Higher Ed Dive Jeremy Bauer-Wolf June 2, 2021 UPDATE: June 9, 2020: The Senate on Tuesday passed the $250 billion U.S. Innovation and Competition Act, which means to improve the U.S.’s research competitiveness and curb Chinese influence. But lawmakers removed a provision that would have greenlit federal Pell Grants to be […]
Committee on Education and Labor June 3, 2021 The Honorable Miguel Cardona Secretary U.S. Department of Education 400 Maryland Avenue, SW Washington, D.C. 20202 Dear Secretary Cardona: I write regarding the U.S. Department of Education (Department) process for reviewing, approving, and monitoring for-profit college conversions to non-profit institutions. The U.S. […]
Higher Ed Dive Natalie Schwartz June 10, 2021 Dive Brief: College enrollment fell 3.5% in the spring term compared to the prior year, representing about 600,000 fewer students and marking the steepest annual drop in a decade, according to final figures from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center. A 4.9% […]
Cal Matters Mikhail Zinshteyn June 9, 2021 IN SUMMARY College faculty for decades have been seeking more money to hire full-time instructors. But could that hurt colleges financially down the line if student enrollments continue to sag? Rarely are college bean-counters skeptical of receiving more money, but a plan to […]
Career Education Review Jenny June 8, 2021 SAN MATEO, Calif., June 7, 2021—The Commission on Accreditation for Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP) has awarded programmatic accreditation upon the Ultrasound Technology Program. The programmatic accreditation is for the San Mateo campus. “We went through a rigorous process to achieve the CAAHEP […]
NPR Victoria Knight June 7, 2021 Two universities are eyeing the chance to be the first to build a medical school in one of the few states without one. The jockeying of the two schools to open campuses in Montana — one a nonprofit, the other for-profit — highlights the […]
Quartz Michelle Cheng June 4, 2021 Big events can impact what students choose to do with their lives. After 9/11, universities saw increased interest in the study of the Middle East, Arabic, and homeland security. The Covid-19 crisis had put the spotlight on medicine. Now, 56% of college students are reconsidering their […]
Higher Ed Dive Hallie Busta June 3, 2021 Dive Brief: The higher education sector lost enrollment during the pandemic, but a new analysis based on data from nearly 10 million recent high school graduates provides a more detailed look at who was missing from campuses this year. Using its own data and […]
Inside Higher Ed Scott Jaschik June 4, 2021 College Board analysis is latest to find that community colleges suffered more than four-year colleges, but report also suggests that four-year colleges saw a loss of students with higher grades. And some states saw gains in enrollment at four-year colleges. Who showed […]
Inside Higher Ed Doug Lederman June 3, 2021 The 2020 recession didn’t slow corporate spending on employee education and training. A $150 million investment in Guild Education, which helps employees find the learning they need, suggests continued growth in the market. The number of entities seeking to help corporations educate and […]