University and Higher Education - Problems

Challenges facing Universities in the USA

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A collection of articles and videos looking at the Challenges facing Universities in the USA

• Note Challenges facing public educational institutions in the US - Deloitte Center for Higher Education Excellence
• Article How to fix the Ivy League
• Video Crisis in Higher Ed & Why Universities Still Matter (part 1/3)
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a16z discussion: Challenges facing Universities in the USA

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A collection of articles and videos looking at the Challenges facing Universities in the USA

• Video Crisis in Higher Ed & Why Universities Still Matter (part 1/3)
• Video Fixing Higher Education & New Startup Opportunities (part 2/3)
• Video Higher Ed Crisis: Ask Us Anything! (Part 3/3)

Adjunct Professors - and the Challenges facing Universities in the USA

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Adjunct Professors - and the Challenges facing Universities in the USA

• Note 50% of all teaching at US universities is now done by adjunct professors
• Video The Problem with "The College Experience" | Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO)

Challenges facing Universities in the USA - too many administrators

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Challenges facing Universities in the USA - too many administrators

• Article Stanford’s War Against Its Own Students
• Video The Problem with "The College Experience" | Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO)

Drop in enrollment - Demographic Challenges facing Universities in the USA

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America’s total number of students has declined by an unprecedented 2.6 million, or 13 percent, over the last decade. Another drop of 15 ...

• Article Global fertility has collapsed, with profound economic consequences
• Article A Slow-Moving Storm: Why Demographic Changes Mean Tough Challenges for College Leaders | EdSurge News
• Note USA demographics shift: between 2008 and 2010, the total fertility rate fell by about ten percent
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Declining birth rates, and demographic challenges - budget, retirement, immigration and more

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Declining birth rates, and demographic challenges - budget, retirement, immigration and more

• Article The demographic time bomb that could hit America - The Washington Post
• Article Colleges face reckoning as plummeting birthrate worsens enrollment declines
• Note USA demographics shift: between 2008 and 2010, the total fertility rate fell by about ten percent
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Student loan industry and the Debt (crisis) in the USA

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a collection of articles and videos looking at the student loan industry and the mounting student debt crisis in the USA

• Podcast The Student Debt Dilemma With Constantine Yannelis - Capitalisn't | Podcast on Spotify
• Article Who Really Benefits From Student-Loan Forgiveness? - The Atlantic
• Article Drew Cloud Is a Well-Known Expert on Student Loans. One Problem: He’s Not Real
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Problem: Tuition and the high cost of University Education

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Defining the problem, and looking at possible solutions to the high price of university education

• Article The real reasons a college degree costs so much | CNBC
• Video Crisis in Higher Ed & Why Universities Still Matter (part 1/3)
• Article College Heads Making $1 Million Rise With Tuition, Student Debt - Bloomberg
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Student Debt (crisis) in the USA

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a collection of articles and videos looking at the mounting student debt crisis in the USA

• Article Student Loan Debt Is Now As Big as the U.S. Junk Market - Bloomberg
• Podcast The Student Debt Dilemma With Constantine Yannelis - Capitalisn't | Podcast on Spotify
• Article Who Really Benefits From Student-Loan Forgiveness? - The Atlantic
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Woke, Cancel Culture, University Professors and Free Speech Debate on College Campus

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Woke, Cancel Culture, University Professors and the Free Speech Debate on College Campus

• Article Georgetown’s Cowardice on Free Speech - The Atlantic
• Podcast Greg Lukianoff: Cancel Culture, Deplatforming, Censorship & Free Speech - Lex Fridman Podcast on Spotify
• Article A Medical Student Questioned Microaggressions. UVA Branded Him a Threat and Banished Him from Campus
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Woke, Cancel Culture and Free Speech Debate

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Woke, Cancel Culture and Free Speech Debate

• Article Cognitive Distortions - culture wars and Wikipedia
• Article The Great Awokening is transforming American politics - Vox
• Article Why the Latest Campus Cancellation Is Different - The Atlantic
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Free Speech, Hate Speech, and the Internet

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A collection of articles and videos about Free Speech, Hate Speech, and the Internet

• Article Change My View: Why Our Best Hope for Civil Discourse Is on Reddit | WIRED
• Article Europeans are becoming less free to say what they think
• Article Reddit and the Struggle to Detoxify the Internet | The New Yorker
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ACLU and Free Speech, Hate Speech

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ACLU and Free Speech, Hate Speech

• Video Ira Glasser on Free Speech | Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO)

Cost per Credit Hour in Higher Education

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a collection about Cost per Credit-Hour in Higher Education

• Article The Corporations Devouring American Colleges
• Article Trump administration wants flexibility for accreditors and to encourage alternative providers - 2019

Problem: Grading Inflation in K12 and Higher Education

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Is an A really with an A? A collection of articles about the Problem: Grading Inflation in Higher Education

• Article Make School Hard Again – Reason.com
• Article How an epidemic of grade inflation made A’s average | PBS NewsHour
• Article Why professors inflate grades: Because their jobs depend on it - Slate
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Debt Collection Industry - and the Debt crisis in the USA

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a collection of articles and videos looking at the Debt Collection Industry - and the Debt crisis in the USA

• Video Debt Buyers - Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
• Article Student Loan Debt Is Now As Big as the U.S. Junk Market - Bloomberg
• Article Meet New York City’s highest-earning official. He’s a debt collector for predatory lenders - Bloomberg

Community College and Trade Schools vs. High cost of Higher Education

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A collection of articles looking at Community College and Trade Schools vs. High cost of Higher Education

• Article Researchers explain why trade school, not 4-year college, is a better way to solve the US income gap
• Article New 2-Year Online College Aims to Grow Quickly (But Without Traditional Gen-Ed Courses)
• Article Struggling College-Pathway Provider Quad Learning Pivots and Sells | EdSurge News

Harvard and Affirmative Action, Enrollment, Admissions at Universities in the USA

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A collection of articles and videos looking at the Affirmative Action and Enrollment, Admissions at Universities in the USA

• Article Affirmative Action Battle Has a New Focus: Asian-Americans - The New York Times
• Video Why You Shouldn't Go to Harvard | Malcolm Gladwell Highlights | Google Zeitgeist
• Article Harvard can use race as an admissions factor, at least for now - 2019 - The Conversation
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Data, privacy and surveillance issues - at universities

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a collection of articles, videos and resources examining issues related to privacy and security at universities

• Article A university is outfitting living spaces with thousands of Echo Dots – TechCrunch
• Article How Tech Companies Are Selling Colleges on Mass Data Collection | EdSurge News (2019)
• Article Push to Monitor Student Data is Met with Concerns About Privacy and Equity | EdSurge News (2019)
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Student Debt, Financial Aid and Scholarships

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a collection of articles and resources about Student Debt, Financial Aid and Scholarships

• Article Opinion | Michael Bloomberg: Why I’m Giving $1.8 Billion for College Financial Aid - The New York Times
• Article A Crimson Tide of Debt. The Rise of the Disneyfied Public University - The Atlantic
• Article Betsy DeVos’ bet on boot camps
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reports from - Deloitte Center for Higher Education Excellence

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a collection of articles and reports from the Deloitte Center for Higher Education Excellence

• Article The future(s) of public higher education - PDF (2018) - Deloitte Center for Higher Education Excellence
• Note Challenges facing public educational institutions in the US - Deloitte Center for Higher Education Excellence

Enrollment, Admissions at Universities in the USA

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A collection of articles and videos looking at Enrollment, Admissions at Universities in the USA

• Article SchooLinks Raises $7M to Take on a Giant in K-12 College and Career Planning | EdSurge News
• Book Who Gets In and Why
• Article Prestigious colleges reveal the secret formula for deciding who gets in
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How colleges decide who to accept - Enrollment, Admissions at Universities in the USA

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How colleges decide who to accept - Enrollment, Admissions at Universities in the USA

• Book Valedictorians at the Gate
• Video 73 Questions With A Former IVY LEAGUE ADMISSIONS OFFICER | New York Times Published Author
• Article Dockets, ratings and ‘tips’: How Harvard admissions selects a student
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Legacy Admissions and Enrollment at Universities in the USA

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A collection of articles and videos looking at the Affirmative Action and Enrollment, Admissions at Universities in the USA

• Article Why legacy places should be abolished - Exorbitant privilege - The Economist
• Article Harvard's freshman class is more than one-third legacy—here's why that's a problem - CNBC
• Article Harvard: 43 percent of white students are legacy, athletes, related to donors or staff

Writing (Books, Films), Copyright and Copying

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a collection of articles about Writing (Books, Films), Copyright and Copying

• Article Who owns an idea? - The Economist
• Article There Are Only Two Plots: (1) A Person Goes on a Journey (2) A Stranger Comes to Town

MBA degrees - criticism, falling enrollement

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MBA degrees - criticism, falling enrollement

• Article Philosopher Versus MBA | Greylock
• Article (long report) Killing Strategy: The Disruption Of Management Consulting
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MBA programs - alternatives to traditional Masters in Business Administration degrees

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MBA degrees and alternatives

• Website The Modern MBA | Quantic School of Business and Technology
• Website altMBA
• Website Section - MBA-quality online business education
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Closing - Universities in the USA shut down amid budget cuts

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A collection of articles and videos looking at the Challenges facing Universities in the USA

• Article The looming decline of the public research university
• Article Harvard Professor Clay Christensen predicts massive college closures | Inside Higher Ed
• Article What It’s Like When Your College Shuts Down - The Atlantic
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Student's Mental Health, Depression issues - High School, University and College campus

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A collection of articles and videos looking at Student's Mental Health, Depression issues - High School, University and College depressio...

• Article ‘The way universities are run is making us ill’: inside the student mental health crisis - The Guardian
• Video New Rule: Your Phone is Turning You into an Asshole | Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO)
• Article How Trigger Warnings Are Hurting Mental Health on Campus - The Atlantic
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Bribery and scandals - Enrollment, Admissions at Universities in the USA

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A collection of articles and videos looking at Enrollment, Admissions at Universities in the USA

• Article Opinion | Bribes to Get Into Yale and Stanford? What Else Is New? - The New York Times
• Article FBI accuses wealthy parents in college-entrance bribery scheme - 2019 - Washington Post
• Article What the admissions scandal parents got wrong about college - Washington Post
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Writing for film, movies - screenwriting, show runner, more

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a collection of articles about Writing (Books, Films), Copyright and Copying

• Article Is This the End of the TV Writers’ Room as We Know It? | Vanity Fair
• Article Hollywood on Strike – Stratechery by Ben Thompson
• Article Writers on strike beware: Hollywood has changed for ever
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Public land-grant universities in the USA

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Public land-grant universities in the USA

• Article All public universities get private money, but some get much more than the rest - The Conversation
• Note Challenges facing public educational institutions in the US - Deloitte Center for Higher Education Excellence
• Article Land-grab universities — High Country News
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Understanding University Endowments- for students Applying to University

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A collection of articles to help Understanding University Endowments- for students Applying to University

• Article Brown University raising $120 million to eliminate all student loans
• Article 5 ways to check a college's financial health

Community College

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A collection of articles looking at Community College

• Article Higher ed shrinks: number of colleges falls to lowest point in two decades (2019)
• Article Why it made sense for an online community college to raise venture capital | TechCrunch
• Article When a Community College Took on American Poverty - CityLab
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Miami Dade Community College

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Miami Dade Community College

• Website Dual Enrollment for High School | Miami Dade College

Bribery, corruption and the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA

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A collection of articles about Bribery, corruption and the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA

• Article Good money, bad money - Corruption beyond FIFA | The Economist

Sexual assault issues on campus - University and College campus

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Sexual assault issues on campus - University and College campus

• Article Is There a Smarter Way to Think About Sexual Assault on Campus? | The New Yorker
• Article New federal campus sexual assault rules would add protections for accused perpetrators — NBC News

Data, privacy and surveillance issues - examples of companies selling your data

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a collection of articles, videos and resources examining issues related to Data, privacy and surveillance issues - examples of companies ...

• Article How a Google Street View image of your house predicts your risk of a car accident | MIT Technology Review
• Article The California DMV Is Making $50M a Year Selling Drivers’ Personal Information - VICE
• Article How Tech Companies Are Selling Colleges on Mass Data Collection | EdSurge News (2019)
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Research universities in the USA

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Research universities in the USA

• Article The looming decline of the public research university
• Article Ivory sour. Universities are failing to boost economic growth
• Article National University Rankings - including tuition - US News and World Report
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Universities in the USA and budget cuts

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Universities in the USA and budget cuts

• Article 6 ways a drop in international students could set back US higher education
• Article Colleges spend $2.2 billion + marketing themselves to attract students
• Article US will allow entry for fully vaccinated travellers beginning in November - ICEF Monitor
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Chicago Principles - Cancel Culture, University Professors, Free Speech Debate

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Chicago Principles - Cancel Culture, University Professors and the Free Speech Debate on College Campus

• Podcast Greg Lukianoff: Cancel Culture, Deplatforming, Censorship & Free Speech - Lex Fridman Podcast on Spotify
• Article University of Chicago - Free Expression – The University's commitment to free expression
• Article MIT Abandons Its Mission. And Me. - by Dorian Abbot - Common Sense with Bari Weiss
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No-limit Parent Plus loans, and the University student debt crisis in the USA

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No-limit Parent Plus loans, and the University student debt crisis in the USA