Higher Education
Is the downturn having an effect on higher education?
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How is the recession affecting higher education? From changes in financial aid to changes in curriculum; from small private colleges to the biggest public universities; for parents, students and educators alike - the Brian Lehrer Show explores the world of higher ed in the new economic reality.
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College Choices
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
As students and their parents decide which college to attend in the fall, Dr. Shirley Strum Kenny, retiring president of Stony Brook University, says SUNY and CUNY students are being hit with unfair tuition hikes.
Good Work
Monday, April 20, 2009
Frank Rich, New York Times Op-Ed Columnist, and Howard Gardner, Hobbs Professor of Cognition and Education at Harvard, director of the Harvard Good Work Project and author of Good Work: When Excellence and Ethics Meet, talk about the lure of Wall Street and the potential for a counter ...
CUNY Growth
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Congressman Anthony Weiner (D-NY 9th) talks about the 33% jump in financial aid applications at CUNY and what the city, state, and federal governments are doing to help students afford higher education.
Student Loans
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Michael Dannenberg, Founder of New America's Education Policy Program and the man behind the Higher Ed Watch blog, talks about the new Sallie Mae student loans. Are you entering college? Do you have student loans? Would you prefer to defer your loans or start paying while ...
Get Schooled
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Michael Dannenberg, senior fellow in the Education Policy Program at the New America Foundation and editor of the Higher Ed Watch blog, discusses the education portion of President Obama's speech last night and what it indicated about the future of education policy.
Generation Debt: Student Loans
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
The weekly February guest is Anya Kamenetz, author of Generation Debt, writer for Fast Company, and blogger at "The Narrow Bridge" and Yahoo Finance, who will be discussing issues of debt, credit, and loans. This week's focus: Student loan woes ...
Stimulating Higher Education
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Doug Lederman, Editor of Inside Higher Ed, looks at some of the provisions aimed at colleges and universities found in the Obama stimulus package.
University Blues
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Michael Dannenberg, Senior Fellow in the Education Policy Program at the New America Foundation and founder of the HigherEdWatch Blog ; and Catharine Bond Hill, president of Vassar College, talk about how institutions are handling the economic crisis.
Hour 2: 30 Issues - Higher Ed
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Students in the room discuss the pressures they feel as they look towards graduation. Then, discussing the cost of college, as well as Obama and McCain's platforms on college affordability and student loans, are
Michael Dannenberg, Senior Fellow in Education Policy Program at the New ...
Michael Dannenberg, Senior Fellow in Education Policy Program at the New ...
Community College Credit Crunch
Tuesday, June 03, 2008
The New York Times reports that banks are starting to limit student loans, particularly to community colleges. Anya Kamenetz, Yahoo Finance columnist and the author of Generation Debt: Why Now Is A Terrible Time to Be Young discusses the credit crunch and what it means for students.
Students' Aid
Thursday, June 14, 2007
Stephen Burd, senior research fellow in the Education Policy Program at the New America Foundation and Anya Kamenetz who writes for the Village Voice and is the author of Generation Debt: Why Now Is A Terrible Time to Be Young (newly out in paperback) discuss the student ...
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