How college accreditors can support student diversity
HIGHER ED DIVE — Colleges have long grappled with how to create and maintain diverse student bodies — a goal likely made more difficult with the U.S. Supreme Court decision against race-conscious admissions in June.
Read More about How college accreditors can support student diversityOpinion: College degrees are still important despite some employers removing requirements
STAR TRIBUNE — Scanning the headlines, it would be easy to believe that a college degree is becoming increasingly irrelevant in a fast-evolving job market.
Read More about Opinion: College degrees are still important despite some employers removing requirementsHBCUs see growth in enrollment following COVID-19 pandemic
DIVERSE ISSUES IN HIGHER EDUCATION — Three years after the initial Black Lives Matter protests and with the COVID-19 pandemic emergency now lifted, enrollment at HBCUs continues to rise.
Read More about HBCUs see growth in enrollment following COVID-19 pandemicMost colleges remove COVID-19 vaccine requirements
INSIDE HIGHER ED — Going into the 2021-2022 academic year, hundreds of U.S. colleges and universities mandated the COVID-19 vaccine for students, which had been released the previous December and gradually become accessible to the public.
Read More about Most colleges remove COVID-19 vaccine requirementsNew federal student loan repayment program focused on low-income borrowers
NPR — A new repayment program opens today to more than 20 million student loan borrowers, with payments based on their income and family size.
Read More about New federal student loan repayment program focused on low-income borrowersPublic and private universities in Indiana participate in direct college admissions program
HIGHER ED DIVE — The initiative by the Indiana Commission for Higher Education — called Indiana Pre-Admissions: Your Path to College — aims to help shore up the state’s declining college-going rate, which the agency said Thursday sits at 53%.
Read More about Public and private universities in Indiana participate in direct college admissions programUniversities attempt to prevent students from cheating with artificial intelligence
THE SEATTLE TIMES — Practically overnight, ChatGPT and other artificial intelligence chatbots have become the go-to source for cheating in college. Educators say they want to embrace the technology’s potential to teach and learn in new ways, but when it comes to assessing students, they see a need to “ChatGPT-proof” test questions and assignments.
Read More about Universities attempt to prevent students from cheating with artificial intelligenceMost Americans say higher education is worth the cost
THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION — In recent years, colleges have been fretting over a grim trend: Americans are rapidly losing confidence in higher education. A new report offers a slightly better outlook: Most people still say that higher ed is worth the cost.
Read More about Most Americans say higher education is worth the costLegislative proposals aim to end legacy admissions in universities
INSIDE HIGHER ED — As scrutiny over legacy admissions intensifies in the wake of the Supreme Court’s affirmative action ban, lawmakers have been emboldened to target the practice through legislation designed to prohibit it or penalize colleges that use it.
Read More about Legislative proposals aim to end legacy admissions in universitiesFederal student loan borrowers prepare to resume payments
CNBC — Federal student loan payments are coming back, and they’re going to wreak havoc on borrowers’ budgets. Interest accurals resume on Sept. 1 and payments will be due in October for the first time in over three years.
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