How universities can support Native American students
UNIVERSITY BUSINESS — Institutions of higher education are celebrating Native American Heritage Month by honoring traditions on their campuses and extending further resources to an important but often underserved group of students. This month might be the perfect time to ensure your campus is not only attracting new Native American and Indigenous students but also giving them…
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INSIDE HIGHER ED — New college graduates face the rosiest job market since the 2008 recession, according to the latest annual recruiting trends survey by Michigan State University’s Collegiate Employment Research Institute. Employers who cut back on recruiting during the COVID-19 pandemic are now scrambling to fill jobs, said Phil Gardner, author of the Collegiate Employment Institute…
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INSIDE HIGHER ED — Students who graduated during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2021 reported fewer job offers and less access to university career centers than the previous class, according to a new survey out today from the National Association of Colleges and Employers. Graduating seniors received an average of 0.83 job offers in 2021, down from 0.93 for the…
Read More about Report: Virtual job recruiting can expand career access for underrepresented studentsCollege enrollment experiences largest two-year drop in decades
NPR WAMU — Enrollment at U.S. colleges and universities is on track to fall by another nearly 500,000 undergraduate students this fall, continuing the historic drops that began with the start of the coronavirus pandemic, according to new data out Tuesday. The decline of 3.2% in undergraduate enrollment this fall follows a similar drop of 3.4% the…
Read More about College enrollment experiences largest two-year drop in decadesCommunity colleges face decrease in enrollment during the pandemic
INSIDE HIGHER ED — Administrators at Lane Community College in Eugene, Ore., steeled themselves for an enrollment decrease this fall after the college lost 1,254 students — 14 percent of the student body — in fall 2020 compared to the previous year. They predicted a smaller decline of about 2 percent this quarter, but the drop was much…
Read More about Community colleges face decrease in enrollment during the pandemicEnrollment in college graduate programs grew in 2020
INSIDE HIGHER ED — U.S. graduate schools saw increases in enrollment in fall 2020 despite a big drop in international students, although there were significant differences across fields of study, according to the latest annual survey of graduate enrollment and degrees from the Council of Graduate Schools. The CGS survey found that graduate applications increased by 7.3 percent…
Read More about Enrollment in college graduate programs grew in 2020Tuition-free community college removed from Biden Administration social spending package
INSIDE HIGHER ED — President Biden told Democratic lawmakers last week that tuition-free community college would likely be scrapped from his social spending package, disappointing higher education advocates and dealing a blow to the administration’s college-affordability agenda. To appease moderate Democrats who weren’t willing to support $3.5 trillion in spending for Biden’s Build Back Better agenda, the White…
Read More about Tuition-free community college removed from Biden Administration social spending packageCollege graduates and lenders struggle to understand recent Public Service Loan Forgiveness program changes
YAHOO!NEWS — Three weeks after the Education Department announced a temporary expansion of a popular debt-relief program for public servants, the contractors charged with guiding borrowers are still awaiting guidance themselves. People familiar with the matter, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly, said federal student loan servicers –…
Read More about College graduates and lenders struggle to understand recent Public Service Loan Forgiveness program changesFederal student loan official testifies on changes to Public Service Loan Forgiveness program
NPR WAMU — The head of the U.S. Department of Education’s federal student lending office, Richard Cordray, testified before a House panel Wednesday, about changes to the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program. A quick update now on new changes to the troubled public service loan forgiveness program and what borrowers should know. Richard Cordray heads the Office…
Read More about Federal student loan official testifies on changes to Public Service Loan Forgiveness programUCLA graduate students and faculty look at recent changes to Public Service Loan Forgiveness program
DAILY BRUIN — UCLA graduate students and professors said changes to the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program are exciting but more improvements can still be made. The U.S. Department of Education announced Oct. 6 that all federal loan payments will be counted toward loan forgiveness under the PSLF Program until Oct. 31, 2022. The department will also make…
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