Tag: College chat
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The Edvocate’s List of 20 Must-Follow Higher Education Twitter Feeds
*The Edvocate is pleased to produce its “Best of the Best” resource lists. These lists provide our readers with rankings for education-related blogs, twitter accounts, influencers, ... -
College is worth it. Who should pay for it?
Brendan Cantwell, Michigan State University Presidential candidates from both parties have advanced proposals about how higher education should be funded. Democratic presidential candidates have called for ... -
HBCUs at Their Finest
Historically black colleges and universities in the United States were created when African Americans were blocked out of predominantly white institutions. Today’s climate is much different ... -
How to Provide Minorities with a Richer College Experience
College is often an exciting and unique place to be for students and faculty alike, and the college experience is something that many Americans prize today. ... -
The Cost of College: What happens when college costs spin out of control?
The rising cost of college is causing long-term problems for this generation of graduates. Now that Americans are beginning to recognize the damage student loans are ... -
What Educators Need to Know About Higher Education Today
As an educator and advocate for better education in the United States, you need to know what’s going on in higher education today. Why? Because—and it’s ... -
Will the Costs of College Cause an Economic Disaster?
Higher education is potentially one of the best tools for social mobility in America. However, as it is set up now, it may only help the ... -
How For-Profit Colleges Lost Their Groove
Due to leaving their graduates with high debt loads, for-profit colleges are becoming the target of scrutiny from the federal government. But is this scrutiny justified? ... -
Diversity in Higher Education: The Issues Most People Don’t Think About
Colleges used to be for the elites only…but now student bodies are no longer composed of primarily male, white students. Some estimates show that half of ... -
Are HBCUs Under Attack? How Historically Black Colleges and Universities Can Stay Afloat in Today’s Landscape
If you haven’t been paying much attention to the debate concerning the relevance and effectiveness of historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs), now is the time ...