Many women of color reenrolled in college during the COVID-19 pandemic
NPR — During the pandemic, the overall number of students in college dropped sharply, but nearly 1 million people who had left school before COVID actually went back mid-pandemic. And among those students, women of color led the way. Kirk Carapezza of member station GBH in Boston reports.
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INSIDE HIGHER ED — The medical schools of Columbia and Stanford Universities and the University of Pennsylvania and the Icahn medical school of Mount Sinai have all announced that they will no longer participate in the U.S. News & World Report rankings.
Read More about Columbia, Penn, and Stanford medical schools announce they will no longer supply information to US News rankingsA look at the impact of federal earmarks on university projects and research
INSIDE HIGHER ED — The University of Maine System is planning to use an infusion of federal funds to construct an advanced manufacturing research lab, start a new program in aviation maintenance, modernize a wild blueberry research facility and launch a statewide tick and tick-borne disease study.
Read More about A look at the impact of federal earmarks on university projects and researchHarvard Medical School withdrawals from US News rankings
MARKETPLACE –U.S. News & World Report started ranking colleges in 1983 and is now well-known for its many annual lists. It ranks high schools, law schools, business schools, you name it. But since November, more than two dozen law schools — many of them highly ranked — have announced they would no longer submit data to U.S. News, saying…
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HIGHER ED DIVE — When Democrats held control of the House, Foxx served as ranking member of the education committee and was one of the Biden administration’s most vocal critics on efforts like mass student loan debt cancellation for borrowers earning up to $125,000 a year.
Read More about New US House education committee chair to look at free speech and academic freedom issuesHow the US Supreme Court may determine the future of student loan forgiveness
DIVERSE ISSUES IN HIGHER EDUCATION — Many experts believe that the Biden administration’s plan for student loan forgiveness, which offers $10,000 of debt relief to most borrowers and $20,000 to Pell Grant recipients, is dead in the water at the conservative-dominated Supreme Court. Diverse readers aren’t more optimistic, with nearly 2/3 predicting that the policy would be terminated in…
Read More about How the US Supreme Court may determine the future of student loan forgivenessUniversities adapt teaching methods to combat surge of AI chatbot programs
CANADA TODAY — In higher education, colleges and universities have hesitated to ban the AI tool because administrators doubt the move would be effective and do not want to violate academic freedom. This means that the way people teach is changing instead.
Read More about Universities adapt teaching methods to combat surge of AI chatbot programsCollege faculty dissatisfaction goes beyond burnout
THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION — Like many Ph.D.s, I’ve followed the conversation about faculty burnout in the pandemic era and read the firsthand accounts. But more and more, I’ve been questioning whether that word accurately conveys how most academics feel now.
Read More about College faculty dissatisfaction goes beyond burnoutOpinion: How college administrators can deal with employee dissatisfaction
INSIDE HIGHER ED — As we begin a new year, higher education will continue to face the challenge of unfilled job positions as employees depart to other organizations and sectors. According to a recent survey from the College and University Professional Association for Human Resources, 57 percent of college employees (faculty and staff) reported they are likely to…
Read More about Opinion: How college administrators can deal with employee dissatisfactionUniversities in Texas propose tuition freeze in exchange for increased state funding
THE TEXAS TRIBUNE — As Texas lawmakers consider what to do with an unprecedented $32.7 billion state surplus, leaders of the state’s six largest public university systems are pitching that nearly $1 billion be allocated toward higher education. If lawmakers agree, these university chancellors pledge to hold tuition flat for all undergraduate students for the…
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