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fromPsychology Today
4 days agoShould You Serve on the Board of Your Alma Mater?
Higher education is essential for the U.S. economy and requires significant institutional change to adapt to current challenges.
Higher education
fromInside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
4 days agoHigher Ed Denounces GSA's Proposed Federal Funding Strings
The Trump administration's proposed pledge for colleges on diversity and inclusion is seen as vague and burdensome, risking federal funding for non-compliance.
Higher education
fromInside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
4 days agoHigher Ed Denounces GSA's Proposed Federal Funding Strings
The Trump administration's proposed pledge for colleges on diversity and inclusion is seen as vague and burdensome, risking federal funding for non-compliance.
fromNature
1 week agoNow is the time for scientific societies to guide global research
Modern scientific societies are increasingly vulnerable due to their dependence on membership fees and journal subscriptions, which are being challenged by the rise of virtual networking and open-access publishing.
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Social justice
fromInside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
2 weeks agoThe Fight for Parents' Access to Higher Ed
Student parents face systemic barriers including childcare costs, food insecurity, and transportation challenges that limit college access and completion, requiring institutional and policy reforms.
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fromwww.businessinsider.com
5 days agoA Penn professor used AI to replicate part of a master's course and says it threatens universities' business model
AI can significantly reduce the time needed to learn complex subjects, achieving results comparable to traditional courses in a fraction of the time.
Higher education
fromInside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
3 days agoCommunity College 4-Year Degrees Let Prior Learning Count
Community colleges provide adult learners with affordable pathways to education, but transferability of credits for prior learning remains a significant challenge.
Artificial intelligence
fromFortune
2 months agoWhile elites debate geopolitics, Americans are rethinking college in the search for economic mobility | Fortune
AI is actively transforming labor markets, prompting American workers to adapt as automation threatens roughly 25% of US and European work hours.
fromInside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
2 months agoLet's Level the Playing Field for Singles in Higher Ed
"Singlism" is a term coined by psychologist Dr. Bella DePaulo; this is defined as the discrimination and stereotyping of those who are non-married (I prefer this to the term "unmarried"). I'm not a psychologist, but a lot of the assumptions Dr. Tanglen's colleagues made about her "freedom" are an example of singlism. Much of the loneliness the writer felt may have been a result of internalized singlism, which emanates from societal messages from our public discourse (media, business practices, even laws)
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Higher education
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week agoNo tuition, no grades, no power grid: why are people flocking to a college' in the middle of the desert?
Mars College offers a unique, unstructured creative writing environment in the California desert, emphasizing collaboration and artistic expression without traditional academic constraints.
Higher education
fromInside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
2 weeks agoWhen Two Become One
Higher education leaders are increasingly exploring mergers and acquisitions as a survival strategy, with estimates suggesting 400 colleges face closure within five years without consolidation.
Higher education
fromInside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
2 weeks agoNew Company Helps Community College Students Study Abroad
Transfer Abroad Network creates pathways for U.S. community college students to transfer to international universities, addressing a decades-long infrastructure gap that previously required starting as first-year students.
Higher education
fromInside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
2 weeks agoA Few Reasons for Optimism Amid Lots of Doom (column)
Georgia's shift toward need-based financial aid addresses higher education's failure to reduce wealth disparities, reversing decades of merit-based scholarship policies that disproportionately benefited wealthy and white students.
Higher education
fromInside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
3 weeks agoCommon App Data Shows Increase in Applications
College applications increased 5 percent to 9.4 million as of March 1, 2025, with more students voluntarily submitting standardized test scores despite most institutions remaining test-optional.
Higher education
fromSlate Magazine
3 weeks agoEmployers, Parents, and Politicians Have Requested a Drastic Change to American Colleges. They're Getting It.
Colleges nationwide are rapidly introducing three-year bachelor's degrees requiring 90 credits instead of the traditional 120, allowing students to save time and tuition costs while entering the workforce sooner.
Higher education
fromInside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
3 weeks agoNew Book Points Way Forward for Higher Education
Place-based learning rooted in community and shared purpose offers an alternative to transactional higher education models that have failed multiple generations of students.
fromInside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
3 weeks agoNet Tuition Price Continues to Trend Downward
In general, students across all income brackets are paying less for college, adjusted for inflation, than they did six years ago at all types of institutions. In some cases, those drops were especially high, including for low- and middle-income students at the nation's wealthiest private colleges; their average net price dropped 28.1 percent and 30.8 percent, respectively.
Higher education
Higher education
fromUrban Milwaukee
3 weeks agoUniversities Moving Toward 3-Year Degrees?
Mount Mary University launched Wisconsin's first reduced-credit bachelor's degree program allowing students to graduate in three years with 95 credits instead of 120, and the UW System is considering similar 90-credit degree options.
Higher education
fromInside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
1 month agoHow Diversity Gained-and Lost-Its Place in Higher Ed
Diversity evolved from a non-partisan educational principle championed by conservative justices into today's polarized concept, with its institutional value historically recognized across political lines.
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months agoJust not monetizable': humanities programs face existential crisis at US universities
The mock funeral was a protest against the university administration's plan to overhaul the college by consolidating its departments into four thematic schools including one devoted to human narratives and creative expressions, encompassing what was previously taught in the English, classics, languages and Latino Studies departments, among others. Fears over the future of the humanities aren't limited to New Jersey's second-largest public university.
Higher education
fromInside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
2 months agoHow Colleges Hope to Approach International Higher Ed in 2026
Amid uncertainty about what the future may bring for international higher education, institutions are investing in new recruitment strategies or looking at new ways to reach international students, according to international education experts. That may involve recruiting more from countries that weren't as affected by visa delays, forging new partnerships with international recruiting agencies or launching new branch campuses to reach international students in their home countries.
Higher education
Higher education
fromInside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
2 months agoMapping Out the "Current Moment" in College Admissions
The Supreme Court's 2023 decision ended race-conscious admissions but permits institutions to pursue alternative strategies to promote racial diversity in admissions processes.
Higher education
fromInside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
2 months agoFall Enrollment Increased 1%, International Students Declined
U.S. higher education enrollment grew 1% to 19.4 million in fall, driven by community college gains and contrasting international graduate declines with undergraduate increases.
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