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 […]
Career Education Review Jenny June 3, 2021 ACICS Will Appeal SDO Decision to the Secretary, Warns that Decision Marks a Fundamental Shift in Accreditation Policy and Should Serve as a Wake-up Call for Other Accreditors The Senior Department Official (SDO) at the Department of Education today accepted the recommendation of […]
Inside Higher Ed Emma Whitford June 3, 2021 The pandemic is still causing the number of students who transfer between and to two-year colleges to plummet, a new report shows. Meanwhile, transfer to four-year colleges is on the rise again. More than a year after the pandemic first disrupted higher […]
New America Rebekah Haigh June 1, 2021 More than 36 million Americans can claim some college but no degree. Luke Evans is one of them.[1] In a recent study, Lumina found that more than 47 percent of surveyed adults dropped out of a bachelor’s degree program. Of those with at least two […]
Higher Ed Dive Ryan Golden June 1, 2021 Dive Brief: Federal equal employment opportunity laws do not prohibit policies requiring that all employees who physically enter a workplace receive a COVID-19 vaccination, so long as such policies comply with the reasonable accommodation provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act and […]
Inside Higher Ed Alexis Gravely June 2, 2021 President Biden has released a plan to tackle racial wealth disparities in the United States, but he excluded the cancellation of student loan debt, which experts argue is one of the biggest parts of the problem. President Biden has announced a plan […]
Higher Ed Dive Jeremy Bauer-Wolf June 2, 2021 Dive Brief: Lawmakers are once again trying to expand the federal Pell Grant to job training programs of a shorter duration than are currently allowed. The proposal is being added to Senate legislation that means to boost the country’s research presence and […]
U.S. Chamber of Commerce June 1, 2021 WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation today launched America Works, a new nationwide initiative mobilizing industry and government to swiftly address America’s deepening worker shortage crisis. “As we stand on the cusp of what could be […]