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From Saleforce: “When institutions are proactive rather than reactive, they can prevent students from having to seek help in the first place. … The Office… Read More

From Salesforce: “Create belonging in online communities: In a Salesforce.org survey, students said online communities were vital to helping them adapt to the pandemic. Almost… Read More

From Observatory: “Skills for self-knowledge, emotional management, and efficient communication have become a critical need in pandemic times. … A high level of emotional intelligence… Read More

From University of Bristol: “A new BBC podcast will bring the University of Bristol’s ground-breaking Science of Happiness course to a much wider audience. …… Read More

From The Chronicle: “Forget summer slide — the well-documented skills slippage students experience over summer break. This year, some fear it might seem more like… Read More

From Forbes: “The Double Pell Alliance is launching a campaign to advance the #DoublePell movement. Its website can be found here. … The membership of… Read More

From Inside Higher Ed: “An estimated 53.3 percent of the Class of 2021 completed a FAFSA by July 2. But about 102,000 fewer seniors completed… Read More

From Times Higher Education: “Some English universities could lose up to 10 per cent of their fee income if forecasts about the loss of revenue… Read More

From The Chronicle: ”…Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology sold their edX platform to a for-profit company for $800 million. … Their decision… Read More

From Forbes: “At its last fundraising round in July 2020, the company [Coursera] was valued at $2.6 billion according to Pitchbook. It’s now worth nearly… Read More

From RNL: “Opting for an Online Program Management (OPM) partner to jump start a school’s online programming needs may be a tempting short-term solution. …… Read More

From Bloomberg: “Parents are shouldering an increasing percentage of the burden. More than half of the cost of college for the average student is met… Read More

From Forbes: “President Biden has already canceled a total of $2.8 billion in debt, with more plans on the horizon. Education is one area where… Read More

From University World News: “Joe Biden’s administration has withdrawn a proposal by his predecessor, Donald Trump, to bring in visa restrictions for academic students, exchange… Read More

From Times Higher Education: “Many of the most attention-grabbing cuts so far appeared to be at smaller colleges with religious affiliations, reflecting long-term struggles at… Read More

From Diverse Education: “In 2019, only 43% of all adults in the United States had completed a postsecondary degree, according to the Institute of Women’s… Read More

From The Chronicle: “After shedding a net of 660,000 workers over the course of the pandemic, the labor force that powers America’s colleges and universities… Read More

From Times Higher Education: “Students from the European Union choosing to study in England face fees up to three times higher due to Brexit changes… Read More

From Business Wire: “The Open Skills Network (OSN), a coalition of more than 40 employers, educational organizations, and technology providers, announced the group is working… Read More

From Forbes: “Discipline-based courses have been the standardized measure for units of secondary and postsecondary learning for 130 years. But it’s becoming widely appreciated that… Read More

From LinkedIn: “Workers don’t often realize that the skills they have for one job can be easily transitioned to another job. But the fact is,… Read More

From IBM Newsroom: “ManpowerGroup will allow learners on IBM SkillsBuild to progress to in-demand roles by connecting their skills with current market needs. This supports… Read More

From University World News: “As economies adapt and labour markets are in flux, focusing the curriculum on transferable skills can produce what Patrick O’Donnell et… Read More

From Slash Gear: “Harvard and MIT researchers teamed up to develop a face mask capable of detecting if the wearer is infected with SARS-CoV-2, the… Read More