Inside Higher Ed Sara Weissman September 29, 2022 A new study explores why students drop out of college or choose not to enroll. A new study suggests that students choose to stop out of college and others choose not to enroll in the first place because of a range of “psychographics,” or psychological factors, including doubts about […]
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Higher Ed Dive Natalie Schwartz September 28, 2022 Dive Brief: The U.S. Education Department removed four colleges from its list of institutions whose students stand to receive automatic debt relief under a $6 billion settlement proposal, according to court documents. Last month, U.S. District Judge William Alsup granted preliminary approval of the settlement in the lawsuit Sweet v. […]
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Morning Consult Amanda Jacobson Snyder September 29, 2022 More than a third of U.S. adults who took on student loans to attend college believe that the decision to take on that debt was not worth it About 2 in 3 U.S. adults said vocational education, community and two-year colleges offer good value in secondary education, […]
Read MoreInside Higher Ed Doug Lederman September 27, 2022 Americans aren’t questioning the importance of higher education, but they’re concerned it is unaffordable and unavailable for too many people. Experts dig into the data. After decades of almost unquestioned public support as some of America’s most valued institutions, colleges and universities are facing growing questions—not about […]
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