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The great disillusionment
From The Chronicle: “The Chronicle interviewed nearly 60 current and former higher-education professionals this summer about how the pandemic and the approaching fall term have… Read More
College move-in was supposed to mark a return to normal. Then came the delta variant
From NPR: “Nearly 50% of colleges are encouraging or incentivizing students to get vaccinated, through outreach to students, campus vaccine clinics and prizes… It’s been… Read More
Biden cuts more student debt but defers on bigger fixes
From Times Higher Education: “The Biden administration is more than doubling the number of borrowers eligible for forgiveness of their federal student loan debt, calling… Read More
What Howard University’s upswing means for other historically Black colleges
From NPR: “Students return to classes at Howard University on Monday, and they’re arriving at a high point for the school. This summer, journalist Nikole… Read More
China and Japan to keep borders shut for another term
From Times Higher Education: “International students have been left hanging once again as summer vacations end and yet another new term starts in China and… Read More
Long hard yards ahead for Australia’s university sector
From The PIE: “The university sector in Australia might take several years to bounce back from the hard hit it has taken since the start… Read More
Race still on to save lives, careers of Afghan academics
From University World News: “Scholars at Risk (SAR) along with dozens of higher education networks are still calling for the United States government, the European… Read More
UK university population becoming ‘more British’ post-Brexit
From Times Higher Education: “The UK’s university population is already becoming ‘more British’ post-Brexit, as plummeting numbers of European Union students means the proportion of… Read More
Demise of the baccalaureate degree
From Inside Higher Ed: “Overpriced, outdated and no longer required by an increasing number of employers, is the baccalaureate in a death spiral? … Employers… Read More
Earning a living and college credit at the same time
From Inside Higher Ed: “IBM software engineering apprentices can now translate their training into three semesters of college credit at participating institutions. Workers enrolled in… Read More
Positioning the institution as a learning partner for microcredentials
From Evolllution: “There is often a natural reluctance on the part of a traditional academic community to see value in short-term credentials, but our business… Read More
FDA paves way for college vaccine mandates
From Inside Higher Ed: “The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced its full approval of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine Monday, opening the door for colleges… Read More
Women put careers on hold during COVID to care for kids. They may never recover.
From Los Angeles Times: “Mothers with outside employment, among the hardest-hit by the COVID-19 recession, are returning to the workforce in impressive numbers, aided by… Read More
U.S. universities face another school year of too few Chinese students
From Fortune: “Chinese student applications for the coming academic year shrank 18% compared with last year’s cycle, according to data from application platform CommonApp. The… Read More
Binge-watching ‘The Chair’
From Inside Higher Ed: “The series is set at Pembroke University, a fictitious near-Ivy, so in some ways, it’s on a different planet than mine…. Read More
What colleges should know about the new Yik Yak
From The Chronicle: “The social-media app Yik Yak, where users can post anonymous messages visible to anyone within a five-mile radius, returned on Monday after… Read More
The rampant growth of US college tuition is finally slowing down
From Quartz: “College tuition has been rising consistently in the US for decades, but the increase is slowing down, according to the latest data from… Read More
Neighbours open up to Afghan students as Taliban takes over
From University World News: “Afghanistan’s neighbouring countries are opening up to students fleeing the conflict-torn country after the Taliban take-over, amid fears that disruption and… Read More
Online tutoring in China was booming. Then came a dramatic shift in regulations.
From Ed Surge: “China’s ballooning edtech market is suddenly deflating thanks to new government restrictions on lucrative private tutoring companies that serve millions of the… Read More
The great master’s degree swindle
From The Chronicle: “Way back when, it was hard to know if a given master’s degree provided any real value to students. Then the U.S…. Read More
Master’s degrees are the second biggest scam in higher education
From Slate: “For colleges and universities, master’s degrees have essentially become an enormous moneymaking scheme… There are, of course, good programs as well as bad… Read More
Average classroom master’s fee jumps £1,200 for UK students
From Times Higher Education: “Average fees for UK students taking classroom-based master’s courses have jumped by 15 per cent in one year, raising concerns that… Read More
As Covid-19 surges, some campuses will start the semester online
From The Chronicle: “Some universities in Texas and California are delaying in-person learning, opting instead for remote classes in the first weeks of the fall… Read More
Supreme Court won’t block Indiana vaccine mandate
From Inside Higher Ed: “Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett, without comment, turned down an appeal of a U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh… Read More