Midday Magazine - Kelli Valenti and Dr. Huppertz of Union College
What does the future hold for health care in the United States? Alumni of the Union Graduate College‘s M.B.A. in health care management will gather tomorrow in Schenectady to discuss the many answers...
View ArticleKaren Hitchcock: The U.S. Student Debt Debate
Total student debt in America has hit the $1 trillion mark, exceeding, for the first time, national credit card debt. Yet at this very moment, the airways and media outlets are alive with stories and...
View ArticleKaren Hitchcock: Affordability - The Need for a Paradigm Shift
In his State of the Union address this past January, President Obama warned the higher education community that, “If you can’t stop tuition from going up, the funding you get from taxpayers will go...
View ArticleKaren Hitchcock: Degree Programs in the U.S. - Do They Miss the Mark?
Over the last several months, concerns regarding our nation’s system of higher education have continued to escalate…concerns regarding cost, quality, rigor and, yes, even long-term value. And, as we...
View ArticleKaren Hitchcock: The Importance and Impact of the Arts in Education
This past weekend I, along with many other extremely fortunate citizens of the Capital Region, experienced a truly memorable event at RPI’s stunning Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center – or...
View ArticleU.S. Department of Agriculture Undersecretary Doug O’Brien
When some students go to college this fall, they will do so at a campus surrounded by farms and fields. The U.S. Department of Agriculture is working with colleges in rural areas, providing funding to...
View ArticleVox Pop : College Planning with Lynell Engelmeyer : 10/17/12
On this edition of Vox Pop, Lynell Engelmyer - certified educational planner with over twenty years of experience in college admissions and financial aid - joins us to talk college financial planning...
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"Back to School" by Mike Rose
Back to School: Why Everyone Deserves A Second Chance at Education is the first book to look at the schools that serve a growing population of “second-chancers,” exploring what higher education—in the...
View ArticleVox Pop : College Admissions and Financial Aid : 1/23/13
Planning for college is the focus of today’s program, and certified educational planner Lynell Engelmyer is in the studio this afternoon to talk more» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
View ArticleNorth Country high school, university students advance to championship round...
Imagine this; two teams of three robots each are pitted against each other in an area to fling projectiles and climb to the top of a steel pyramid.» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
View ArticleKaren Hitchcock: The Meaning of a University
Earlier this month, David Brooks, the well-known New York Times columnist, published an op-ed entitled, “The Practical University”. In the context of the» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
View ArticleListener Essay - Embarrassed
Julie Evans lives in Woodstock where she spends most of her time trying to figure things out. She is a writer, personal mentor, host of the television» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
View Article"What's Going On at UAardvark?" by Lawrence Wittner
Lawrence Wittner, Professor of History emeritus at the State University of New York @ Albany, is an award-winning writer and political activist who taught» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
View Article"18 in America: A Young Golfer's Epic Journey to Find the Essence of the...
At age 17, Dylan Dethier couldn’t help but think he’d never really done anything with his life. So, two months before his freshman year was set to begin,» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
View ArticleKaren Hitchcock: Are Our College Graduates Overqualified, Underprepared... Or...
Around the country, thousands upon thousands of young people are graduating from colleges and universities, eager to enter the next phase of their lives –» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
View ArticleHerbert London: The University Resistance Movement
It was bound to happen. The professoriate has risen in opposition to on-line education. Philosophy professors at San Jose State University said they refuse» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
View Article5/31/13 - Panel
Today's panelists are WAMC’s Alan Chartock and College of St. Rose Communications Professor Paul Conti. Ray Graf moderates. Topics include:Film» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
View ArticleKaren Hitchcock: The Need To Re-imagine Our Nation’s System Of Higher Education
The recent release of a report by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences entitled, “The Heart of the Matter,” has inspired much discussion in the halls» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
View ArticleKaren Hitchcock: An Important Step In the Right Direction
A recent article by Larry Rulison in the Times Union posed the question, “Research Triangle found the right formula -- can we?” As the article acknowledges» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
View ArticleKaren Hitchcock: Public Higher Education - Disinvestment Puts Quality At Risk
Late one evening not long ago, I had left the TV tuned to the David Letterman show while I finished up some writing. As the former president of two...» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
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