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A Pile of Honorary Degrees for Zelensky

From Inside Higher Ed: “Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky may not know it yet, but at least 15 U.S. colleges are planning to grant him honorary… Read More

60% of UK academics set to quit within 5 years – survey

From University World News: “Industrial disputes and ongoing strikes that have dragged on for years in universities in the United Kingdom have damaged morale among… Read More

Opinion: College education can change the lives of formerly incarcerated people. It changed mine.

From The San Diego Union Tribune: “Incarceration in the United States has grown exponentially at an alarming rate of 500 percent over the past 40… Read More

Race on campus: Why college access in prisons is a racial-equity issue

From The Chronicle of Higher Education: “About 13 percent of the U.S. population is Black, yet Black people make up nearly 40 percent of the… Read More

First person: ‘I wonder about comeback stories. Danny’s might be one.’

From Open Campus: “I met Danny in 2019 when he landed here with me in Sullivan Correctional Facility … We have both been lucky to… Read More

Higher ed added more than 9,000 master’s-degree programs in less than a decade

From The Chronicle of Higher Education: “A Chronicle analysis of more than 2,200 public, private nonprofit, and private for-profit colleges from 2011-12 to 2019-20 found… Read More

U.S. student loans set for rising delinquencies, New York Fed analysis shows

From Reuters: “An increase in delinquencies last year among a smaller pool of U.S. student loans not covered by a forbearance program put in place… Read More

Biden seeks big increase for Pell

From Inside Higher Education: “President Biden proposed a $2,175 increase in the maximum Pell Grant Monday in his budget proposal to Congress for fiscal 2023…. Read More

Suing John Doe students over copyright

From Inside Higher Education: “An assistant professor of business at Chapman University is suing students for posting parts of his midterm and final course exams… Read More

More college owners could be ‘on the hook’ for repayment under new education dept. policy

From The Chronicle of Higher Education: “The Education Department announced a new policy … that it says will help protect taxpayers from the heavy cost… Read More

Master: The horror film that schools US higher education

From Times Higher Education: “With a horror film that suggests US higher education is irreparably committed to racial and gender exploitation, Mariama Diallo is merely… Read More

Virtual or in person, students say campus tours could achieve more

From Inside Higher Education: “The latest Student Voice survey, which explored the admissions and enrollment process of current students, asked its 2,001 respondents about campus… Read More

The 4 big trends edX founder says will shape learning in higher education

From University Business: “Agarwal says four trends are going to be hot in the next year of pedagogy and instruction, including increases in blended learning;… Read More

The Edge: Four ideas on where higher ed is headed

From The Chronicle of Higher Education: “This week I report on four ideas to improve higher ed that were featured at our ‘shark tank’ session… Read More

4 trends that will shape the future of higher education

From World Economic Forum:  “1. Learning from everywhere … So rather than shifting to a ‘learn from anywhere’ approach (providing flexibility), education institutions should move… Read More

Ten take-aways from the new government funding package

From New America: “A $400 increase in the Pell Grant. This is the largest increase for Pell—a key source of need-based financial aid—in more than… Read More

Two top democrats urge Biden to extend student loan moratorium until 2023

From NASFAA: “A pair of key congressional leaders are once again calling upon the Biden administration to offer another extension of the student loan moratorium,… Read More

Race on campus: How higher ed’s great resignation falls along race and gender lines

From The Chronicle of Higher Education: “While stress, low compensation, and poor work-life balance have pushed many to rethink their careers, the pandemic’s impacts have… Read More

Chat bots bypass ‘communication clutter’ to help students

From Inside Higher Education: “A new study from Georgia State University found that community college students receiving targeted, personal text messages from an artificial intelligence… Read More

Congress holds hearing on HBCU bomb threats

From Inside Higher Education: “‘These institutions yield a societal impact that simply cannot be quantified,’ said Kylie Burke, president of the Student Association at Howard… Read More

Cyber warfare becomes part of curriculum for Ukrainian students

From Times Higher Education: “An ‘army’ of students, graduates and lecturers in Ukraine is building online tools to help civilians and aid the country’s defence… Read More

Are the UK’s former polytechnics the solution to levelling up?

From Times Higher Education: “Former polytechnics (and their Scottish cousins, the former central institutions) have certainly played a key role in higher education expansion. …… Read More

Harvard and Yale dominate the Supreme Court. Is that ok?

From The Chronicle of Higher Education: “If Ketanji Brown Jackson is confirmed, she will be the first Black woman on the bench in the Supreme… Read More

Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Harvard service raises questions for admissions cases

From The Wall Street Journal: “Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson’s service on a key governing board at Harvard University raises questions about whether, if… Read More

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