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Labor Department aims to grow apprenticeships with new rule
The agency will soon be able to allow several kinds of entities, including colleges and trade associations, to monitor and establish programs.
By Natalie Schwartz • March 12, 2020 -
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Sponsored by BlackboardBlackboard works together with the education community to deliver continuity of education during coronavirus
In this time of uncertainty, schools, institutions, companies and even governments are faced with making decisions in hours about whether to shut down and move online.
By Lee Blakemore, Chief Client Officer • March 12, 2020 -
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MOOC providers offer some free course access amid coronavirus outbreak
New initiatives from edX and Coursera are opening up more of their platforms' courses as colleges take instruction online.
By Natalie Schwartz • March 12, 2020 -
Blackboard to sell open-source LMS platform for $32M
By off-loading the unit, the company is shifting from a part of the learning management system market it once sought to serve.
By Hallie Busta • March 11, 2020 -
Wake Forest, Kaplan partner on financial services certifications
The offering aims to support the growing industry in Charlotte, North Carolina, and it comes as more colleges tap into the market of working adults.
By Kate Tornone , Hallie Busta • March 11, 2020 -
Report: How workers without 4-year degrees can translate their skills to higher-paying jobs
Researchers mapped potential pathways for employees to switch to high-wage occupations with similar skill requirements to their current roles.
By Natalie Schwartz • March 10, 2020 -
Feds relax online education rules for international students amid coronavirus threat
New guidance offers flexibility for teaching this important student group as colleges move classes online to help stem or prevent outbreaks on campus.
By Hallie Busta • March 10, 2020 -
Harvard, other colleges tell students to move out as coronavirus concerns grow
Some institutions are vacating large swaths of campus as the respiratory illness COVID-19 continues to spread. Many more are taking classes online.
By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • March 10, 2020 -
VA may stop approving new GI Bill enrollments at 5 universities
The department found "sufficient evidence" of false or misleading advertising, sales or enrollment tactics, and is giving the schools 60 days to make changes.
By Hallie Busta • March 9, 2020 -
Who wins when a state guarantees college admission to its top high school students?
Texas' Top Ten Percent rule helped less-advantaged students get a seat at its flagship university, a new report finds.
By Natalie Schwartz • March 9, 2020 -
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Deep DiveVermont's liberal arts colleges push back on closure concerns
As institutions shutter across the state, leaders of the remaining schools face a new challenge: proving to students, and themselves, they're not next.
By Natalie Schwartz • March 9, 2020 -
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Coronavirus threat prompts more cancellations for colleges
As more cases of the respiratory illness COVID-19 are confirmed nationwide, colleges are beginning to move instruction online.
By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • March 9, 2020 -
Ed Dept expands options for online learning in response to coronavirus
New guidance covering five scenarios waives or slackens certain approval processes and technology requirements for classes affected by an outbreak.
By Hallie Busta • March 6, 2020 -
U of Washington first major campus to cancel in-person classes over coronavirus concerns
The institution will make all instruction and exams remote for the rest of the winter quarter in light of an outbreak in the Seattle area.
By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • March 6, 2020 -
Senate 'almost certain' it will not cut aid programs, GOP leader tells DeVos
Lawmakers are unlikely to approve budget reductions proposed for the U.S. Department of Education, according to a Senate subcommittee chair.
By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • March 6, 2020 -
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Deep DiveThe Ed Dept is leaning on mediation to clear backlog of sexual violence cases, sources say
Its push comes as the laws and regulations around Title IX shift, creating a complicated oversight landscape.
By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • March 5, 2020 -
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Higher ed groups share guides to help prep for the coronavirus
From health precautions to instructional continuity, associations are sharing resources for colleges readying for a potential outbreak on their campus.
By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • March 5, 2020 -
A new state bill could challenge key interstate distance learning pact
Maryland legislation may test the limits of new federal state authorization rules and an agreement that lets colleges offer online programs out-of-state.
By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • March 4, 2020 -
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Report: Enrollment woes could push colleges to use AI and data analytics
Educause's annual look at the use of new technologies in higher education shows how institutions are adopting the tools to attract and retain students.
By Natalie Schwartz • March 4, 2020 -
As coronavirus concerns rise in US, colleges look online for continuity
Schools are planning for a short-term disruption in campus-based classes, but ed tech firms say their questions highlight a bigger trend.
By Hallie Busta • March 3, 2020 -
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Survey: Most grads would change majors if they could redo college
Millennials tend to desire degrees that could give them better job opportunities, while Gen Xers want ones that align with their passions.
By Natalie Schwartz • March 2, 2020 -
College completion rates still rising in most states
A majority of states saw big gains, particularly at two-year colleges, according to new National Student Clearinghouse Research Center data.
By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • March 2, 2020 -
Another mega fundraising campaign goes public: UC Berkeley eyes $6B
News of the donor push comes just days after the University of California, Los Angeles, announced it raised $5.5 billion.
By Hallie Busta • March 2, 2020 -
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Sponsored by OnSolveSevere weather preparedness – Tips and guidance for higher education
Weather events are the one crisis that can be anticipated. Put weather preparedness plans in place with these guidelines.
March 2, 2020 -
UCLA brings in $5.5B as public colleges eye donors
It's one of the biggest fundraising hauls for a public university yet, coming as institutions look to donors to help offset lower levels of state support.
By Hallie Busta • Feb. 28, 2020
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