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States seek to boost higher ed budgets
From Inside Higher Ed: “As governors and state legislatures work out their budgets for the fiscal year that begins in July, experts agree: states are… Read More
Colleges cope with IT staff flight in wake of pandemic
From Inside Higher Ed: “Michael Boehm blames COVID for the IT staff attrition he has experienced as chief information officer at Virginia’s Averett University. He… Read More
The education revolution that could solve the labor shortage
From Fortune: “We recently surveyed Gen Z high schoolers as part of our Question the Quo campaign, which seeks to inform students about the higher… Read More
Is this the end of the SAT?
From WSJ Podcast: “The pandemic forced many colleges to make standardized entrance exams like the SAT optional. Now, a lot of them are choosing to… Read More
Heavy lies the Oxbridge crown
From Times Higher Education: “When Louise Richardson announced last November that she will step down as University of Oxford vice-chancellor at the end of this… Read More
Starting in 2024, U.S. students will take the SAT entirely online
From NPR: “Starting in 2023 for international students and in 2024 in the U.S., the new digital SAT will shrink from three hours to two,… Read More
Foreign students lose hope of return amid COVID outbreaks
From University World News: “Many hoped border restrictions would be eased by February as Beijing holds the Winter Olympic Games beginning on 4 February. …… Read More
Limited entry to Japan
From Inside Higher Ed: “In a fresh upset to international students hoping to enter Japan, government officials said the country will let in only 87… Read More
Djokovic debacle: Implications for international students
From University World News: “One may have hoped that, while handling the return of hundreds of international students from multiple countries may have been complex,… Read More
Women earn more under female presidents, study shows
From Inside Higher Ed: “Female senior faculty and top administrators earn more at institutions with female presidents and provosts than at institutions where men are… Read More
AI chatbots pose ethical risks. Here’s how one university is handling those.
From The Chronicle of Higher Education: “In an Educause Quick Poll from June 2021, 36 percent of IT professionals who responded said chatbots and digital… Read More
‘Little things like this’: What MacKenzie Scott’s millions have meant to HBCUs
From The Chronicle of Higher Education: “In October, Madison Byrdie checked her financial-aid statement and noticed something had changed. A $1,500 credit had been applied… Read More
Want to know how to create your own college experience?
From Forbes: “Author and strategist Elliot Felix believes that students would get more out of college and find it more valuable to their overall life… Read More
European recruitment down 90 per cent at some UK universities
From Times Higher Education: “Some UK universities have seen a complete collapse of undergraduate recruitment from the European Union, according to the first set of… Read More
Reinventing schools would boost Britain by £125bn a year, Times Education Commission finds
From The Times: “Reform of the education system would give the British economy a £125 billion-a-year boost to profits, according to a study published by… Read More
Proof points: The number of college graduates in the humanities drops for the eighth consecutive year
From The Hechinger Report: “Following the Great Recession of 2008, college students turned away from the humanities, as expected. … But this time, college students… Read More
Six in 10 graduates must get professional jobs, universities told
From Times Higher Education: “England’s sector regulator plans to require that 60 per cent of full-time first degree students at every university should go into… Read More
Opinion: A master’s degree gives students an edge with fast-moving technology
From The Hechinger Report: “The free market is efficient at determining which programs are most effective and which programs should be targeted for obsolescence. In… Read More
US Supreme Court to review affirmative action in admissions
From Times Higher Education: “The US Supreme Court, as had been long expected, will use its expanded conservative majority to reassess race-based affirmative action policies… Read More
How colleges are dealing with high COVID case counts on campus
From NPR: “‘It’s a crisis,’ says Gerri Taylor, co-leader of the COVID Task Force for the American College Health Association. … ‘In trying to isolate… Read More
Why doubling the Pell Grant should be back on the table
From The Hill: “But Pell Grants have failed to keep pace with cost increases. Around the time Sen. Pell’s colleagues honored him, the grants covered… Read More
Rethinking cybersecurity jobs as a vocation instead of a profession
From Dark Reading: “Within the cybersecurity industry, the prevailing mindset is that security practitioners are professionals. Thus, a direct consequence of this mindset is that… Read More
The end of student loans
From The Hill: “When it comes to student loans, President Biden is acting like Lucy removing the football just as naïve Charlie Brown is persuaded… Read More
Will test optional become the ‘new normal’?
From Inside Higher Ed: “Janet Godwin, CEO of ACT, said that while she prefers that colleges require tests, ‘I’m not surprised by the test-optional movement…. Read More
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