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White House officials weigh income limits for student loan forgiveness
From The Washington Post: “The White House is considering income caps for eligibility for student loan relief that would exclude higher-earning Americans, as President Biden… Read More
Veterans are tangled in red tape trying to get their student loans cancelled as promised
From The Hechinger Report: “Jodie Parks works full time as an occupational therapist at a Michigan state psychiatric hospital. But since October she’s had a… Read More
Ep.79: Withholding transcripts to collect student debt
From Inside Higher Ed: “The U.S. government is casting a skeptical eye on college policies that withhold academic transcripts and otherwise punish students because they… Read More
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
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