Changes to Carnegie Classification to look at graduate earnings and enrollment of low-income students

May 21, 2024

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.

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Survey: First-year students report satisfaction with college

May 21, 2024

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. 

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Survey: Despite political differences, large majority of Republicans and Democrats value higher education

May 21, 2024

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. 

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Experts worry that federal student aid delays are disproportionately affecting black students

May 21, 2024

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.

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State support for colleges increases as federal aid and tuition revenue decrease 

May 13, 2024

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.

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How historical university protests have informed policies on campus protests

May 13, 2024

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.

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How student protests could affect college graduations

May 13, 2024

NPR — Many of this year’s graduating college students were looking forward to their first formal commencement ceremony.

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California colleges consider how to interpret in-state tuition laws for undocumented students

May 13, 2024

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.

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How to help graduate student teachers develop a teaching style

May 13, 2024

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. 

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US Education Department releases guidance on combatting antisemitism on campuses

May 13, 2024

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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