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What’s driving increased hiring of presidents of color?
From Inside Higher Ed: “A full quarter of the presidents hired from June 2020 through November 2021 were Black, and the proportion of Latino presidents… Read More
Momentum builds behind a way to lower the cost of college: A degree in three years
From The Hechinger Report: “A rare brand-new nonprofit university, NewU has a comparatively low $16,500-a-year price that’s locked in for a student’s entire education and… Read More
Big bet on the student housing market
From Inside Higher Ed: “One of the largest investment firms in the world is betting big—nearly $13 billion—that interest in attending residential colleges and universities… Read More
Why students quit college during Covid
From The Chronicle of Higher Education: “Students cited emotional stress, health concerns, and financial worries as some of the biggest barriers to staying in college… Read More
Why one university is moving toward a subscription model
From EdSurge: “One big theme in education-innovation circles is that the professional world is changing faster than ever, and so schools and colleges must adjust… Read More
Job recruiting on college campuses roars back to life
From The Wall Street Journal: “As job recruiters swarm back to America’s college campuses, career fairs aren’t enough to stand out in the competitive labor… Read More
Student loan interest rate to hit 12% in England
From BBC: “Students and graduates in England will pay up to 12% interest on their loans this autumn, according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies… Read More
‘Breaking Ranks’ with ‘U.S. News’
From Inside Higher Ed: “Steven S. Koblik gave a gift to subsequent presidents of Reed College: in 1995, he declared that the college would no… Read More
Are rankings being rigged (again)?
From Inside Higher Ed: “The Rutgers University Business School takes the U.S. News & World Report rankings seriously. … So experts on business schools and… Read More
Columbia is ranked no. 2 by ‘U.S News.’ A professor says its spot is based on false data
From The Chronicle of Higher Education: “Columbia University is ranked No. 2 among national universities by U.S. News & World Report … But a new… Read More
After the pandemic disrupted their high school educations, students are arriving at college unprepared
From The Hechinger Report: “After two years of cobbled-together pandemic learning, many college students not only are less prepared than they should be, they’ve forgotten… Read More
Higher education can help solve America’s nursing shortage
From Health Care Dive: “Retention strategies alone will not account for the pre-Covid estimate of 1.2 million nurses America is projected to require by 2030…. Read More
More than 200 colleges have open seats for fall 2022, NACAC says
From Higher Ed Dive: “NACAC has issued its College Openings Update for more than 30 years to provide students a list of public and private… Read More
Will US universities’ labor pains be the mother of invention?
From Times Higher Education: “Institutions have suddenly found themselves fighting to attract and keep their own professional workforces. … And it isn’t only computer scientists… Read More
Survey: 80% of college graduates believe higher education worth their investment
From Diverse Issues in Higher Education: “A new survey of 1,250 American college graduates aged 25 and older reveals that 80% feel higher education was… Read More
Putting the Pell Grant to work—in the workforce
From The Hill: “A growing body of research on short-term credentials is showing they pay off. A study conducted by Old Dominion University — as… Read More
Higher education cannot neglect social-emotional learning
From University World News: “One significant impact of the pandemic on higher education is how it has shifted the view of the role of social-emotional… Read More
One million more graduate jobs than graduates – UUK report
From University World News: “Suggestions that too many young people now go to university and that there are not enough ‘graduate jobs’ for everyone streaming… Read More
Despite Hispanic population growth, the number of HSIs has dropped for the first time in 20 years
From The Hechinger Report: “The number of colleges with Latino enrollment of at least 25 percent has declined during the pandemic, reversing a 20-year trend… Read More
A ‘stunning’ level of student disconnection
From The Chronicle of Higher Education: “In 20 years of teaching at Doane University, Kate Marley has never seen anything like it. Twenty to 30… Read More
‘An assault on many fronts’
From Inside Higher Ed: “Things changed after the bomb threats became a regular occurrence at HBCUs and a handful of other colleges that disproportionately serve… Read More
Colleges turn to students’ peers for mental-health support
From The Chronicle of Higher Education: “In a recent survey by the Mary Christie Institute and Born This Way Foundation, one in five college students… Read More
Deloitte and other companies to pay for community college students to finish bachelor’s degrees
From Work Shift: “Accounting giant Deloitte announced this week that it will pay for community college students to spend two years finishing their bachelor’s degrees… Read More
Universities tackle cybersecurity workforce shortage
From Diverse Issues in Higher Education: “According to a report from (ISC)2, a nonprofit membership association in cybersecurity, the U.S. added more than 250,000 people… Read More
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