How some colleges aim to make the transfer from community college easily
THE HECHINGER REPORT — Every year, hundreds of thousands of students start at community colleges hoping to transfer to a university later. It’s advertised as a cheaper path to a bachelor’s degree, an education hack in a world of ever-rising tuition costs. Yet the reality is rarely that simple. For some students, the transfer process becomes…
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HIGHER ED DIVE — College enrollment has been under pressure for years, as some institutions grapple with fewer high school graduates and students opting to go directly into the workforce. The pandemic ratcheted up those difficulties, challenging recruitment and stressing colleges’ bottom lines. The Gallup and Lumina Foundation research sheds light on the stressors that are…
Read More about Survey finds that 2 in 5 college students considered dropping out in the past 6 monthsPodcast: Incarcerated people regain access to federal Pell Grants to pay for college courses
WBUR — For nearly three decades, incarcerated people have not been able to access federal Pell Grants to pay for college courses offered in prison. That will change this summer.
Read More about Podcast: Incarcerated people regain access to federal Pell Grants to pay for college coursesOpinion: Is it worth it to enforce ChatGPT bans in college writing?
INSIDE HIGHER ED — The sun descends and I’m still not through grading papers, because they take twice as long now that my students have learned about ChatGPT. First, I put all the papers through GPTZero, but there are too many false positives, so I take the flagged text and try to reverse engineer it…
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SEATTLE U THE NEWSROOM — Generative artificial intelligence (AI) is at once intriguing, exciting and, yes, a little disturbing. For those of us in higher education, these technologies have apparent potential to disrupt traditional teaching and learning models. There is well-founded concern about generative AI’s implications for academic integrity along with a recognition that these…
Read More about How artificial intelligence could impact the future of higher educationCollege tuition discount rates reach all-time high
INSIDE HIGHER ED — The average tuition discount at private nonprofit colleges once again hit a record high, according to a new National Association of College and University Business Officers study released this week. A NACUBO press release noted that “the awards were, on average, the largest yet.” The average institutional tuition discount rate was 56.2 percent for…
Read More about College tuition discount rates reach all-time highNumber of US adults with some college education but no degree continues to rise
INSIDE HIGHER ED — The number of people who attended some college but never earned a credential is growing across the country, according to the latest “Some College, No Credential” report from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center. The new progress report, released today, found that the population of learners who stopped out of college without completing rose…
Read More about Number of US adults with some college education but no degree continues to riseCollege Scorecard compares graduates’ salaries to the price of tuition
USA TODAY — As more Americans debate the value of college and decide whether to take on student loan debt, new national data aims to help prospective students decide whether a school will help them earn a competitive salary, if they’ll find other students and professors who look like them, and whether they’ll have to borrow money to attend. The Education…
Read More about College Scorecard compares graduates’ salaries to the price of tuitionGraduate students at University of Michigan organize strike
INSIDE HIGHER ED — The graduate student workers’ strike at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor is nearing its one-month mark and the end of the spring semester—impacting grading in the last week of final exams. “We see this as a big point of our leverage,” said Amir Fleischmann, a Ph.D. candidate and a graduate student…
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DESERT NEWS — A strong majority of Americans in both political parties, and across differences in age, race, income and gender agree: College students should hear from speakers with diverse points of view. According to a new national poll conducted by HarrisX for the Deseret News, 84% of Americans agree it is important for colleges and…
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