Julia Steiny: A Small Gesture Toward Spreading Higher Ed Wealth
By Julia Steiny Consider for a moment that almost 90 colleges and universities have endowments of a billion – that’s with a “B” — dollars or more. At 5% interest, a billion earns $ 50 million a year. Harvard, of course, is the big winner at nearly $ 37 billion, an amount so large that others […]
Colorado Lt. Gov. Garcia to Leave for Higher Education Role
Colorado’s Lieutenant Governor announced this week that he will be stepping down next year to run a higher education commission in the West. Lt. Gov. Joe Garcia, who is currently in his second term, is expected to serve as president of the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education. The commission has a $ 25 million annual budget […]
Kiron University Offers Online Higher Education to Refugees
A new online university will be offering free, internationally-recognized education to refugees that comes at no cost and without asking for paperwork that refugees may not have. It’s named Kiron University, after the Chiron of Greek myth, and was founded last year by German students including partnerships with universities like Harvard, Stanford, Yale, and 20 […]