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From VOA News: “Jill Biden is pushing free access to community college and training programs, saying the schools will be an important part of Biden… Read More

From The Wall Street Journal: “Many college admissions officers are stumped this spring over how many applicants to admit. Their mathematical models to predict which… Read More

From Inside Higher Ed: “The pandemic has been devastating to many community colleges, with lost enrollment and declining revenue. But Carrie B. Kisker sees this… Read More

From The Hechinger Report: “When the coronavirus pandemic first hit in March 2020, the research unit inside the U.S. Department of Education, called the Institute… Read More

From Times Higher Education: “Admissions officers have warned that the likely grade inflation from allowing A-level results to be determined through teacher assessment could destabilise… Read More

From GeekWire: “Amazon is making a $15 million donation to Code.org to help the Seattle nonprofit launch a new Advanced Placement computer science programming course… Read More

From Campus Technology: “In a recent survey from Barnes & Noble Education, the vast majority of college students (94 percent) said they think schools should… Read More

From The Chronicle of Higher Education: “Most colleges that temporarily suspended their ACT and SAT requirements during the pandemic do not plan to reinstate them…. Read More

From The Chronicle of Higher Education: “With a single paragraph, the governor of New Hampshire announced his intention to combine the state’s 13 four- and… Read More

From The Guardian: “University students have wasted nearly £1bn on empty rooms in flat shares and halls of residence that they have been unable to… Read More

From Times Higher Education: “ … 101 master’s students on an informatics course at the University of Oslo were asked to write all lecture notes… Read More

From Inside Higher Ed: “Employees at companies such as Walmart, Chipotle and Lowe’s may soon have access to discounted online degrees through a new partnership… Read More

From University World News: “The report, Toward Greater Inclusion and Success: A new compact for international students, was released on 12 February by the American… Read More

From Inside Higher Ed: “A year after many campuses transitioned to remote instruction, blind students continue to encounter barriers that undermine their learning. … Many… Read More

From Observatory of Educational Innovation: “Remote exams have proven to be an invaluable resource for maintaining educational institutions’ ability to conduct assessments in times of… Read More

From The Guardian: “UK researchers are warning of an alarming rise in cheating in universities since the Covid pandemic hit, after detecting a tripling of… Read More

From The Chronicle of Higher Education: “The pandemic has prompted many colleges to quickly roll out surveillance tools that could help limit the spread of… Read More

From Inside Higher Ed: “Modeling kept under wraps by the British government for nearly two years estimates that Brexit could cost the nation’s universities nearly… Read More

From The Chronicle of Higher Education: “For years, Latina/o students have been the fastest-growing segment of undergraduates, and in the fall of 2019, they were… Read More

From Inside Higher Ed: “The nonprofit Credential Engine has identified 967,734 unique credentials on offer in the U.S. as part of an ongoing effort to… Read More

From Inside Higher Ed: “ … a study on student mobility by the National Student Clearinghouse found that almost 38 percent of students who start… Read More

From The Wall Street Journal: “But despite the prospect of pandemic relief, there is another crisis facing higher education: Millions of students are set to… Read More

From Inside Higher Ed: “Instead of looking for a program that screams relevance, students need undergraduate programs that are demanding in terms of writing, critical… Read More

“Universities’ wariness of online instruction was suddenly swept aside last year by Covid-19. But how successful has the overnight digital transition been? Is it sustainable?… Read More