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• November 30, 2012 10:00 AM

  Vermont Law School Shrinks

  Fewer people are interested in going to law school. The Great Recession has curtailed hiring for legal jobs and so college graduates are taking the Law School Admission Test (LSAT) in smaller numbers; the National Law Journal reports a 25...

  By Daniel Luzer

• August 12, 2011 11:00 AM

  The College, its President, His Wife & Her Lover

  The administrators at the University of Vermont are (relatively) innocent, a report released recently by the school’s board of trustees concludes. Back in May the Vermont press revealed that outgoing UVM president Daniel Fogel was facing some personal, and...

  By Daniel Luzer

• July 29, 2011 3:23 PM

  The Golden, Green Mountain, Retirement

  The outgoing president of the University of Vermont, Daniel Fogel, is apparently poised to enjoy quite a nice retirement. Fogel (right) will return to his original calling and in UVM’s teach English department. He will, however, be dramatically better...

  By Daniel Luzer

• May 27, 2011 11:00 AM

  In Retrospect, Not a Surprising Outcome…

  You know it’s trouble when you get removed from a volunteer position. According to an article by Sam Hemingway in the Burlington Free Press: In early 2010, Pauline Manning found a set of personal letters in a briefcase belonging to...

  By Daniel Luzer

• September 22, 2010 3:47 PM

  Job Projections vs. Job Projections

  The Obama administration’s push to get more American students to graduate from college has received a great deal of press lately. But some people are concerned that in the push for more college graduates, “something doesn’t add up.” As Tim...

  By Daniel Luzer

• June 7, 2010 2:17 PM

  Getting Smarter

  To accompany the end of this year’s Vermont college graduations last weekend, the Burlington Free Press’s Tim Johnson writes an interesting piece about the true mystery of actually learning at the college level. As Johnson explains: In most colleges, students’...

  By Daniel Luzer

• May 22, 2010 12:00 PM

  The Trouble with Research

  While apparently the idea of improving the undergraduate experience though research is very popular, at least at some community colleges, elsewhere universities have wondered if maybe research prestige actually acts to the detriment of high-quality undergraduate education. According to an...

  By Daniel Luzer

• May 18, 2010 3:35 PM

  How Students Learn

  The University of Vermont is looking to create a new system to help appeal to students’ different learning styles. According to an article by Tim Johnson in the Burlington Free Press: Two years into a three-year, $1 million federal...

  By Daniel Luzer

• April 8, 2010 11:00 AM

  The Optional SAT

  St. Michael’s College in Colchester, Vermont is the latest American school to join those that don’t require the SATs for admission. According to an article in the Burlington Free Press: Students applying to St. Michael's for admission in September...

  By Daniel Luzer

• February 27, 2010 12:00 PM

  And Now, Middlebury’s Video

  When Yale University announced its admission video, “Why I Choose Yale,” to the world last month, the dean of admissions, Jeff Brenzel, said “I expect that there will be parodies and attempts at imitation.” While actually the video appeared to...

  By Daniel Luzer

• February 19, 2010 5:24 PM

  Limits on Credit Cards for College Students

  It will now be a little harder for credit card companies to target college students. New limitations due to the Credit CARD (Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure) Act of 2009 will come into effect across colleges on Monday. The...

  By Daniel Luzer

• February 17, 2010 4:53 PM

  Vermont’s 60 Percent “Solution”

  Vermont legislators want more people to complete college. According to an article by Louis Porter in the Rutland Herald: A state panel has set an ambitious new goal of increasing to 60 percent by the year 2019 the number...

  By Daniel Luzer