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States will need to pony up for Biden’s free college plan
From Inside Higher Ed: “America’s College Promise — the Democratic-backed plan to provide tuition for all community college students — could allow more than nine… Read More
Congress’s free community college plan could benefit 8 million students, with the right funding formula
From The Century Foundation: “The Century Foundation developed a cost model of America’s College Promise based on the House Committee on Education and Labor’s bill… Read More
The will to test in a test-optional era
From The Chronicle: “Though nearly three-quarters of four-year colleges have stopped requiring the ACT and SAT, an age-old belief system nourishes the notion that scores… Read More
Colleges seek virtual mental health services
From Inside Higher Ed: “The COVID-19 pandemic created a greater need for college mental health services as students struggled with the social and economic consequences… Read More
Colleges sign on for a 15-step program to “erase equity gaps” in completion
From The Hechinger Report: “At public colleges across the country, white students are two and a half times more likely to graduate than Black students… Read More
College board plans ‘lighter, shorter’ CSS profile — now free for families earning less than $100,000
From The Chronicle: “Families making up to $100,000 a year will no longer have to pay for the CSS Profile, an online form applicants must… Read More
Employers are loosening degree requirements. But will it last?
From Work Shift: “Businesses across almost every industry are struggling to find enough workers. … Labor insights firm Emsi Burning Glass, for example, found that… Read More
Voice of the online learner
From Wiley Education Services: “Sixty-one percent of online learners stated they would choose an online program at another university before enrolling in an on-campus program…. Read More
Kabul University chancellor replaced by Taliban’s choice
From University World News: “In an announcement that shocked the university community, the Taliban’s Ministry of Higher Education on 21 September declared Mohammad Ashraf Ghairat… Read More
Spoiler Alert! Social Media Takeaways from a Reality Show Contestant
During lockdown, some people learned to bake bread. I set my sights on reality TV. In July 2020, I applied to be a contestant on… Read More
At the ASU+GSV Summit, 3,000 purpose-driven attendees gather to forge the next normal
Posted by Munir Haddad, September 2021 “The ASU+GSV Summit connects leading minds around education and skills to ensure a new era in which all people… Read More
A generation of American men give up on college: ‘I just feel lost’
From The Wall Street Journal: “At the close of the 2020-21 academic year, women made up 59.5% of college students, an all-time high, and men… Read More
OPINION: Too many young men are missing from college campuses like mine
From The Hechinger Report: “If women now outperform men in high school and apply to college in greater numbers, isn’t that just a tribute to… Read More
Colleges have a guy problem
From The Atlantic: “In 1970, men accounted for 57 percent of college and university students. Two years later, Congress passed Title IX regulations that prohibited… Read More
The American elite will be female
From The Week: “Women’s success in admissions isn’t only a dilemma for colleges trying to balance their books … campuses are the point of departure… Read More
Could Coursera become as prestigious as Harvard? This expert thinks so.
From EdSurge: “Big changes are coming to higher education, and those changes will be bigger and more disruptive than many college leaders realize as online… Read More
OPINION: Meet certificates and “microcredentials” — they could be the future of higher education
From The Hechinger Report: “Last year, some 68 percent of adults considering enrolling in education preferred nondegree pathways, up from 50 percent the year before,… Read More
The 10 fastest-growing jobs of the next decade—and how much they pay
From CNBC: “According to a new analysis from the BLS, the U.S. will add 11.9 million jobs through 2030, many in industries that were hit… Read More
Pearson sues Chegg, alleging copyright infringement
From Inside Higher Ed: “Pearson alleges that Chegg infringed on its copyright by selling answers to end-of-chapter questions included in Pearson textbooks. The answers are… Read More
What will online learning look like in 10 years? Zoom has some ideas
From EdSurge: “In June, Zoom announced the acquisition of German AI startup Kites, which is developing real-time text-to-speech translation that can appear as captions on… Read More
In early days of pandemic, teaching suffered
From Inside Higher Ed: “Global survey finds that although academics believe they met their objectives, students received a ‘lower-quality’ education. Decades of experience in teaching,… Read More
Zahawi arrives with entry bar and loan changes on agenda
From Times Higher Education: “Nadhim Zahawi takes over as education secretary ahead of a spending review crucial for English universities – but he may have… Read More
‘Joined-up government’ key to UK international education goals
From Times Higher Education: “A renewed spirit of ‘joined-up government’ means that the UK’s plans to attract 600,000 international students by 2030 are achievable despite… Read More
Kiosk awarded “Best Places to Work” for ninth consecutive year
Kiosk was recognized as one of the “Best Places to Work” in the North Bay in the 2021 North Bay Business Journal’s annual awards listings…. Read More