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Employers are changing how they view training. Here are education trends they see coming.
From EdSurge: “‘It’s an employee market—employees are looking for something different from employers,’ Catherine Ward, managing director of the nonprofit Jobs for the Future, told… Read More
Biden expands loan forgiveness for public sector workers
From Times Higher Education: “The Biden administration is significantly expanding a programme neglected by its predecessor that provides student loan forgiveness to teachers and other… Read More
Tuition-free college movement gains momentum, despite Biden’s stalled plan
From The Washington Post: “President Biden may have tabled his bid for universal free community college, but states and municipalities are keeping the momentum going… Read More
Excluding online programs from Pell expansion won’t solve the quality issue
From Work Shift: “As Congress moves forward on expanding the Pell Grant to short-term certificates, there’s an important caveat: online education programs will be excluded…. Read More
Michelle Obama launches HBCU voter registration challenge
From Inside Higher Education: “Former first lady Michelle Obama and basketball player Chris Paul, co-chairs of the organization When We All Vote, have launched a… Read More
Building and expanding esports programs in higher ed
From EdTech Magazine: “With the global esports market expected to cross $3 billion by the end of 2025, it’s easy to see why higher ed… Read More
MOOC platforms shut off access to Russian content
From Higher Ed Dive: “Coursera and edX, whose MOOC platforms collectively serve some 140 million users, are each suspending content from their Russian university and… Read More
Russian higher education: the dreadful sound of silence
From University World News: “In Russia, guarantees of academic freedom for students and professors have always been unreliable at best. … Liberal arts and sciences,… Read More
Russian academics risk arrest to oppose Ukraine war
From Times Higher Education: “Amid a crackdown on anti-war protests by Russian authorities, academics said they were doing what they could to oppose their country’s… Read More
MIT severs ties with Russian school after Ukraine invasion
From WBUR: “The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is severing ties with a research university it helped establish more than a decade ago in Russia, citing… Read More
Harrowing tales as international students flee to border
From University World News: “According to the Ukrainian government, 76,548 international students from 155 nations are enrolled at the country’s universities, drawn by low tuition… Read More
The idea that university degrees don’t matter is a Silicon Valley fantasy
From TechCrunch: “Silicon Valley loves to celebrate the cult of the dropout — the inspired entrepreneur who decides that traditional education isn’t for her because… Read More
Amazon’s employees can go to college, free. What’s in it for higher ed?
From The Chronicle of Higher Education: “Amazon announced … that its employees will have tuition covered at the College of Lake County, and at more… Read More
Trying to give students in low-wage majors some extra skills they can cash in on
From The Hechinger Report: “The University of Texas System is piloting a program to insert workplace skills valued by employers into the four-year curriculum, in… Read More
How can US universities combat threat of teaching restrictions?
From Times Higher Education: “Lawmakers in half of US states are pursuing measures to restrict college-level teaching about race and other sensitive subject areas, and… Read More
Triumphs and troubles in online learning abroad
From EdSurge: “During the global crisis, 1.6 billion young people in 161 countries were not in college. Shockingly, without internet access, COVID-19 locked out close… Read More
Employers grew more positive about online education during the pandemic
From The Chronicle of Higher Education: “Education credentials earned online have been gaining credibility among employers for the past decade, but when the pandemic forced… Read More
Fee freeze ‘risks exacerbating’ shift away from UK undergraduates
From Times Higher Education: “A further freeze of the undergraduate fee cap is likely to ‘exacerbate’ incentives that may already be leading English universities to… Read More
Oxford and Cambridge overtake rivals on state school intake
From Times Higher Education: “About 70 per cent of new undergraduates at the universities of Oxford and Cambridge came from state schools in the past… Read More
Wall Street’s failed student loan experiment must be ended
From Times Higher Education: “In his last political act of 2021, Joe Biden announced he would again extend a two-year freeze on federal student loan… Read More
The need for greater accountability in higher education
From Inside Higher Ed: “Some of higher education’s worst scandals take place in clear sight and aren’t perpetrated by shady, sleazy for-profits but by some… Read More
Education department approves $415 million in borrower defense claims including for former DeVry University students
From U.S. Department of Education: “Nearly 16,000 borrowers will receive $415 million in borrower defense to repayment discharges following the approval of four new findings… Read More
The end of ‘dark days’ for SUNY students in debt
From The Hechinger Report: “After years of inflexible debt-collection practices that have burdened SUNY students with punitive payment schedules, high interest and crippling collection fees,… Read More
The pandemic has increased interest in digital transcripts. Will they displace degrees?
From EdSurge: “Perhaps the biggest recent example that transcripts are moving toward a refresh came a couple weeks ago, when publishing giant Pearson’s bought Credly,… Read More
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