More companies are offering assistance in paying off student loans
THE WASHINGTON POST — In a tight labor market, where competition for workers is fierce, companies are making a play to attract and retain employees by offering to pay their student loans.
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INSIDE HIGHER ED — The University of California, Los Angeles, restored its indoor mask mandate last week, joining the University of Hawai‘i system, Pennsylvania State University (for both the main campus and 13 others), and other colleges and universities.
Read More about Universities once again adopt mask mandates as COVID-19 cases riseSurvey: Parents have a major influence over admissions decisions
INSIDE HIGHER ED — Parents matter more than in the past in the college admissions process, according to a survey by EAB, being released today, of 4,848 high school seniors who graduated in 2021.
Read More about Survey: Parents have a major influence over admissions decisionsBlack parents are disproportionately burdened by parent PLUS loans
INSIDE HIGHER ED — Black parents are disproportionately burdened by Parent PLUS borrowing, a new study finds, leading to deeper racial inequities in student loan borrowing and higher education at large.
Read More about Black parents are disproportionately burdened by parent PLUS loansRequired diversity statements in college applications are facing legal challenges
THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION — Brian Soucek, a law professor at the University of California at Davis, assures readers that diversity statements “are constitutional — at least if they are done the right way” and reveals that the University of California is changing its approach to their utilization accordingly.
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INSIDE HGHER ED — Effectively mentoring students online is hard. And given the increasing enrollments in online degree programs over the last decade, along with the number of students suddenly pushed online during the pandemic, university professors now face an unprecedented challenge: When you don’t see many of your students often in person, how do…
Read More about The challenges of mentoring and supporting students in online programsPodcast: How Americans view the cost and value of higher education
AMERICAN COUNCIL ON EDUCATION — With the midterm elections looming and the debate over who benefits from student loan forgiveness heating up, what are voters thinking about the value of a college education in 2022? Kristen Soltis Anderson, pollster and author of The Selfie Vote, joins the podcast to talk about the American public’s perception…
Read More about Podcast: How Americans view the cost and value of higher educationStudent financial aid experts discuss student loan forgiveness and reform
INSIDE HIGHER ED — As President Biden moves closer to canceling at least some student debt in the near future, many higher education advocates and members of Congress are concerned that cancellation without broader reforms to the federal loan system at large will merely provide a temporary solution to a much larger issue.
Read More about Student financial aid experts discuss student loan forgiveness and reformA look at government spending on higher education during the pandemic
HIGHER ED DIVE — S&P had given the nonprofit higher ed sector negative outlooks for four straight years before raising its view to stable in 2022, in part because of federal relief funding.
Read More about A look at government spending on higher education during the pandemicCampaign for College Opportunity study highlights gaps among Asian, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander college students
DIVERSE ISSUES IN HIGHER EDUCATION — The Campaign for College Opportunity, a nonprofit focused on higher education equity in California, released a report on the state of higher education among Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) Californians.
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