BY LUKE HARRIS STAFF WRITER Low-cost education is hard to come by. Good low-cost education is even rarer. Great low-cost education is nearly impossible to get. But I got it. Attending Northern Virginia Community College gave me a window into…
Virginia House of Delegates passes bill regarding methods taught in higher education BY LAURA SCUDDER, NEWS EDITOR The Virginia House of Delegates passed HB 894, a new bill regarding methods taught in higher education, on Feb. 10. The bill has…
BY STEVEN ZHOU, CONTRIBUTOR Higher education today is facing an array of challenges. Top companies like Apple and Google no longer require job candidates to hold a four-year degree. The National Student Clearinghouse Research Center reported the eighth consecutive year…
BY STEVEN ZHOU, CONTRIBUTOR In the wake of the series of admissions scandals ranging from fake athletic profiles to transferring custody of children away from wealthy families, colleges like Yale and University of Southern California (USC) have proposed a long-overdue…
VIRGINIA IS FAILING TO REACH MEASURES FOR IMPROVEMENT BY 2030 GOAL By Michael Eberhart, News Editor The State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (SCHEV) recently released its annual report to the General Assembly for 2017, addressing how the commonwealth’s…
NEW LEGISLATION WOULD PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT COLLEGES AND STUDENT DEBT By Lauryn Cantrell, Staff Writer Virginia Senator Mark Warner reintroduced two bipartisan education bills this week designed to ensure current and prospective college students have access to better college…
Mason named one of the top institutions for graduating black students BY KELAYAH DICKERSON The Education Trust recently released a report that named Mason as a university with one of the highest black student graduation rates in the country….
This story was originally published in the April 4 issue of Fourth Estate. Mason is serious about research. This semester, Mason formed a partnership with Inova Health Systems to collaborate on research in cancer, heart disease and personalized medicine. The…
This story was originally published in the Feb. 15 issue of Fourth Estate. A panel of Mason experts led a discussion over pizza and soda on a much disputed issue in the world of higher education — how to foster…