... funding for programs such as student financial aid and an Education Doctorate degree, state records show, ... actions to make the university stronger. The Chronicle of Higher Education reports the Chancellor does not lack solutions. ... tuition means that deserving students either do not get access to education or they accumulate huge debts to by through and/or they have to work outside of the school ...

... certain classes of people are too expensive to treat is now creeping into discussions of public education. The continued failure of successive waves of education ... and social scientists that most young people are just not cut out to succeed in college and should therefore pursue alternate career paths. The Chronicle of Higher Education recently published a discussion of the question "Are Two ...

... Jake Parent at UC Santa Cruz awhile back for the Chronicle of Higher Education. Parent, a stellar student, received conditional acceptance to San Jose ... admission on hold. Simply put, there are too many students at a time when schools are cutting classes and faculty so students are being told to postpone their higher education plans indefinitely. addthis_url='dailydoublea.blogspot.com'; ...

... Jeff Bleich: In the 1980s, 17% of the state budget went to higher education and 3% went to prisons. Today, only 9% goes ... the core issues. References: A Crown Jewel of Education Struggles With Cuts - NY Times.UC on ... private colleges an edge - LA Times.Prison vs. education spending reveals California's priorities - SF Chronicle.Tuition Hikes: Protests in California and Elsewhere - Time Magazine ...

... mathematics. How about a Bachelor of Science in Fat Studies? I kid you not. Read about it here. Hat Tip: Andrew. Ironically, I read a facebook update earlier in the day from someone (not Andrew) that read "Academics don't have hobbies, they have fetishes." I guess truth is stranger than fiction. If this article had not been in the Chronicle, I would have assumed it was a parody.

... of the United States. A recent article in the Chronicle of Higher Education notes that President Obama's ... further study and acclamation? Please. This type of self-serving vanity is why higher education in general is becoming nothing but a hoop-jumping contest. In some sense, the story itself is an attempt by the Chronicle to regain some relevance itself such as its wired campus format which ...