Changes to Carnegie Classification to look at graduate earnings and enrollment of low-income students
INSIDE HIGHER ED — The American Council on Education (ACE) is proceeding with its plan to categorize colleges and universities based in part on how successfully they provide a “springboard to a better life” for their students.
Read More about Changes to Carnegie Classification to look at graduate earnings and enrollment of low-income studentsSurvey: First-year students report satisfaction with college
HIGHER ED DIVE — The share of first-year students who are satisfied with college remains high after dipping during the pandemic, according to a new survey of 12,600-plus young adults from consultancy EAB.
Read More about Survey: First-year students report satisfaction with collegeSurvey: Despite political differences, large majority of Republicans and Democrats value higher education
INSIDE HIGHER ED — Even as the public’s loss of faith in higher education dominates headlines amid campus protests, the rising cost of attendance, growing anti-DEI sentiment and more, it seems that most Americans still see value in a college degree.
Read More about Survey: Despite political differences, large majority of Republicans and Democrats value higher educationExperts worry that federal student aid delays are disproportionately affecting black students
NPR — NPR’s Ayesha Rascoe speaks to Bryan J. Cook, director of higher education policy at the Urban Institute Center on Education Data and Policy, about how complications with FAFSA affect Black students.
Read More about Experts worry that federal student aid delays are disproportionately affecting black studentsState support for colleges increases as federal aid and tuition revenue decrease
THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION — State support for public colleges continued to rise last year, surpassing pre-Great Recession levels for only the second year since 2008, according to the latest annual State Higher Education Finance report compiled by the State Higher Education Executive Officers Association.
Read More about State support for colleges increases as federal aid and tuition revenue decreaseHow historical university protests have informed policies on campus protests
ABC NEWS — About 56 years ago, Columbia University’s Hamilton Hall was overrun and occupied by student protesters calling for an end to what students called racist policies that displaced communities around the school’s campus.
Read More about How historical university protests have informed policies on campus protestsHow student protests could affect college graduations
NPR — Many of this year’s graduating college students were looking forward to their first formal commencement ceremony.
Read More about How student protests could affect college graduationsCalifornia colleges consider how to interpret in-state tuition laws for undocumented students
ED SOURCE — More than 20 years ago, California passed a law allowing some undocumented immigrant students to attend college with in-state tuition, if they meet certain requirements.
Read More about California colleges consider how to interpret in-state tuition laws for undocumented studentsHow to help graduate student teachers develop a teaching style
INSIDE HIGHER ED — According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, roughly 135,000 graduate students work as teaching assistants in higher education institutions across the country.
Read More about How to help graduate student teachers develop a teaching styleUS Education Department releases guidance on combatting antisemitism on campuses
INSIDE HIGHER ED — The Education Department is clarifying how exactly colleges and universities can comply with federal civil rights law as campuses continue to see antiwar protests and encampments and Jewish students continue to report feeling unsafe following a rise in antisemitic incidents across the country.
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