Yale Ivy League literary scholar is awarded a National Humanities Medal

President Obama awards the National Humanities Medal to an Ivy League professor

Roberto González Echevarría, Sterling Professor of Hispanic and Comparative Literature, was awarded a National Humanities Medal by President Barack Obama in a White House ceremony on March 2. (See Q & A with Roberto González Echevarría.)

The Yale professor is among 10 distinguished individuals to receive the honor, which recognizes those "whose work has deepened the nation's understanding of the humanities, broadened our citizens' engagement with the humanities, or helped preserve and expand Americans' access to important resources in the humanities." Up to 12 medals can be awarded each year.

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The Ivy League Earnings Myth

Do you need an Ivy League Degree to boost your resume? Find the answer here.

Do you need to graduate from an Ivy League school or other super elite college to earn the highest salaries?

Many families believe that graduates who can put Harvard University or Yale University on their résumé will fare significantly better financially than smart students who end up earning their degrees from elsewhere.

In a famous study, two economists tackled this question nearly a decade ago and concluded that Ivy League graduates did not enjoy an earnings advantage monopoly. And now the same economists—Alan Krueger at Princeton University and Stacy Dale at Mathematica Policy Research—have revisited the question with even more compelling data that has led them to an even stronger conclusion.

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Ivy League diplomas still worth price of admission?

Ivy League Universties worth the price? No and Yes. Find out which here.

They're often called the elite eight, boasting U.S. presidents, Nobel Prize winners, Wall Street CEOs, world leaders—as well as famous actors and musicians—among their alumni.

But they're incredibly expensive and getting more so—prompting many students and families to ask: Is an Ivy League diploma really worth the money?

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College Lobbyists, What’s Your Plan for Saving the Pell Grant Program?

At issue are proposals in the president’s budget plan that aim to shore up funding for the program, which is facing a serious budget crisis even as demand for the grants continues to escalate.

The reactions that President Obama’s budget request for the 2012 fiscal year elicited this week from the college lobbyists at One Dupont Circle were entirely predictable. They applauded the president’s desire to keep the maximum Pell Grant at $5,500, but made clear -- in the most polite way possible -- that they would not support the means by which the administration would achieve that goal.

“It is clear that the administration has put a lot of effort and care into producing a budget that strives to protect and preserve student financial aid,” Molly Corbett Broad, the president of the American Council, said in a written statement. “While the higher education community does not agree with all of the choices made, we support the overall objective of ensuring a viable array of student aid programs anchored by the indispensable Pell Grant program.”

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Ivy league Diplomas still worth the price of Admission

Ivy League grads should be more than able to recover the costs when they enter the working world, according to statistics.

They're often called the elite eight, boasting U.S. presidents, Nobel Prize winners, Wall Street CEOs, world leaders—as well as famous actors and musicians—among their alumni. But they're incredibly expensive and getting more so—prompting many students and families to ask: Is an Ivy League diploma really worth the money?

No. And, well, yes. When it comes to education, they may be a draw with other schools, say analysts. But if your concern is getting and keeping a well-paying job for a lifetime, the Ivy League is still hard to beat.

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Ivy league Diplomas still worth the price of Admission

Ivy League grads should be more than able to recover the costs when they enter the working world, according to statistics.

They're often called the elite eight, boasting U.S. presidents, Nobel Prize winners, Wall Street CEOs, world leaders—as well as famous actors and musicians—among their alumni. But they're incredibly expensive and getting more so—prompting many students and families to ask: Is an Ivy League diploma really worth the money?

No. And, well, yes. When it comes to education, they may be a draw with other schools, say analysts. But if your concern is getting and keeping a well-paying job for a lifetime, the Ivy League is still hard to beat.

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Classic college vs. online learning

Harvard's President and Universitiy of Phoenix president speak out on education in today's society.

Their Web sites could hardly be more different. One urges students to join a community of online learners “to keep pace with the changing world.” The other points to Chaucer, Einstein, Freud, and Plato atop its home page.

The representatives of two distinct approaches to higher education met at Harvard last week to present their philosophies on learning.

The president of the University of Phoenix, with a for-profit model and a digitally connected student body, and the president of St. John’s College, a small, liberal arts school that emphasizes classroom dialogue around the classics, outlined the merits of their respective models during a discussion at the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE) on Thursday (March 11).

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