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IT certifications ease tech job access as employers lower degree requirements
The tech talent crunch has companies looking beyond academic credentials to meet workforce demand. For burgeoning IT pros, there’s a chance to level up.
By Lindsey Wilkinson • Sept. 21, 2022 -
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Sponsored by TouchNetMaking higher ed mobile: Catering to student demands for ease, speed and access
Higher ed leaders don't have to look far to woo students with the devices they can't live without: their smartphones.
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TrendlineInternational Students
A look at trends in international enrollment — and what the numbers mean for U.S. colleges and universities.
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OpinionWe agree with the surgeon general. The door to fixing college mental health is cracked, and it’s time to blow it open.
Two Lumina Foundation leaders take up Vivek Murthy's call to expand counseling services and address loneliness among college students.
By Zainab Okolo and Jamie Merisotis • Sept. 19, 2022 -
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Gates Foundation pours $100M into college transformation effort
The five-year commitment flows through six intermediary organizations, which the foundation says is an evolution in its approach to grant-making.
By Rick Seltzer • Sept. 15, 2022 -
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What colleges should do to keep degrees from being segregated
Students enter college with majors split by race and gender. They graduate the same way, a Georgetown Law Center on Poverty and Inequality report said.
By Laura Spitalniak • Sept. 15, 2022 -
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Short-Term Pell didn’t make it into August’s CHIPS Act. Where does it go from here?
Several paths remain for expanding Pell Grants to programs as short as eight weeks, but they're unlikely, especially before November's midterms.
By Lilah Burke • Sept. 9, 2022 -
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Q&AHow one nonprofit is looking beyond ‘generic tools’ to help HBCUs boost retention
The Partnership for Education Advancement's CEO discusses working to boost technology at HBCUs and colleges that drive social mobility.
By Rick Seltzer • Sept. 9, 2022 -
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Colleges prepare to expand programming when Pell Grants are reinstated for prison education in 2023
Programs will be required to support students holistically, with academic advising, career advising and easily transferable credits.
By Laura Spitalniak • Sept. 8, 2022 -
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Over 1 in 20 students at a state flagship are caregivers, researchers found. They face these challenges.
Students with caregiving responsibilities were disproportionately women, receiving financial aid and attending college part time, researchers found.
By Laura Spitalniak • Sept. 8, 2022 -
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OpinionSkills-based learning is the key to improving ROI in education
Colleges must make sure students leave with hands-on experience, not just theoretical understanding, argues the executive director of Turing School.
By Jeff Casimir • Sept. 6, 2022 -
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Expand post-baccalaureate offerings to help diversify faculty, researchers say
More bridge programs between undergraduate and graduate studies can boost low-income students and students of color, according to Ithaka S+R.
By Laura Spitalniak • Sept. 1, 2022 -
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OpinionTurn to these ABCs to help a generation of college students devastated by the pandemic
Reaching learners now means going beyond waiving standardized test scores, argues the provost of The College of Health Care Professions.
By Joanitt Montano • Aug. 22, 2022 -
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College students who are parents face wide affordability gap, study finds
Parents making minimum wage must work 50-plus hours a week for tuition and child care. Colleges can help, but pay needs to rise, the Education Trust says.
By Lilah Burke • Aug. 19, 2022 -
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Q&AHow colleges can help neurodivergent students succeed
The dean of Beacon College's student success center discusses how the college navigated the pandemic and supports students with disabilities.
By Laura Spitalniak • Aug. 19, 2022 -
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California bill advances to clamp down further on community colleges’ remedial courses
The measure builds on a law passed in 2017 requiring two-year institutions to steer most students into transfer-level classes.
By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • Aug. 18, 2022 -
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How can leaders bridge the gap between higher ed and employers?
Report suggests making culture changes in higher ed and finding places colleges and employers can share space.
By Lilah Burke • Aug. 17, 2022 -
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OpinionFluid students flowing in and out of education are higher ed’s future. Here’s how colleges must adapt.
The Universities at Shady Grove's executive director adapts the fluid fan idea reshaping the business of sports, shedding light on higher ed's future.
By Anne Khademian • Aug. 15, 2022 -
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75% of master’s programs with high debt and low earnings are at private nonprofits
Urban Institute report undermines narrative that programs with poor student outcomes are all at for-profit colleges and in the humanities.
By Lilah Burke • Aug. 12, 2022 -
Eastern Gateway president: Heightened Cash Monitoring 2 status ‘has no impact’ on students
Regulators added to the Ohio community college's administrative burdens this week, but nothing changed for students, President Michael Geoghegan said.
By Rick Seltzer • Aug. 10, 2022 -
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What happened when the Common App offered college students proactive admission?
The organization began piloting a program last year admitting students to some institutions before they’d even applied. It says early results are promising.
By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • Aug. 10, 2022 -
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Nondegree pathways interest employers and Gen Z — but they still view them as too risky
A new survey found the two groups have similar views on the importance of skills-based hiring but want more information and options.
By Laura Spitalniak • Aug. 9, 2022 -
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College leaders appear at White House to discuss Dobbs fallout
Vice President Kamala Harris hosted a meeting where administrators raised concerns from student well-being to how their medical schools will teach.
By Rick Seltzer • Aug. 8, 2022 -
OpinionPresident Speaks: What Agnes Scott College learned about recreating in-person experiences online
The private women’s college prides itself on offering in-person experiences, but it had to switch gears during the early days of the pandemic.
By Leocadia I. Zak • Aug. 8, 2022 -
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Sponsored by Grammarly for EducationCommunication is a diversity, equity and inclusion challenge. Is your institution treating it like one?
The ability to communicate is an area overlooked amid efforts to provide accessible and equitable student support.
Aug. 8, 2022 -
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Meet 2 professors studying the faculty who teach critical race theory where it’s under fire
Kaleb Briscoe and Veronica Jones Baldwin are also examining legislation targeting the academic construct that's become a political flashpoint.
By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • Aug. 8, 2022
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