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    Opinion

    Here are ways professional education leaders can prepare students for the rise of AI

    Institutions must adapt their curricula to incorporate artificial intelligence-related topics, the dean of William & Mary Law School argues.

    By A. Benjamin Spencer • July 17, 2023
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    Free community college to continue in Maine

    The program, first created for high schoolers affected by COVID-19, will be extended for 2024 and 2025 graduates.

    By • July 17, 2023
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    Trendline

    International Students

    A look at trends in international enrollment — and what the numbers mean for U.S. colleges and universities.

    By Higher Ed Dive staff
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    High confidence in higher education reaches new low

    The latest findings by Gallup show that faith in college has sunk across every major subgroup, though Republicans have grown the most skeptical.

    By • July 11, 2023
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    UNC-Chapel Hill to start free tuition program in response to Supreme Court ruling

    North Carolina students and families earning under $80,000 a year will benefit beginning in 2024.

    By • July 10, 2023
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    Opinion

    How federal workforce programs can leave some students without credentials

    Federal law merely suggests that training providers confer a credential, but they are not required to do so, denying some participants an economic edge.   

    By Christopher Mullin • July 10, 2023
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    University of Missouri System to end scholarships that factor in race or ethnicity

    The campuses will honor financial aid commitments already awarded, as those were issued under previous interpretations from the Supreme Court.

    By • June 30, 2023
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    Gen Z values education — but doesn’t think a four-year degree is the only option

    A new survey found that high school students are weighing the time investment college requires as seriously as the financial investment.

    By • June 30, 2023
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    SCOTUS affirmative action ruling sets back physician diversity efforts, healthcare groups say

    The ruling could roll back gains in the number of minority physicians and ultimately hurt health outcomes, industry groups said. 

    By Emily Olsen • June 29, 2023
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    Which law students are more likely to prefer online J.D. classes?

    Roughly one-third of older students and underrepresented minority students said they favored online courses over in-person ones, a new survey found. 

    By Lilah Burke • June 29, 2023
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    ‘Unrelenting demands and stressors’: College leaders discuss mental health in academia

    Johns Hopkins University held its workplace well-being summit Tuesday, focusing on graduate students and faculty.

    By • June 28, 2023
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    Johns Hopkins, Emeritus launch program to train healthcare leaders

    The program aims to address a gap in business skills for healthcare executives.

    By Brian T. Horowitz • June 28, 2023
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    Google backs $20M effort to train students for key cybersecurity jobs

    The program will train a group of diverse students at 20 higher education centers across the U.S. 

    By David Jones • June 26, 2023
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    Cal State workgroup unveils plan to close Black students’ achievement gaps

    Recommendations include developing data-driven retention plans for Black students and creating culturally relevant curriculum.

    By • June 22, 2023
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    Duke will cover tuition for Carolina students from low- and middle-income households

    The selective private university expects the aid program to cost about $2 million and serve roughly 5% of undergraduates in the 2023-24 academic year.

    By • June 20, 2023
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    Here’s what data credential providers should publish to promote student equity

    Factors like costs, earnings and completion rates should be immediately available to help students know if programs have equitable outcomes. 

    By • June 16, 2023
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    Colleges must take ‘student-centered approach’ to prison education, report says

    Incarcerated students will be eligible for federal Pell Grants in less than a month.

    By • June 12, 2023
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    An Ohio experiment boosted graduation rates and earnings for community college students. Here’s how.

    Three of the state’s public two-year colleges successfully replicated a college completion program developed in New York, a six-year analysis found. 

    By • June 12, 2023
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    COVID-19 made 26% of high school seniors rethink where to go to college, survey finds

    The pandemic also influenced what majors students considered, according to ACT, the testing company.

    By • June 8, 2023
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    Inside the deal giving New Jersey college students 24/7 access to mental health services

    State officials are working with telehealth platform Uwill on the project they say is the first of its kind in the country.

    By • June 8, 2023
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    Should states require high school students to complete the FAFSA?

    Some research shows these policies boost form completions, but their impact on college attendance is less clear.

    By Lilah Burke • June 7, 2023
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    Online-only community college students less likely to interact with instructors and peers, survey finds

    But the same group also reported better preparedness for classes and a lower tendency to skip than students with at least one in-person course.

    By • June 7, 2023
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    Opinion

    How liberal arts colleges can make career services a priority

    Creating internships and focusing on short-term experiences has a big impact, the longtime undergraduate dean at the University of Chicago says. 

    By John Boyer • June 5, 2023
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    SUNY automatically admits 125K graduating high school students to local community colleges

    The system will send letters informing students in the coming days, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced.

    By • June 2, 2023
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    Inside the effort to improve transfers between community colleges and top-ranked schools

    Relatively few two-year college students go on to selective institutions, but some higher ed leaders are creating new pathways to change that. 

    By Lilah Burke • May 30, 2023
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    Opinion

    Think twice about outsourcing campus mental health services

    The president of the Association for University and College Counseling Center Directors urges institutions not to save money by cutting counseling staff.

    By Marcus Hotaling • May 30, 2023