Federal government walks back student loan relief approval letters for 9 million borrowers
NPR — Millions of student loan borrowers were left confused Tuesday morning after receiving an email reversing course on what they thought was an approval of their student debt relief applications. The email, from Federal Student Aid, referred to the one-time relief plan that theBiden administration rolled out in August and – in recent months – put on…
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INSIDE HIGHER ED — I could certainly be wrong, but I’m thinking that the test-optional movement is unlikely to go away. While some überselective universities can require anything they want from applicants, most colleges run the risk of a decline in application numbers if they go back to requiring testing. That is especially true for…
Read More about Opinion: A look at recent developments in higher education admissionsHoward University partners with Kaplan to offer free graduate admissions test preparation
DIVERSE ISSUES IN HIGHER EDUCATION — Howard University is partnering with Kaplan to give free test prep for graduate-level admissions exams and professional licensing exams. This test prep includes for tests such as the GRE®, GMAT®, LSAT®, and MCAT®, the bar exam, USMLE®, INBDE®, and NCLEX-RN®. And all Howard students interested in taking the exams…
Read More about Howard University partners with Kaplan to offer free graduate admissions test preparationOpinion: Early college programs for high school students help to close achievement gap
THE WASHINGTON POST — Schools evolve, just as natural organisms do. One of the newest species is the early college high school, or just early college for short. It is an increasingly popular way to smooth the awkward high-school-to-college transition that has inflicted on unready teenagers such annoyances as scary SAT tests and slick college…
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INSIDE HIGHER ED — While President Biden’s one-time student loan forgiveness plan remains tied up in the U.S. Supreme Court, the Education Department is working on a more far-reaching and costly plan to overhaul how people pay back their loans.
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THE HECHINGER REPORT — Yet, despite the need to emphasize college readiness, the state of Ohio has taken steps to lessen the rigor of a high school education. This was done under the guise of offering other “pathways” for students whose life goals may not include college education. Let’s be clear, not everyone needs to go…
Read More about Opinion: How to help rural students prepare for collegeHow law schools exiting US News rankings could affect the future of undergraduate rankings
HIGHER ED DIVE — In 2007, a collective of liberal arts colleges known as the Annapolis Group convened in Maryland’s capital and decided to take a jab at one of the more powerful forces in admissions: U.S. News & World Report’s yearly rankings. An exodus never materialized. But 15 years later, observers see cracks in…
Read More about How law schools exiting US News rankings could affect the future of undergraduate rankingsOpinion: Law schools’ boycott of US News rankings may not affect the future of academic rankings systems
THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION — In a recent Chronicle essay, President Leon Botstein of Bard College asks: “Can We Finally Topple the Tyranny of Rankings?” In posing this question, Botstein echoes Colin Diver, the former college president and law-school dean who recently asked, “Could this be the beginning of the end for college rankings?” in The New…
Read More about Opinion: Law schools’ boycott of US News rankings may not affect the future of academic rankings systemsA look at the top higher education stories of 2022
FORBES — The top higher education stories for the year included student loan forgiveness, affirmative action, increased doubts about college rankings, a spate of resignations by university presidents, and a return to mostly normal pre-pandemic campus operations.
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INSIDE HIGHER ED — While a time-consuming task for seasoned professors, it can be much more daunting for junior faculty who may never have seen a letter of recommendation before, including those sent on their behalf, writes Mohammed Albakry.
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