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European recruitment down 90 per cent at some UK universities
From Times Higher Education: “Some UK universities have seen a complete collapse of undergraduate recruitment from the European Union, according to the first set of… Read More
Reinventing schools would boost Britain by £125bn a year, Times Education Commission finds
From The Times: “Reform of the education system would give the British economy a £125 billion-a-year boost to profits, according to a study published by… Read More
Proof points: The number of college graduates in the humanities drops for the eighth consecutive year
From The Hechinger Report: “Following the Great Recession of 2008, college students turned away from the humanities, as expected. … But this time, college students… Read More
Six in 10 graduates must get professional jobs, universities told
From Times Higher Education: “England’s sector regulator plans to require that 60 per cent of full-time first degree students at every university should go into… Read More
Opinion: A master’s degree gives students an edge with fast-moving technology
From The Hechinger Report: “The free market is efficient at determining which programs are most effective and which programs should be targeted for obsolescence. In… Read More
US Supreme Court to review affirmative action in admissions
From Times Higher Education: “The US Supreme Court, as had been long expected, will use its expanded conservative majority to reassess race-based affirmative action policies… Read More
How colleges are dealing with high COVID case counts on campus
From NPR: “‘It’s a crisis,’ says Gerri Taylor, co-leader of the COVID Task Force for the American College Health Association. … ‘In trying to isolate… Read More
Why doubling the Pell Grant should be back on the table
From The Hill: “But Pell Grants have failed to keep pace with cost increases. Around the time Sen. Pell’s colleagues honored him, the grants covered… Read More
Rethinking cybersecurity jobs as a vocation instead of a profession
From Dark Reading: “Within the cybersecurity industry, the prevailing mindset is that security practitioners are professionals. Thus, a direct consequence of this mindset is that… Read More
The end of student loans
From The Hill: “When it comes to student loans, President Biden is acting like Lucy removing the football just as naïve Charlie Brown is persuaded… Read More
Will test optional become the ‘new normal’?
From Inside Higher Ed: “Janet Godwin, CEO of ACT, said that while she prefers that colleges require tests, ‘I’m not surprised by the test-optional movement…. Read More
Berkeley and Miami auctioned NFTs. Who’s next?
From Inside Higher Ed: “In June, the University of California, Berkeley, auctioned an NFT based on the Nobel Prize–winning research of immunologist James Allison, who… Read More
A decade of MOOCs: A review of stats and trends for large-scale online courses in 2021
From EdSurge: “In 2021, two of the biggest MOOC providers had an ‘exit’ event. Coursera went public, while edX was acquired by the public company… Read More
Model for the future? One fully online university’s stunning success
From University Business: “While others have slumped through the pandemic, Western Governors has grown enrollment and continued to innovate. A month ago, Western Governors University… Read More
In China, online degrees on hold, even as MOOCs rise
From EdSurge: “With China muscling its way into the first ranks as a global power in science and technology … surpassing the U.S. in PhD… Read More
Enrollment marches downward
From Inside Higher Ed: “Enrollments continued to fall nationwide despite a full in-person return to campus last semester for many colleges and universities, the latest… Read More
More than 1 million fewer students are in college. Here’s how that impacts the economy
From NPR: “‘It’s very frightening,’ says Doug Shapiro, who leads the research center at the National Student Clearinghouse, where the new data comes from. ‘Far… Read More
11 trends that will shape work in 2022 and beyond
From Harvard Business Review: “The level of volatility will only increase in 2022. New variants will continue to emerge and may cause workplaces to temporarily… Read More
Variants fuel decline in student mental health
From Inside Higher Ed: “Almost nine in 10 college students think campuses are facing a mental health crisis, according to a new survey from TimelyMD,… Read More
DataPoints: How manufacturers are addressing the skills shortage
From American Association of Community Colleges: “According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, manufacturers had more than 1 million open jobs in October 2021. …… Read More
Foreign students lose hope of return amid COVID outbreaks
From University World News: “The outlook has darkened for international students shut out of China since March 2020 … An initial batch of international students,… Read More
Is block teaching the future of university pedagogy?
From Times Higher Education: “Block teaching is a model whereby students are taught one subject at a time, usually over a period of between three… Read More
Study: Re-enrolling and finishing degrees boosts income
From Inside Higher Education: “Students who return to college and finish their bachelor’s degrees have immediate increases in annual income after graduation, as well as… Read More
The Edge: Transportation is a basic need
From The Chronicle of Higher Education: “While only a few institutions currently provide or facilitate low-cost access to transportation — typically through subsidies for bus,… Read More
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