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    Financial aid administrators call for student loan system reforms

    NASFAA helped develop more than two dozen recommendations on components like loan plan design and servicer oversight.

    By • May 16, 2022
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    Q&A

    Can college pricing be fixed?

    An economics professor discusses why listed tuition differs so much from what families actually pay and how this system harms students. 

    By • May 13, 2022
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    Trendline

    Enrollment and Retention

    A look at the pandemic's continuing impact on enrollment and how colleges can ensure students stay on course.

    By Higher Ed Dive staff
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    Permanently expand SNAP benefits to college students, researchers say

    Lawmakers broadened eligibility for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, but those expansions are slated to expire.

    By • May 12, 2022
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    California bill would create revenue-sharing agreement with college athletes

    The proposal would apply to public and private institutions. Experts say it represents a significant departure from the NCAA's amateurism model.

    By • May 12, 2022
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    Zovio explores selling parts of its business as net losses continue

    The company, whose largest client is the University of Arizona Global Campus, touted recent enrollment gains, though they didn't stem revenue losses.

    By • May 11, 2022
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    The ABA is again trying to end LSAT requirements. Will it stick this time?

    A 2018 push to stop assessment mandates died amid worries for underserved law school applicants, but the accreditor is returning to the idea.

    By • May 11, 2022
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    Georgia system downsizes faculty role in presidential searches

    Officials said a new process will bring consistency, but a faculty group argues the change flies in the face of shared governance.

    By • May 10, 2022
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    'Pandemic classes' graduate in person this year as colleges seek to reconnect

    The University of Alaska Anchorage was one of several colleges hosting reunion commencements for students previously stuck celebrating remotely.

    By • May 10, 2022
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    2U continues consumer-centric pivot as Q1 losses widen

    The company said its recent acquisition of edX will help improve marketing costs, though those expenses increased in its latest quarterly earnings report.

    By • May 6, 2022
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    College contracts with OPMs need better oversight, watchdog says

    Reviews don't adequately assess whether deals with online program managers comply with federal law, the U.S. Government Accountability Office found. 

    By • May 5, 2022
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    Grand Canyon Education reports enrollment challenges with online students

    The service provider is confident that three new certificate programs built with its largest client will be a major draw.

    By • May 5, 2022
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    Coursera launches skills training academy for colleges and companies

    Experts say the move could help the company strengthen its focus on selling courses to colleges rather than consumers.

    By • May 4, 2022
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    Whitman College to meet students' full financial need following $10M gift

    A new scholarship will eventually benefit about 500 students in Washington state, about one-third of the liberal arts institution's student body.

    By • May 4, 2022
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    Transfer enrollment falls 6.9% in spring from a year ago

    The declines were driven by losses in upward transfer from two-year to four-year colleges, which may stem from declining community college enrollment.

    By • May 3, 2022
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    Ransomware hits 2 colleges at semester's end. What can others do?

    Austin Peay State University canceled some exams. Kellogg Community College closed campuses. Leaders elsewhere should take precautions.

    By • May 2, 2022
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    Opinion

    President Speaks: Why free speech and diversity and inclusion go hand in hand on campus

    The president of DePauw University draws her commitment to free speech from growing up in a diverse working-class neighborhood.

    By Lori White • May 2, 2022
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    Defense research funding for HBCUs, minority institutions lags, report says

    The Pentagon trails other federal agencies in share of R&D spending for HBCUs and other institutions with a large share of minority students.

    By • April 29, 2022
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    Q&A

    How can colleges assess their own well-being initiatives?

    Butler University recently launched a survey to capture how well students think their institutions support holistic health. Other colleges can use it.

    By • April 29, 2022
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    FAFSA completion falls about 9% from previous year, report says

    The drop was driven by a decline in renewals, especially among Pell Grant-eligible students, the National College Attainment Network found.

    By • April 28, 2022
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    Education Department plans to issue Title IX proposal in May, not April as expected

    Advocates for sexual assault survivors had pressed the agency to speed up its timeline for publishing the highly anticipated draft rule.

    By • April 28, 2022
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    Advisers for Mississippi public college president searches are now secret. They won't even know each other.

    New policy change by the state's governing board makes the names of these group members confidential, even between each other.

    By • April 28, 2022
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    Higher ed faces shrinking workforce and pay increases outpaced by inflation

    Trends have been worsened by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new workforce survey for 2021-22 from CUPA-HR.

    By • April 27, 2022
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    3 in 4 think race shouldn't factor into college admissions decisions, survey finds

    Roughly a third of adults favor standardized test scores, according to Pew survey examining public perception of college admissions factors.

    By • April 27, 2022
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    University of Arizona Global Campus regains access to GI Bill benefits

    The online college can once again offer military education benefits after they lapsed for about three weeks because of agency delays.

    By • April 26, 2022
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    Ed Dept expands Second Chance Pell program for third time

    Addition of 73 colleges means 200 can now participate with grants for students in prison.

    By • April 26, 2022