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The ‘unbelievable, horrible, crushing weight’ of student loans

From The New York Times: “The Biden administration recognizes that the skyrocketing levels of student loan debt aren’t sustainable — and is currently grappling with… Read More

Gallup: Stress is No. 1 factor in college students considering stopping out

From University Business: “A new report from Gallup and the Lumina Foundation on currently enrolled students and those who have stopped out shows they are… Read More

Levels of cheating in online exams soaring, say invigilators

From Times Higher Education: “Rates of cheating in online examinations have hit a record high, according to proctoring data that show that one in 14… Read More

3 questions for Coursera’s Betty Vandenbosch & U-M’s Lauren Atkins Budde on XR

From Inside Higher Ed: “At the recent XR at Michigan Summit, Coursera and the University of Michigan partnered to unveil the next stage of online… Read More

‘Disturbing and even shocking’: Harvard to spend $100 million to atone for ‘immoral’ ties to slavery

From The Chronicle of Higher Education: “Through its ‘extensive entanglements’ with slavery, Harvard University benefited from and in some ways perpetuated ‘profoundly immoral’ practices that… Read More

Facebook makes it cheap to market to new students. But it costs colleges dearly.

From EdSurge: “According to the 2022 Edelman Trust Barometer survey of more than 36,000 people in 28 countries, only 37 percent of respondents state that… Read More

Housing shortage, soaring rents squeeze US college students

From Midland Daily News: “Nationally, 43% of students at four-year universities experienced housing insecurity in 2020, up from 35% in 2019, according to an annual… Read More

Internet firms told to remove adverts as England bans essay mills

From Times Higher Education: “The Westminster government has written to internet search providers asking them to remove advertising for essay mills after legislation making contract… Read More

Black women are uniquely burdened by student debt, report finds

From The Hechinger Report: “Nearly two-thirds of the $1.7 trillion in student debt in America is held by women, and Black borrowers are more negatively… Read More

A Denver scholarship foundation wanted to know how to help Hispanic men get to college. Here’s what it found

From Chalkbeat: “They variously listed a lack of funds, information, support, and individual attention, plus family responsibilities. None of this was surprising. But the strong… Read More

Race on campus

From The Chronicle of Higher Education: “Research at the Johns Hopkins University demonstrated that Black students who had one Black teacher by third grade were… Read More

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

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