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Big lectures ‘a thing of the past’, says Berkeley chancellor
From Times Higher Education: “The decision by the University of California, Berkeley to scrap plans to build a large new lecture theatre on campus following… Read More
Spring enrollment’s final count is in. Colleges lost 600,000 students.
From The Chronicle: “New data from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center provides a final tally of the enrollment decline higher education saw during the… Read More
Boom, not bust, for employer-funded learning
From Inside Higher Education: “A $150 million investment in Guild Education, which helps employees find the learning they need, suggests continued growth in the market…. Read More
The pandemic has provided space and time to reflect, especially about careers and life moving forward
From Pearson: “56% of college students are reconsidering their career path as a result of the pandemic … 45% of college students have been inspired… Read More
A clean slate
From Inside Higher Education: “Historically Black colleges and universities are forgiving students’ debts with the hopes of alleviating some of the financial strains of the… Read More
A year after Floyd, US campuses avoid major police reform
From Times Higher Education: “Dozens of US colleges and universities have faced calls from their students and others to end armed patrols by campus or… Read More
More colleges are going mask-optional — some by choice, others by law
From The Chronicle: “In an early sign of an anticipated ‘return to normal’ this fall, at least 58 colleges have announced they’re ending or loosening… Read More
Gifts that keep giving
From Inside Higher Education: “Just six months after making headlines for giving away $4.1 billion in donations to nonprofits and higher education institutions, philanthropist and… Read More
Online cheating
From Inside Higher Education: ”We’ve all noticed a substantial uptick in reports of academic dishonesty since moving to remote instruction. What that means, and what… Read More
How college students learned new ways to cheat during pandemic remote schooling
From CNBC: ”A recent study led by Thomas Lancaster, a senior teaching fellow at the Imperial College London, found that the number of questions and… Read More
Warning over ‘online study platform’ job adverts
costs and jump-start their careers could find themselves facing criminal prosecution amid a crackdown on essay mills. The country’s higher education regulator has warned that… Read More
EU-backed tool to combat cheating in online exams finally ready
From Times Higher Education: “A European Union-backed tool designed to stamp out cheating in online assessment with facial and keystroke recognition is finally ready for… Read More
Where do public research universities recruit?
From Inside Higher Education: “Most universities would like the public to think that they focus on their states, visiting every possible high school, particularly those… Read More
Students struggling with mental health often confide in professors. They want more guidance on how to help.
From The Chronicle: “The report — based on a survey of 1,685 faculty members conducted during the spring semester by the Boston University School of… Read More
Not qualified for a job? These companies will ‘reskill’ you
From Wall St Journal: “Michael Buchanan has held numerous jobs in his 15 years at Levi Strauss & Co., starting as a stock clerk and… Read More
Online internships fail to meet expectations
From Inside Higher Education: “College students who participated in online internships during the COVID-19 pandemic did not get as much out of the experience as… Read More
Post-qualification applications plan ‘unworkable’, University Vice-Chancellors warn…
From Times Higher Education: “Universities UK (UUK) says that while it recognises that the move away from the use of predicted grades has the ‘potential… Read More
Government pledges lifetime skills loan for every adult
From University World News: “The pledge was a central part of the Queen’s Speech on 11 May announcing the government’s programme for the next session… Read More
Cambridge University to offer short online courses for professionals
From BBC: “The University of Cambridge is to start offering online courses aimed at professionals worldwide who want to learn more skills.The university said it… Read More
‘The whole system has collapsed’: Covid ravages Indian campuses
From Times higher Education: “Public universities could be damaged ‘beyond repair’ in the fallout from India’s Covid-19 catastrophe, experts have warned. Higher education institutions have… Read More
Medical students suspend studies to help in COVID crisis
From University World News: “The Indian government said medical students in their final year, doctors preparing for postgraduate exams and hospital interns can be deployed… Read More
Delhi universities battle to fight COVID-19 campus surge
From University World News: “Delhi University – one of India’s largest universities with some 91 constituent colleges – has told the government that it needs… Read More
A historic decline in U.S. births signals more enrollment troubles
From The Chronicle: “Already bracing for an enrollment crash expected to hit in 2025, higher education got more bad news this week: The U.S. birth… Read More
Courts skeptical on COVID-19 tuition lawsuits
From Inside Higher Education: “Lawyers have filed more than 300 cases on behalf of students and parents demanding refunds of tuition for educations they deemed… Read More