Tag: economics

June 3, 2016

The leaders of Michigan’s three major research universities said Thursday that Detroit is pivotal to their missions, unveiling a study showing their research cluster generated $958 million in economic activity in the city last year and directly employed more than […]

May 16, 2016

Now that it is clear that Texas’ complicated school finance system is here to stay, districts around the state must find a way to move forward — whether that is by pressuring lawmakers for more money or by raising property […]

March 3, 2016

Student protests at San Francisco State University in 1968 led to the creation of the College of Ethnic Studies — the country’s first and only such freestanding college and a pioneer in the field that has influenced departments nationwide. Now […]

January 29, 2016

Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker has suggested an additional $83.5 million be used for vocational education in the state, with $75 million for a five-year capital program in a jobs bill that will be filed this week and an added $8.5 million […]

January 27, 2016

U. S. colleges raised $40.3 billion in 2015, an increase of 7.6 percent over the previous year, a new study has found. This is the third consecutive year charitable fund-raising by institutions of higher education have grown. The Voluntary Support […]

January 25, 2016

State spending on higher education continues its slow climb out of the depths of the recession. For a third consecutive year, overall state appropriations for higher education increased by a modest amount ­— 4 percent — according to preliminary figures […]

January 4, 2016

An implicit assumption is that by pursuing internationalization, colleges and universities become more interconnected and academically rigorous, raise their global consciousness, and access the opportunities presented by globalization. At the same time, however, the concept of internationalization may inadvertently cause […]

December 29, 2015

It’s a good time to have a new Ph.D. in economics and be seeking a job in academe. Or outside of academe. A new report by the American Economic Association found that its listings for jobs for economics Ph.D.s increased […]