Education: Scientific American calls for criminal background checks of homeschool parents
Scientific American says we need Federal regulations for home schooling and parents should undergro criminal and background checks.
Education: Financial illiteracy
Student debt is not the root problem - financial illiteracy is the root of education loan problems.
International: U.S. universities increase share of international students
About 25% of Harvard's students are international, and about 33% at MIT.
Education, Demographics: National school enrollment declines
Nationally, public school enrollment has declined - especially due to the low fertility rate and shrinking youth cohort. Conservatives blame public schools, instead.
Education, Demographics: St Cloud State U slashes programs
St. Cloud State University slashes programs as enrollment collapses. This one is personal.
Climate, Education: We must revert to a degrowth, socialist utopia
We must grow academic programs in degrowth to achieve degrowth. Or something.
Business: Double majors in college have better earnings security
Study suggests the path to job security is cross training - and having degrees or double majors in 2+ subjects.
Demographics, Education: Nearly half of Americans think college education is now less important
With the shrinking young cohort, labor is in short supply. A college degree is no longer needed to compete for great jobs.
Demographics, Education: CA schools to see 12% enrollment decline in next ten years
Ouch - California's shrinking school enrollment.
Business: Do employers really not care what degree you have?
Half of employed college grads say they work in fields that require no college degree, so yes, kind of. But that's not the thrust of this story.