Study of Popular Culture; Role of social issues in science policy.

Focuses on the political platforms of U.S. Democrat presidential candidate John Kerry. Details of his proposals for education; Similarities of Kerry's proposals with that of former U.S. President Bill Clinton in 1992; Amount of federal aid to higher education that Kerry has pledged; Common political messages of Kerry during his college tours; Information on the two-pronged approach to be used by Kerry to address the rising college costs.

Reports on the protest against Chief Illiniwek as mascot of University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign. Impact of the issue on the educational effectiveness of the university; Popularity of the mascot; Opposition of cell and structural biology professor Stephen J. Kaufman to the depiction of the Chief as a mascot; Arguments in favor of the use of the mascot. INSET: Long Island U. Settles With EPA Over Hazardous Waste.

Presents the results of a survey conducted by "The Chronicle of Higher Education" on the confidence of U.S. citizens in higher education. Percentage of respondents who affirmed the value of higher-education institutions to the country; Need for college officials to stop being arrogant in answering the legitimate concerns of the public; Challenges that go into running a campus.

Presents an obituary for Clark Kerr, former president of the University of California who died in 2003.

Reports on the plan of Massachusetts' governor Mitt Romney to eliminate the post of University of Massachusetts system president as part of a reorganization effort, as of April 2003. Reaction from University of Massachusetts system president William M. Bulger; Debates drawn by the proposal; Details on Romney's reorganization plan.

Discusses the state of public colleges and public higher education in the U.S. as of February 28, 2003. Effect of the economic condition of the country on public colleges; Impact of tax cuts on public colleges; Information on several proposals to improve the condition of public colleges and public higher education.

Focuses on California Governor Gray Davis and his views on higher education. Determination of the governor to make higher education a solution to the state's budget problem; Comments from the state's college teachers leaders in who Governor Davis confers with on higher education; Information on Davis.

Focuses on the seminar-style cross-disciplinary classes that honors students at Indiana University of Pennsylvania take. Reason regional state colleges start honors programs; Implications of the growth of honors programs at state colleges; Background on the Indiana University.

Focuses on the efforts of campuses across the U.S. to deal with budget deficits. Budgetary problems facing universities; Influence of budget cuts on tuition fee; Outlook on the budget deficit for 2002 to 2003; Significance of sales tax to budget allocation.

Reports on the decline in the dominance of New England in higher education in the United States as of February 15, 2002. Decline in the number of college students since 1989 to 2002; Number of colleges in Boston, Massachusetts.

Profiles Graham B. Spanier, president of Pennyslvania State University in State College, Pennsylvania. Personal background; His popularity among students; His share of controversy. INSET: Graham B. Spanier..

Presents updates on the federal budget allotted for University of Hawaii ten-campus system as of February 16, 2001. Controversies surrounding the allotted budget; How the university was affected by the economic condition of the United States during the 1990s; Fund-raising opportunities being considered.

Discusses the plan to fix a major flaw in the merit scholarship in Georgia. Proposed solution to the problem; Delivery of state financial aid to students pioneered by Georgia in 1993; Complaints of college officials and lawmakers on the merit programs; Significance of merit scholarships in terms of student retention.

Discusses the challenges facing state colleges in the United States. Nevada's vision for its state college at Henderson; Expanded offerings of Massachusetts' Fitchburg State College; Why expansion, including the offering of graduate degrees, was necessary; Comments from Frank Newman, a former president of the Education Commission of the States.

Focuses on Texas Governor George W. Bush and his mixed record on higher education in Texas. His support for the ten percent law, which allows the top ten percent of high school students to be admitted into state colleges; Civil rights debates about college education in Texas; Budget battles; Impact of his stance on higher education on his presidential campaign.

Reports on the problems at the University of North Carolina system that are alleged results of shortsighted policies by officials and lawmakers. Budget; Difficulties of serving increasing number of students; Controversial proposals to prevent decline of the public university. INSETS: Ability to pay?;How a student trustee handled the tense debate on tuition..

Focuses on the debate by officials of Texas Tech University in Lubbock and Texas' University of Houston's main campus over whether to build more research facilities or improve existing ones. How the Chancellor of the Board of Regents, William H. Cunningham, backed a proposal to receive more state financing on the condition that two other universities receive funding first; Arguments for and against adding a tier one research institute to increase school ranking.

Focuses on the efforts of colleges outside Texas to recruit minority high school students from Texas. Background on the 1996 Hopwood vs. Texas decision which banned the use of affirmative action by Texas institutions; Financial aid as a persuasion tactic offered by recruiters; Attempts by counselors to dissuade minority students from attending out-of-state schools.

Focuses on the debate of whether to create a lottery in Alabama that would pay for a scholarship program and could make community colleges free. Issues facing the Governor Don Siegelman; Uncertainty of the effect of lottery on college access in Alabama; Demands of community colleges, four-year public institutions, private colleges, and college leaders; Copy of Georgia's HOPE scholarship program; Critics of the lottery program; Outlook.