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UK union calls three-day strike next month over pay and pensions
From Times Higher Education: “Three days of strike action affecting dozens of UK universities next month have been announced by the University and College Union…. Read More
The experimental university (Part 1)
From Evolllution: “The overall dimensions of education failure are obvious. The bleak numbers are reported year after year: 20% of high school students don’t graduate… Read More
Minerva University’s plan to out-elite Harvard
From Forbes: “Not many people are up for the task of ‘out-eliting’ Harvard. But that’s exactly the shorthand that Ben Nelson, founder and chancellor of… Read More
Polymaths at the London Interdisciplinary School plan to teach universities a thing or two
From The Times: “Stroll up Whitechapel Road in east London, past Jack the Chipper and Hichki Mumbai Kitchen, and you could easily miss the most… Read More
Tuition increases remain at a historic low
From Inside Higher Ed: “College tuition increased at historically low rates for the second year in a row, a new report from the College Board… Read More
Biden’s vaccine order is broad. These campuses are trying to apply it narrowly.
From The Chronicle: “When the Biden administration issued an executive order saying federal contractors must be vaccinated against Covid-19, it was meant to apply widely…. Read More
Food pantries merge to fight campus hunger
From Inside Higher Ed: “In an effort to reach more students struggling with food insecurity, Swipe Out Hunger, a nonprofit addressing hunger among college students,… Read More
How can universities in the US tackle anti-Asian racism?
From University World News: “We should continue to voice our support and solidarity with Asian students on campus and provide tangible short- and long-term action… Read More
Google is giving all U.S. community colleges free access to their 4 career certificates
From CNBC: “Some of the biggest technology companies in the world, Google and Microsoft, are reinforcing their relationships with U.S. community colleges … Google offers… Read More
Microsoft launches community college campaign to address cybersecurity workforce shortage
From Seattle Times: “Microsoft launched a training program for community college students on Thursday in an effort to fill 250,000 cybersecurity jobs by 2025. The… Read More
Here are the jobs Americans want — and don’t want — as the pandemic lingers
From CBS News: “American workers are snubbing low-wage jobs that can’t be done remotely, new job search data shows. These sectors include childcare, food preparation… Read More
A surprise for America’s many career switchers: They need to go back to school
From The Hechinger Report: “For years, economists have been warning that more and more people hoping to switch careers would need to get additional education… Read More
Education behind and beyond bars
From Inside Higher Ed: “Spurred by the national focus on racial justice and socioeconomic disparities revealed by the pandemic, the country’s higher education institutions and… Read More
A group of California inmates just earned bachelor’s degrees while behind bars
From CNN: “A triumphant group of incarcerated students at a prison in California began a new chapter of their lives on Tuesday after graduating with… Read More
Stanford study finds why writing a letter to a teacher can turn around the lives of some students
From EdSource: “Formerly incarcerated students who wrote letters to their teachers — describing their hopes and dreams, asking for a second chance — were less… Read More
Universities keep quiet as Biden retreats from free college plan
From Times Higher Education: “Joe Biden’s year of slow retreat from his free college promise is encountering little or only muted protest from US higher… Read More
Race on campus: On ‘Teaching Black History to White People’
From The Chronicle: “Leonard N. Moore, a professor of history … shares his approach in a new book: Teaching Black History to White People …… Read More
Pandemic fueled huge online-only enrollment growth, report finds
From Higher Ed Dive: “Student enrollment in exclusively distance education saw a significant increase in 2020 due to institutions offering courses virtually that would have… Read More
Enrollments still falling 2 years into pandemic
From Inside Higher Ed: “The post-pandemic enrollment rebound everyone wished for has not come to pass. College and university enrollments are still on the decline… Read More
Music icon Barbra Streisand to launch university institute
From University World News: “The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) announced that legendary performer Barbra Streisand is launching her own institute at the college… Read More
America’s standardized-testing giants are losing money fast
From The Chronicle: “The revenues generated by ACT Inc. from educational assessment and work-force development — a category that includes the ACT exam — declined… Read More
Do applicants lie about their race?
From Inside Higher Ed: “Most colleges and universities are aggressively searching for minority applicants. They want diversity on their campuses. … All of which raises… Read More
Student loan debt is deepening the racial wealth divide
From University World News: “Last June, a paper prepared for BI by Andre M Perry, Marshall Steinbaum and Carl Romer showed that in 2019, 75%… Read More
Faculty diversity fell in time of crisis
From Inside Higher Ed: “Four-year colleges and universities cut tenure-track hiring by 25 percent around the time of the Great Recession — and hires of… Read More
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