<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" ><channel><title>Newsvine - nhillman's Column - Articles and Seeds</title><link>http://nhillman.newsvine.com/</link><description>Newsvine - nhillman's Column - Articles and Seeds</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2009</copyright><lastBuildDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 02:06:20 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2009 16:52:06 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>An Interesting Thought on State Universities </title><description><![CDATA[So while as a "give everyone a chance to succeed" kind of guy, I certainly want to see everyone who needs it get the chance to go to college — I'm also fairly comfortable with people financing their college educations through student loans, since they are, after all, the &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[nhillman]]></dc:creator><link>http://nhillman.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/25/3547002-an-interesting-thought-on-state-universities-</link><guid>http://nhillman.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/25/3547002-an-interesting-thought-on-state-universities-</guid><category>education</category><category>california</category><category>catholic</category><category>higher-education</category><category>subsidies</category><category>regressive-subsidy</category><category>tuition</category><pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 02:06:20 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>The Economic and Social Impact of Free Tuition</title><description><![CDATA[The issues represent a classic topic for applied economics—the effects of different means of allocating scarce resources among competing claimants.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[nhillman]]></dc:creator><link>http://nhillman.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/25/3546961-the-economic-and-social-impact-of-free-tuition</link><guid>http://nhillman.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/25/3546961-the-economic-and-social-impact-of-free-tuition</guid><category>education</category><category>libertarian</category><category>higher-education</category><category>tuition</category><category>political-philosophy</category><pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 01:56:42 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>UC Tuition: The Revolt of the Will-Haves, David Henderson</title><description><![CDATA[What Friedman could have said, and Armen Alchian did say in a classic 1968 article, is that state subsidies to higher education are a subsidy to the relatively rich. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[nhillman]]></dc:creator><link>http://nhillman.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/25/3546896-uc-tuition-the-revolt-of-the-will-haves-david-henderson</link><guid>http://nhillman.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/25/3546896-uc-tuition-the-revolt-of-the-will-haves-david-henderson</guid><category>education</category><category>higher-education</category><category>entitlement</category><category>california</category><category>protest</category><category>regressive</category><category>subsidy</category><pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 01:40:25 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Enrollment jumps 5.2% at state's colleges, universities</title><description><![CDATA[Enrollment at Maryland colleges and universities increased by a record 5.2 percent this fall, wiping away concerns that the recession might keep students from pursuing higher education, according to a report released Wednesday by the Maryland Higher Education Commission. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[nhillman]]></dc:creator><link>http://nhillman.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/20/3525070-enrollment-jumps-52-at-states-colleges-universities</link><guid>http://nhillman.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/20/3525070-enrollment-jumps-52-at-states-colleges-universities</guid><category>education</category><category>higher-education</category><category>recession</category><category>enrollment</category><category>college-participation</category><category>maryland</category><pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:50:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Frohnmayer: Make Oregon universities public corporations</title><description><![CDATA[Oregon should convert its largest universities into public corporations so they have more freedom to raise money and revitalize the state's stifled higher education system, Dave Frohnmayer, recently retired president of the University of Oregon, said Wednesday.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[nhillman]]></dc:creator><link>http://nhillman.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/19/3518905-frohnmayer-make-oregon-universities-public-corporations</link><guid>http://nhillman.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/19/3518905-frohnmayer-make-oregon-universities-public-corporations</guid><category>education</category><category>oregon</category><category>public-corporation</category><category>higher-education</category><category>higher-education-reform</category><category>college-governance</category><pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:47:02 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>ScienceWorksForUS</title><description><![CDATA[The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA), or the stimulus, provided some $21 billion for scientific research and development, the purchase of scientific equipment, and science-related construction.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[nhillman]]></dc:creator><link>http://nhillman.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/18/3515069-scienceworksforus</link><guid>http://nhillman.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/18/3515069-scienceworksforus</guid><category>us-news</category><category>recovery</category><category>grants</category><category>states</category><pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:08:18 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Two-Year Colleges, Swamped, No Longer Welcome All</title><description><![CDATA["Enrollment has been growing steadily, but this was a tidal wave for us this fall," said the college's president, Gail O. Mellow, pointing out that the student body had risen by almost 50 percent in the past decade. "I've never seen anything like this.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[nhillman]]></dc:creator><link>http://nhillman.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/13/3497694-two-year-colleges-swamped-no-longer-welcome-all</link><guid>http://nhillman.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/13/3497694-two-year-colleges-swamped-no-longer-welcome-all</guid><category>education</category><category>community-college</category><category>enrollment</category><category>recession</category><category>college-opportunity</category><pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:27:03 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>W.Va. report raises questions about scholarships</title><description><![CDATA["At least to date, the evidence we have suggest the PROMISE scholarship isn't having a big impact on the state's human capital," said George Hammond, associate director of the bureau.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[nhillman]]></dc:creator><link>http://nhillman.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/13/3497691-wva-report-raises-questions-about-scholarships</link><guid>http://nhillman.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/13/3497691-wva-report-raises-questions-about-scholarships</guid><category>education</category><category>west-virginia</category><category>higher-education</category><category>merit-aid</category><category>promise-scholarship</category><category>financial-aid</category><category>human-capital</category><pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:26:12 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Community colleges struggle with enrollment explosion</title><description><![CDATA[The record-breaking enrollment surge at Colorado's public community colleges and four-year schools could be too much of a good thing, college leaders fear.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[nhillman]]></dc:creator><link>http://nhillman.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/10/3484782-community-colleges-struggle-with-enrollment-explosion</link><guid>http://nhillman.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/10/3484782-community-colleges-struggle-with-enrollment-explosion</guid><category>education</category><category>community-college</category><category>enrollment</category><category>recession</category><category>college-access</category><pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:41:43 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>University of Phoenix Responds to ProPublica/Marketplace Investigation </title><description><![CDATA[The University of Phoenix has responded [1] (PDF) to our recent story on its enrollment practices [2], calling it a "nothing more than a series of anecdotes." We reported the story with Amy Scott of Marketplace and you can hear the resulting radio stories here [3] and here [4].]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[nhillman]]></dc:creator><link>http://nhillman.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/05/3466967-university-of-phoenix-responds-to-propublicamarketplace-investigation-</link><guid>http://nhillman.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/05/3466967-university-of-phoenix-responds-to-propublicamarketplace-investigation-</guid><category>education</category><category>university-of-phoenix</category><category>for-profit-college</category><category>propublica</category><category>college-quality</category><category>higher-education</category><category>consumer-protection</category><pubDate>Fri, 6 Nov 2009 03:44:29 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Colleges Can Benefit by Steering More Aid to the Needy, Studies Suggest (subscription)</title><description><![CDATA[Receiving financial aid appears to have a significant positive impact on the educational performance of college students from low-income families, but many higher-education institutions are bending to pressure to give aid to other students who do not necessarily need it, accordin&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[nhillman]]></dc:creator><link>http://nhillman.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/05/3463851-colleges-can-benefit-by-steering-more-aid-to-the-needy-studies-suggest-subscription</link><guid>http://nhillman.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/05/3463851-colleges-can-benefit-by-steering-more-aid-to-the-needy-studies-suggest-subscription</guid><category>education</category><category>higher-education</category><category>institutional-aid</category><category>need-based-aid</category><category>grant-aid</category><category>college-affordability</category><category>college-access</category><category>research</category><category>chronicle-of-higher-education</category><pubDate>Thu, 5 Nov 2009 12:49:47 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>College enrollment hits record, mostly thanks to 2-year schools</title><description><![CDATA[Overall college attendance has been going up for about 30 years; what's new is the sharp uptick at community colleges, driven in large part by recessionary bargain hunting and closer ties between two- and four-year colleges that give students more confidence they'll be able to tr&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[nhillman]]></dc:creator><link>http://nhillman.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/02/3451600-college-enrollment-hits-record-mostly-thanks-to-2-year-schools</link><guid>http://nhillman.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/02/3451600-college-enrollment-hits-record-mostly-thanks-to-2-year-schools</guid><category>education</category><category>community-college</category><category>recession</category><category>community-college-enrollment</category><category>higher-education</category><category>public-policy</category><pubDate>Mon, 2 Nov 2009 12:26:45 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>News: Insult to Injury</title><description><![CDATA[Already wounded by budget reductions that came in July and before, college leaders are now scrambling to squeeze even more from coffers, daunted by the real expectation that there are further cuts still to come.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[nhillman]]></dc:creator><link>http://nhillman.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/02/3451570-news-insult-to-injury</link><guid>http://nhillman.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/02/3451570-news-insult-to-injury</guid><category>education</category><category>economy</category><category>college</category><category>recession</category><category>budget-cuts</category><category>state-budget</category><category>college-finance</category><pubDate>Mon, 2 Nov 2009 12:16:59 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Obama community college proposal may not be enough</title><description><![CDATA[Arthur Call commutes three hours roundtrip to his anatomy class at community college because similar courses on campuses closer to his Indianapolis home are packed this semester.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Deanna Martin, Associated Press Writer]]></dc:creator><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/01/3449170-obama-community-college-proposal-may-not-be-enough</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/01/3449170-obama-community-college-proposal-may-not-be-enough</guid><category>us</category><category>community-college</category><category>college</category><category>enrollment</category><category>arthur-call</category><category>us-news</category><category>business</category><pubDate>Sun, 1 Nov 2009 17:17:06 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:thumbnail medium="image" url="http://www.polls.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/tn/d211d0d1-7ac8-41c2-8ae7-75fab27ee594.jpg" width="75" height="52" /></item><item><title>College Enrollment Set Record in 2008, Study Says</title><description><![CDATA[Almost 40 percent of the nation's 18- to 24-year-olds in 2008 were enrolled in college, a record number, according to a Pew Research Center report released on Thursday. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[nhillman]]></dc:creator><link>http://nhillman.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/30/3442842-college-enrollment-set-record-in-2008-study-says</link><guid>http://nhillman.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/30/3442842-college-enrollment-set-record-in-2008-study-says</guid><category>education</category><category>higher-education</category><category>college-enrollment</category><category>college-access</category><category>recession</category><pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:02:38 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>University of California intends to increase financial aid </title><description><![CDATA[President Mark G. Yudof announces plans to raise $1 billion in private funds over the next four years and to expand an existing aid program to more middle-income families.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[nhillman]]></dc:creator><link>http://nhillman.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/26/3425635-university-of-california-intends-to-increase-financial-aid-</link><guid>http://nhillman.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/26/3425635-university-of-california-intends-to-increase-financial-aid-</guid><category>education</category><category>california</category><category>institutional-aid</category><category>tuition-discount</category><category>financial-aid</category><category>college-affordability</category><pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 12:49:46 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Very few illegal immigrants use UW tuition deal</title><description><![CDATA[Very few students are taking advantage of a new law that allows illegal immigrants to pay in-state tuition at University of Wisconsin System schools, according to university data.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[nhillman]]></dc:creator><link>http://nhillman.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/26/3425622-very-few-illegal-immigrants-use-uw-tuition-deal</link><guid>http://nhillman.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/26/3425622-very-few-illegal-immigrants-use-uw-tuition-deal</guid><category>education</category><category>wisconsin</category><category>undocumented-immigrant</category><category>higher-education</category><category>college-acceess</category><category>immigration-policy</category><pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 12:45:31 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>College Tuition Costs Rise AGAIN</title><description><![CDATA[With the economy struggling, parents and students dared to hope this year might offer a break from rising college costs. Instead, they got another sharp increase.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[nhillman]]></dc:creator><link>http://nhillman.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/21/3405549-college-tuition-costs-rise-again</link><guid>http://nhillman.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/21/3405549-college-tuition-costs-rise-again</guid><category>education</category><category>huffington-post</category><category>tuition</category><category>college-affordability</category><category>higher-education</category><category>higher-education-policy</category><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 11:48:31 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Gap in educational success between rich and poor areas widening, says report </title><description><![CDATA[The gap in educational success between rich and poor areas of Britain is widening, despite investment of millions of pounds each year, according to research published today. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[nhillman]]></dc:creator><link>http://nhillman.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/19/3397566-gap-in-educational-success-between-rich-and-poor-areas-widening-says-report-</link><guid>http://nhillman.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/19/3397566-gap-in-educational-success-between-rich-and-poor-areas-widening-says-report-</guid><category>education</category><category>england</category><category>inequality</category><category>college-access</category><category>poverty</category><category>upward-mobility</category><pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 12:32:46 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>H.R. 3221: Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2009</title><description><![CDATA[This site tracks the status of congressional bills in a straight-forward, easy to understand way.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[nhillman]]></dc:creator><link>http://nhillman.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/13/3377069-hr-3221-student-aid-and-fiscal-responsibility-act-of-2009</link><guid>http://nhillman.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/13/3377069-hr-3221-student-aid-and-fiscal-responsibility-act-of-2009</guid><category>politics</category><category>congress</category><category>bill</category><category>safra</category><pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 12:31:11 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item></channel></rss>