Inside Higher Ed Elizabeth Redden December 3, 2020 A federal judge on Tuesday set aside two Trump administration rules that narrowed eligibility for H-1B skilled worker visas and substantially increased wages for many H-1B holders. Colleges joined with businesses in suing to roll back the rules, which the Trump administration promulgated […]
Inside Higher Ed Scott Jaschik December 3, 2020 More than a third of prospective college students are reconsidering higher education. And 43 percent of prospective students for one- and two-year programs are looking to delay enrollment, survey finds. More than one-third of prospective college students are reconsidering higher education in […]
Inside Higher Ed Kery Murakami December 3, 2020 As he prepares to leave the Senate in a month, Senator Lamar Alexander urged senators to find a way again to work across party lines to pass measures dealing with the nation’s major problems by wide margins. The Republican senator, in a farewell […]
Inside Higher Ed Lindsay McKenzie December 2, 2021 The University of Arizona completed a deal for the for-profit Ashford University, it said yesterday, transferring control of Ashford from its parent company, Zovio, to a new nonprofit organization affiliated with the public university. Ashford will now operate as the University of […]
EINPRESSWIRE Office of the Attorney General California Department of Justice December 1, 2020 SACRAMENTO – California Attorney General Xavier Becerra today filed a comment letter opposing a request by a national for-profit college accreditor seeking to regain its federal recognition. In response to a solicitation by the U.S. Department of Education […]
Inside Higher Ed Lindsay McKenzie December 2, 2020 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices met yesterday to decide which populations should be the first to receive a COVID-19 vaccine after one is approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and endorsed by the committee. The […]
Career Education Review Jenny November 30, 2020 Event Highlights College’s Ongoing Commitment to Marking Students’ Achievements During Pandemic WEST COVINA, Calif.—On Friday, November 20, North-West College (NWC) once again came together with its family of Colleges, Glendale Career College and Nevada Career Institute, for a virtual Commencement Ceremony to recognize […]
Education Dive Natalie Schwartz November 28, 2020 Amazon Web Services is one of a handful of tech employers, including Google and Microsoft, helping colleges offer credentials in the field. Hassan Asqiriba, a computer science student from Mexico, dreams of working for Amazon Web Services or helping businesses use the cloud […]
Campus Safety Robin Hattersley-Grey November 23, 2020 Scientists now say disinfecting surfaces does little to reduce the transmission of the coronavirus. Although campuses have been soaping, wiping and fumigating surfaces to fight the coronavirus for months now, increasingly, scientists say there is little or no evidence these efforts keep COVID-19 […]
UB University Business Matt Zalaznick November 20, 2020 Communication, teamwork, leadership and problem-solving lead to higher earnings, report finds A new report confirms what many K-12 and college educators have been saying in recent years: Soft skills are critically important to employers across the workforce. The most in-demand skills across the […]