College enrollment continues to fall as the pandemic continues
NBC WASHINGTON — New numbers from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center show college enrollment dropped around the country. Some local colleges have seen that drop, too, but others have seen record enrollments. News4’s Aimee Cho explains why.
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INSIDE HIGHER ED — The admissions system should be totally overhauled to make it more fair, especially for students of color, said a report issued Wednesday by the National Association for College Admission Counseling and the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators. A major reason that colleges developed the current system, with its tests, essays, grades…
Read More about Report from the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators calls for an upheaval of college admissions and financial aidColleges receive additional federal aid to tackle COVID-19
REUTERS — The Biden administration is giving U.S. colleges and universities another $198 million to help them curb COVID-19 and address student needs such as housing and food amid the ongoing pandemic, the U.S. Department of Education said on Thursday. The wave of new funds, approved as part of the American Rescue Plan law passed last year,…
Read More about Colleges receive additional federal aid to tackle COVID-19Colleges add staff focused on the academic needs of Black men
INSIDE HIGHER ED — Compton College created a new position focused on the academic needs of Black and Latino men. Campus leaders believe they’re at the forefront of a new and long overdue trend. Antonio Banks was eager to join a robust Black student community as an undergraduate at California State University, San Bernardino. He was thrilled…
Read More about Colleges add staff focused on the academic needs of Black menCommon Application data shows rise in college applications
INSIDE HIGHER ED — The Common Application has released its data from December in a report, and the overall numbers of students using the application to apply to colleges are encouraging for higher education. Through Dec. 16, 2021, 931,540 distinct applicants had applied to 853 Common App returning member institutions, an increase of 13 percent over 2019–20, the last…
Read More about Common Application data shows rise in college applicationsU.S. News to Compile Research on Law Schools’ ‘Scholarly Impact’
LAW WEEK COLORADO — U.S. News & World Report has established itself as a well known arbiter of measuring how colleges and universities stack up against each other. And now it’s in the process of developing a method for evaluating law schools based on their “scholarly impact” — how often faculty members publish scholarly articles and…
Read More about U.S. News to Compile Research on Law Schools’ ‘Scholarly Impact’Law schools roll out new measures as COVID-19 again threatens in-person classes
REUTERS — It’s back to remote learning for some law schools—at least temporarily. A growing number of universities in recent days have announced they’re reverting to online classes for the first several weeks of January in hopes of minimizing the spread of COVID-19, which has surged in many places with the arrival of the highly contagious Omicron…
Read More about Law schools roll out new measures as COVID-19 again threatens in-person classesFederal student loan payment freeze is extended until May
SPECTRUM LOCAL NEWS — As we gear up to enter the new year, tens of millions of Americans are expecting some relief. President Joe Biden announced last week that he’s extending the pause on student loan payments through May 1. The loan forbearance, which started in March 2020 during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, was set to…
Read More about Federal student loan payment freeze is extended until MayCollege enrollment declines for fourth semester in a row
INSIDE HIGHER ED — Enrollments continued to fall nationwide despite a full in-person return to campus last semester for many colleges and universities, the latest data from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center show. Total enrollment—which includes undergraduate and graduate students—dropped by 2.7 percent in fall 2021 compared with fall 2020, according to the clearinghouse report. Since the…
Read More about College enrollment declines for fourth semester in a rowLaw suit claims 14 universities violated antitrust law in financial aid collaboration
ABA JOURNAL — Nine elite universities sometimes consider applicants’ ability to pay tuition during the admissions process, which means that the schools should not be entitled to an antitrust exemption that allows them to collaborate on financial aid formulas, a federal lawsuit has alleged. The antitrust lawsuit, filed Jan. 9, targets top schools that use a shared…
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