UHD : Higher Education Headlines: October 4

Press release from the University of Houston-Downtown:

October 04, 2021

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Tomlinson: In Today’s Labor Climate, Bachelor’s Degrees Are Overrated

Houston Chronicle[Subscription Required]

Earning a Degree has Become More Difficult as Tuition Increases, Which Has Houstonians Pondering Its Worth

Houston Business Journal[Subscription Required]

Rice Researchers Hope to Turn Trash Into Earth Elements – In Less Than a Second

Houston Chronicle[Subscription Required]

Student-Housing Sector Back in Session with Occupancy Growth, Institutional Investors After Rocky 2020Houston Business Journal[Subscription Required]

NRLB Memo Says Athletes at Private Universities are Employees. Here’s What That Could Mean for Schools.

Houston Business Journal[Subscription Required]

UH Professors Develop Intranasal COVID Vaccine

Houston Chronicle[Subscription Required]

The Truth About Strategic Plans

The Chronicle of Higher Education[Free Subscription Required]

Leader of Prestigious Yale Program Resigns, Citing Donor Pressure

The New York Times[Subscription Required]

Harvard Business School Suspends Most in-person MBA Classes and Networking Events after COVID-19 Outbreak

The Wall Street Journal[Subscription Required]

University Endowments Mint Billions in Golden Era of Venture Capital

The Wall Street Journal[Subscription Required]

One State’s HBCUs are Seeing More Interest From Adult Students

The Chronicle of Higher Education[Free Subscription Required]

The post-pandemic future of college? It’s on campus and online.

The Washington Post[Subscription Required]

States Will Need to Pony Up for Biden’s Free College Plan

Inside Higher Ed[Free Subscription Required]

These A re The 25 Fastest Growing Colleges In The U.S.

Houston Business Journal[Subscription Required]

The Betrayal of Historically Black Colleges

The Chronicle of Higher Education[Free Subscription Required]

Do algorithms lead admissions in the wrong direction?

Inside Higher Ed[Free Subscription Required]

About the University of Houston-Downtown

The University of Houston-Downtown (UHD)—the second largest university in Houston—has served the educational needs of the nation’s fourth-largest city since 1974.

As one of four distinct public universities in the University of Houston System, UHD is a comprehensive four-year university led by President Loren J. Blanchard. Annually, UHD educates more than 15,000 students; boasts more than 60,000 alumni and offers 44 bachelor’s, nine master’s degree programs and 16 fully online programs within five colleges (Marilyn Davies College of Business; Humanities & Social Sciences; Public Service, Sciences & Technology; and University College).

UHD has the most affordable tuition among four-year universities in Houston and one of the lowest in Texas. The University is noted nationally as a Hispanic-Serving Institution, Minority-Serving Institution and Military Friendly School. For more on the University of Houston-Downtown, visit www.uhd.edu.

This press release was produced by the University of Houston-Downtown. The views expressed here are the author’s own.