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From Inside Higher Ed: “Imagine a new way for colleges to admit students: students don’t apply. They just create a single, basic portfolio, showing their… Read More

From Times Higher Education: “Two years into the pandemic, US students are having some initial success in suing their institutions for abruptly moving courses online,… Read More

From Times Higher Education: “Student attendance and in-class participation remains at a far lower level compared with before the pandemic, according to a global survey… Read More

From The New York Times: “Strong labor markets often encourage people to forgo training … Cutting working hours to go to class right now means… Read More

From Inside Higher Ed: “Under the Biden administration’s proposed gainful-employment rule, 40 percent of programs at for-profit colleges would fail, potentially risking their ability to… Read More

From Inside Higher Ed: “The recent wave of educational “gag orders” restricting the teaching of race, gender or other so-called divisive concepts is a dire… Read More

From The Wall Street Journal: “President Biden is likely to decide later this summer whether to partially forgive student-loan debt for millions of borrowers, according… Read More

From Inside Higher Ed: “The Education Department will automatically discharge $5.8 billion in federal student loans owed by over 560,000 borrowers who attended any campus… Read More

From Third Way: “As calls from some policymakers and advocates to cancel all student loan debt grow louder, the headlines often imply that President Biden… Read More

From The Washington Post: “Nearly half of the 250 large employers — those with more than 500 employees — surveyed by the Institute in 2021… Read More

From Urban Institute: “For the 43 million Americans with student loan debt, income-driven repayment (IDR) plans can offer a more affordable option for paying off… Read More

From The New York Times: “Michael Chaney just couldn’t pass algebra. … he owes the federal government more than $63,000 for a degree he never… Read More

From CNBC: “The U.S. economy added 390,000 jobs last month, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics … May also showed promising signs for women’s… Read More

From The Hechinger Report: “Some of the nation’s largest employers, who are descending on HBCUs to recruit the workers they need to meet diversity promises… Read More

From Higher Ed Dive: “Harvard University’s announcement at the end of April that it would invest $100 million to redress its links to slavery drew… Read More

From Times Higher Education: “US undergraduate enrolment declined nearly 5 per cent in the spring semester … The annual compilation by the National Student Clearinghouse… Read More

From CNBC: “Michael Martinez wanted to be an airline pilot. But as he got older, Martinez, now 18, decided to follow in his father’s footsteps… Read More

From Inside Higher Ed: “The University of California, Los Angeles, restored its indoor mask mandate last week, joining the University of Hawai‘i system, Pennsylvania State… Read More

From Inside Higher Ed: “A new grant program created and funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation aims to help high school students complete… Read More

From The Chronicle of Higher Education: “The report, ‘Economic Well-Being of U.S. Households in 2021,’ details the findings of a survey that was conducted in… Read More

From The Chronicle of Higher Education: “Think you can sell Juan B. Gutiérrez on Chegg? Probably not. The University of Texas at San Antonio math… Read More

From EdTech Focus On Higher Education: “… 68 percent of Black students and 60 percent of Hispanic students feel positive about online learning, and the… Read More

From Inside Higher Ed: “President Biden might cancel $10,000 of student debt, but civil rights advocates are worried that this figure is not enough to… Read More

From Inside Higher Ed: “Parents matter more than in the past in the college admissions process, according to a survey by EAB, being released today,… Read More