Students less likely to attend college if they didn't think their families could pay

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  Daily Roundup: Other news from around higher ed

  Mills College ends legal fight with alumnae association over merger plan. U of Virginia provost to lead U of Pennsylvania.

  Updated Jan. 14, 2022

  Leadership

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  6 higher education lawsuits to watch in 2022

  We're keeping an eye on cases including a challenge to affirmative action that could reach the Supreme Court and alleged price fixing by wealthy colleges.

  Policy & Legal

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  California governor proposes almost $40B for higher ed, sets long-term goals

  Budget plan would incentivize college leaders to close equity gaps, reduce students' cost of attendance and align learning goals with workforce needs.

  Student Success

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  Top-ranked colleges illegally conspire to limit financial aid offers, lawsuit alleges

  Five former students say 16 selective colleges violated antitrust laws, artificially raising the price of attendance and favoring wealthy students.

  Policy & Legal

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  Disruptions in hands-on programs contributed to enrollment drop at community colleges

  Course upheaval in male-dominated fields is linked to enrollment declines, an NBER working paper found.

  Enrollment

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  Inside one college's move to a 4-day workweek

  Staff and administrators at D'Youville College, in New York, will work 32 hours a week for the same compensation they had at five days per week. 

  Leadership

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  U of Southern California, U of Arizona require surgical or higher-grade masks

  The universities upped their requirements from simple cloth masks amid the omicron surge, requiring surgical masks or masks like KN95s and KF94s.

  Higher Ed

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  New York's governor shares ambitious new vision for SUNY

  The plan calls for boosting enrollment to 500,000 students but could pit newly designated flagships against others in the 64-campus system.

  Policy & Legal

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  Legislation would create new routes for sexual assault survivors to sue U of Michigan

  A proposal would open a 30-day window for students abused by a former sports doctor to file lawsuits beyond the statute of limitations.

  Policy & Legal

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  Q&A

  Government encouraged to step up on college accountability

  Simply providing data about student outcomes won't overcome the higher education market's failures, an education policy expert argues.

  Policy & Legal

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  Bates College fights federal labor board's decision on union vote

  The liberal arts institution says that nontenured faculty shouldn't be grouped together with staff, who have different interests.

  Policy & Legal

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  More immigrant students could be eligible for in-state tuition in New Jersey

  A bill awaiting the governor's signature would expand which visa holders qualify for the lower rate, as well as for state financial aid.

  Higher Ed

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  American Public Education completes Graduate School USA acquisition

  The government workforce training provider is the second acquisition in about four months for APEI, which cast the deal as diversifying its business lines.

  Online Learning

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  Deep Dive

  7 higher education trends to watch in 2022

  Politics bleeding into college operations, new regulatory action, continued expansion of online ed and more are stories we'll be following in 2022.

  Policy & Legal

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  How can colleges convince admitted students to enroll?

  Schools must use resources effectively and avoid expensive, personalized approaches for students who are unlikely to commit, a new EAB report says.

  Enrollment

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  Deep Dive

  What happened when one campus flip-flopped on mask mandates

  To faculty, on-again off-again requirements at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville looked like sinking time and resources into pleasing lawmakers.

  Policy & Legal

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  Opinion

  Hybrid learning sparks new worries about cheating. Can assessment evolve?

  Educators can find new ways to engage students instead of fighting disruptions to the old academic order with strict test-taking rules, Greg Toppo argues.

  Online Learning

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  3 in 4 professors are White. Here's how colleges are trying to diversify faculty.

  Institutions spend millions on efforts like cluster hiring in an attempt to respond to protests and employ faculty who look more like the students on campus.

  Leadership

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  Arizona scholarship to start covering tuition for low-income students attending 4-year universities

  The promise program is meant to boost college enrollment in a state where just 17% of current 9th graders are on pace to have four-year degrees by 2029.

  Updated Dec. 23, 2021

  Policy & Legal

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  Q&A

  D2L sets sights on linking colleges with companies to reskill workers

  The company's CEO and founder, John Baker, explains how the LMS provider plans to use the money raised from its recent initial public offering.

  Online Learning

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  Donor-advised funds boom likely benefited HBCUs

  Grants to racial justice organizations and historically Black colleges and universities spiked by 341% between 2019 and 2020, research finds.

  Finance

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  3 major trends affecting ed tech companies

  We reviewed what executives said during their latest earnings calls to better understand patterns in the growing sector.

  Online Learning

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  Harvard's extension of test-optional admissions signals policy is here to stay

  The university will not require entrance exams for four more years, and U of Kansas is offering new admissions pathways without the tests.

  Enrollment

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  Cal State system may permanently end admissions test requirements

  The 485,000-student system is among the largest in the U.S., making its decision key for the test-optional movement. 

  Higher Ed

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  Colleges take precautions as omicron spreads

  Rising coronavirus case counts come just as the fall term winds down, prompting institutions to pursue measures like moving final exams online.

  Online Learning

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