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‘We’re running a FAFSA mill’: A college adviser weighs in on a new requirement
From The Chronicle of Higher Education: “This year, Texas is among the first states to require all high-school seniors to complete the FAFSA before graduating…. Read More
This new organization wants to accredit career education
From Higher Ed Dive: “A new nonprofit organization, the Workforce Talent Educators Association, is attempting to use the accreditation model to push for strong career… Read More
The Decline of the Public 2-Year Degree
From Phil on EdTech: “How does this trend look in a more general sense, by comparing degree program enrollments vs. non-degree program enrollments at public… Read More
Record applications and record rejections
From Inside Higher Ed: “March 31 was the day this year that many of the most competitive colleges picked to tell applicants if they’d been… Read More
Should universities embrace NFTs?
From Times Higher Education: “Dozens of top US universities are stepping into the speculative world of NFTs, largely in sports-related initiatives seen as carrying potentially… Read More
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