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Higher ed’s credit transfer system is broken. Here’s a better way.
From EdSurge: “In order to tackle higher education’s credit-transfer challenge, the U.S. Department of Education, along with state departments of higher education, will need to… Read More
How to fight big universities that stomp on your local college credits
From Washington Post: “Thank goodness for John Mullane, an experienced community college counselor. As head of his own consulting firm, College Transfer Solutions, he has… Read More
More out-of-state students don’t bring colleges higher tuition revenue, study finds
From The Chronicle: “Robert Kelchen, a professor of higher education at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville, used Department of Education data to study revenue… Read More
Job Corps provides unique path to higher ed
From Diverse Education: “Job Corps is a voluntary program, administered by the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), that provides young people from lower-income households, ages… Read More
How a federal college completion fund could be a game-changer
From Forbes: “While some elements of the Biden administration’s higher education agenda have garnered more attention, a potentially game-changing higher education proposal has gone largely… Read More
Improving clarity in Financial Aid offers
From American Talent Initiative: “Financial aid offices across the country wield a powerful tool in shaping these decisions: the financial aid offer. In theory, it… Read More
How online learning fits in this fall
From Inside Higher Ed: “ ‘What I’m hearing right now is almost everyone wants to be in person and they really want to replicate fall… Read More
UK: Charter flight from China sells out in 30 minutes
From The PIE: “An international education organisation that is chartering flights from Hong Kong to the UK has reported high demand from Chinese students trying… Read More
Did Covid break students’ mental health?
From The Chronicle: “So far, the pandemic hasn’t caused a deluge of new psychological diagnoses among students. The emerging picture of Covid-19’s effect on student… Read More
Supporting college students: Mental health and disability in higher education
From Mental Health America: “Despite growing advocacy, students still often go without needed supports, like counseling or peer support. In addition to barriers to mental… Read More
The great disillusionment
From The Chronicle: “The Chronicle interviewed nearly 60 current and former higher-education professionals this summer about how the pandemic and the approaching fall term have… Read More
College move-in was supposed to mark a return to normal. Then came the delta variant
From NPR: “Nearly 50% of colleges are encouraging or incentivizing students to get vaccinated, through outreach to students, campus vaccine clinics and prizes… It’s been… Read More
Biden cuts more student debt but defers on bigger fixes
From Times Higher Education: “The Biden administration is more than doubling the number of borrowers eligible for forgiveness of their federal student loan debt, calling… Read More
What Howard University’s upswing means for other historically Black colleges
From NPR: “Students return to classes at Howard University on Monday, and they’re arriving at a high point for the school. This summer, journalist Nikole… Read More
China and Japan to keep borders shut for another term
From Times Higher Education: “International students have been left hanging once again as summer vacations end and yet another new term starts in China and… Read More
Long hard yards ahead for Australia’s university sector
From The PIE: “The university sector in Australia might take several years to bounce back from the hard hit it has taken since the start… Read More
Race still on to save lives, careers of Afghan academics
From University World News: “Scholars at Risk (SAR) along with dozens of higher education networks are still calling for the United States government, the European… Read More
UK university population becoming ‘more British’ post-Brexit
From Times Higher Education: “The UK’s university population is already becoming ‘more British’ post-Brexit, as plummeting numbers of European Union students means the proportion of… Read More
Demise of the baccalaureate degree
From Inside Higher Ed: “Overpriced, outdated and no longer required by an increasing number of employers, is the baccalaureate in a death spiral? … Employers… Read More
Earning a living and college credit at the same time
From Inside Higher Ed: “IBM software engineering apprentices can now translate their training into three semesters of college credit at participating institutions. Workers enrolled in… Read More
Positioning the institution as a learning partner for microcredentials
From Evolllution: “There is often a natural reluctance on the part of a traditional academic community to see value in short-term credentials, but our business… Read More
FDA paves way for college vaccine mandates
From Inside Higher Ed: “The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced its full approval of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine Monday, opening the door for colleges… Read More
Women put careers on hold during COVID to care for kids. They may never recover.
From Los Angeles Times: “Mothers with outside employment, among the hardest-hit by the COVID-19 recession, are returning to the workforce in impressive numbers, aided by… Read More
U.S. universities face another school year of too few Chinese students
From Fortune: “Chinese student applications for the coming academic year shrank 18% compared with last year’s cycle, according to data from application platform CommonApp. The… Read More
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