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From Diverse Education: “Admissions offices have been rolling out new technologies that use artificial intelligence (AI) to engage with or evaluate prospective students. But experts… Read More

From Inside Higher Ed: “What I’d like to do here is ask what campuses can do to better serve the fastest growing segment of the… Read More

From NPR: “The first trial in the ‘Operation Varsity Blues’ college admissions bribery scandal will begin this week, with the potential to shed light on… Read More

From Inside Higher Ed: “Like so many topics in today’s society, the role of standardized tests in admissions has become polarizing. Somewhere along the way,… Read More

From Jacobin: “In his new book In the Shadow of the Ivory Tower: How Universities Are Plundering Cities, Davarian L. Baldwin examines how urban universities… Read More

From Lumina Foundation: “Amid huge challenges in higher education, there’s some good news: Students ages 25-34 are earning more degrees at a faster rate–and those… Read More

From The New York Times: “At universities, some instructors are finding the return to the classroom a nerve-racking experience. A few have quit — one… Read More

From Inside Higher Ed: “The National Association of Colleges and Employers, a nonprofit for college career services, recruiting practitioners and others who wish to hire… Read More

From Times Higher Education: “Dr Biden, a professional teacher since 1976, began what will become a twice-a-week routine of taking a high-security motorcade on an… Read More

From Inside Higher Ed: “Anthology, which emerged a year ago from the combination of three higher education administrative software firms, will merge with Blackboard, long… Read More

From CNN: “Amazon is offering to cover four-year college tuition for most of its approximately 750,000 hourly workers in the United States, the latest major… Read More

From Times Higher Education: Following the speech, St George’s, University of London principal Jenny Higham asked Mr Williamson whether there would be any move to… Read More

From Community College Daily: “Higher education lost about 191,500 transfer students between July 2020 and June 2021, or -8.4% compared to the previous year. That’s… Read More

From NSC Research Center: “Only highly selective institutions expanded their total transfer enrollment throughout the entire year, thanks to an unusually large one-year growth in… Read More

From EdSurge: “In order to tackle higher education’s credit-transfer challenge, the U.S. Department of Education, along with state departments of higher education, will need to… Read More

From Washington Post: “Thank goodness for John Mullane, an experienced community college counselor. As head of his own consulting firm, College Transfer Solutions, he has… Read More

From The Chronicle: “Robert Kelchen, a professor of higher education at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville, used Department of Education data to study revenue… Read More

From Diverse Education: “Job Corps is a voluntary program, administered by the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), that provides young people from lower-income households, ages… Read More

From Forbes: “While some elements of the Biden administration’s higher education agenda have garnered more attention, a potentially game-changing higher education proposal has gone largely… Read More

From American Talent Initiative: “Financial aid offices across the country wield a powerful tool in shaping these decisions: the financial aid offer. In theory, it… Read More

From Inside Higher Ed: “ ‘What I’m hearing right now is almost everyone wants to be in person and they really want to replicate fall… Read More

From The PIE: “An international education organisation that is chartering flights from Hong Kong to the UK has reported high demand from Chinese students trying… Read More

From The Chronicle: “So far, the pandemic hasn’t caused a deluge of new psychological diagnoses among students. The emerging picture of Covid-19’s effect on student… Read More

From Mental Health America: “Despite growing advocacy, students still often go without needed supports, like counseling or peer support. In addition to barriers to mental… Read More