When confronting economic turmoil, the demands of short-term crisis control can overwhelm colleges and universities. In a higher education version of Maslow's hierarchy that prioritizes survival above other needs, the institution neglects vision, strategic thinking, and sound management as it struggles to reach enrollment targets or make payroll. Such practices may meet immediate needs at the expense of long-term sustainability. What classic mistakes do colleges and universities make in economic downturns?...
Culture, not biology, might explain why females in some parts of the world don't perform as well as males in math...
Two UW-Madison researchers published a study June 1 disproving the socially constructed idea that men are innately better at mathematics than women...
Modern technology has allowed medical innovation to take place more rapidly than ever before, often fundamentally altering the field. Doctors are required to have in-depth knowledge that changes as medicine moves forward, but many say the dominant system of medical education -- often centered around outdated course requirements and rote memorization -- is not keeping up. Instead, experts are pushing for a competency-based science curriculum that evaluates medical and and premedical students based on their application of broad and overarching skills, rather than specific facts learned in required courses...
...Student veterans have become more visible on many campuses, including Arizona's, and colleges, preparing for an expected increase in veteran enrollment once the new Post-9/11 GI Bill takes effect this August, have taken notice. Many colleges have been stepping up their support for and outreach to veterans, by creating veterans' offices, streamlining their admission and registration processes, expanding their counseling center capacity, establishing mentoring programs, and training faculty and staff...
College officials need to begin planning now to comply with a new federal requirement that they post on their Web sites within roughly two years the net price to attend their institutions, panelists said at a meeting of institutional researchers here this week...The net figure will be derived from total cost -- tuition, fees, room, board, and other expenses -- minus average aid from all sources of grants (but not loans)... (paid subscription required)
California State University will probably reduce its enrollment by 40,000 students, the largest single-year decrease in its history, if proposed cuts in state support are adopted, the system's chancellor said on Thursday... (paid subscription required)
