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    Arizona State wants to reach 100M learners by 2030. Can it meet its goal?

    The university launched an initiative to offer an online global management certificate worldwide that will be translated into 40 different languages.

    By • Jan. 20, 2022
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    Consumer Financial Protection Bureau will examine private student lending

    The CFPB will look at practices like colleges restricting enrollment for students behind on loan payments and accelerating payments for those who withdraw.

    By Rick Seltzer • Jan. 20, 2022
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    Student Success

    Explore how universities are working to boost student outcomes by integrating remedial education, providing mental health tools and making education more accessible. 

    By Higher Ed Dive staff
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    Opinion

    Bring more early career scholars into the administrative fold

    Programs involving graduate students in college operations can improve higher ed and prepare a new generation to lead it, a Ph.D. candidate argues.

    By Edgar Virgüez • Jan. 19, 2022
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    Transfer enrollment steadies in fall 2021 after sharp declines the prior year

    Transfer student enrollment fell by less than 1%, according to new data from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center.

    By • Jan. 19, 2022
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    Associations challenge selectivity in college admissions, call for simplified policies

    Research from NASFAA and NACAC provides a policy blueprint for more equitable enrollment and financial aid procedures.

    By • Jan. 19, 2022
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    After U of Michigan president's ouster, faculty seek more empathetic leader

    Mark Schlissel didn't convince campus he was listening. Now he's been fired for an affair with a subordinate. Can the next president change the culture?

    By • Jan. 18, 2022
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    Former Kentucky State president sues financially embattled university for $270K severance

    M. Christopher Brown II alleges he was forced to resign, but the university argues he breached his contract by mismanaging the budget. 

    By • Jan. 18, 2022
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    Good for the planet, good for the bottom line: Advancing green practices in print operations

    While recycled, recyclable and tree-free paper can be meaningful steps toward sustainability, colleges and universities can do more to work to reduce the carbon footprint of their print or mail operations. 

    Jan. 18, 2022
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    How student-centered graduate research drives diversity

    The 2021-2022 academic year will provide a fitting opportunity to explore institutional changes such as shifting the dynamic to student-centered.

    By Steve Matson • Jan. 17, 2022
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    Students less likely to attend college if they didn't think their families could pay

    About a third of 11th graders indicated their families couldn't afford to send them to college. They ended up enrolling in much lower numbers.

    By Rick Seltzer • Jan. 14, 2022
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    Carnegie Classifications cancel planned move between colleges

    The system sorting higher ed institutions by type will remain at Indiana University for now after Albion College's president resigned under pressure.

    By • Jan. 14, 2022
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    Student loan giant Navient inks $1.85B settlement over fraud claims

    The company will cancel the student loan debt of about 66,000 borrowers in an agreement with 39 state attorneys general.

    By • Jan. 13, 2022
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    Public colleges' presidential searches would be secret under new Florida bill

    The legislation suggests having an open process risks applicants' current jobs if it becomes known they are seeking employment elsewhere.

    By • Jan. 13, 2022
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    SCOTUS upholds stay on OSHA’s vaccine mandate

    The justices opted to dissolve injunctions placed on a separate vaccination mandate for healthcare workers.

    By Ryan Golden • Jan. 13, 2022
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    Colleges enrolled 1M fewer undergrads in fall 2021 than before the pandemic

    Enrollment was 6.6% lower this fall than it was two years earlier, according to final figures from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center.

    By • Jan. 13, 2022
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    Iowa regents vote to no longer require SAT or ACT scores from applicants

    The state board of regents unanimously approved the admissions policy change, setting up another success for the national test-optional movement.

    By • Jan. 12, 2022
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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.

    By • Jan. 11, 2022
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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.

    By • Jan. 10, 2022
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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.

    By • Jan. 10, 2022
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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.

    By • Jan. 7, 2022
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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. 

    By • Jan. 7, 2022
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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.

    By • Jan. 6, 2022
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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.

    By • Jan. 6, 2022
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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.

    By • Jan. 5, 2022
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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.

    By • Jan. 5, 2022