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How Perceptions of College Value Play Out on Social Media

How Perceptions of College Value Play Out on Social Media

Inside Higher Ed  Jessica Blake March 21, 2024 A scan of 13,000 social media comments discussing the value of going to college shows that 93 percent of them reflected negative or neutral views, a recent report finds. The study by Campus Sonar uses a research methodology known as social listening or social intelligence […]

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Another Delay for Revised TPS Expansion Guidance

Another Delay for Revised TPS Expansion Guidance

On Ed Tech Phil Hill March 20, 2024 The ever-changing plans from the Department of Education on display Two of the biggest questions in EdTech center around the plans for the US Department of Education (ED) and whether / when it will release revised guidance on two items targeting the […]

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On-The-Job Training Prevails as Students’ Disinterest in College Grows

On-The-Job Training Prevails as Students’ Disinterest in College Grows

The 74 Joshua Bay March 13, 2024 Four things to know about students’ rising interest in immediate employment and apathy towards a college degree. A new study has found more than 80 percent of high schoolers value on-the-job training over other postsecondary options, including a four-year degree — laying bare students’ interest […]

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Biden Seeks Another Pell Grant Increase, but Shortfall Looms

Biden Seeks Another Pell Grant Increase, but Shortfall Looms

Inside Higher Ed Katherine Knott March 12, 2024 The president’s latest proposed budget would boost the maximum Pell Grant by $750 for students at nonprofit private and public colleges. Whether and how Congress will pay for such an increase is unclear. President Biden wants $2.1 billion next fiscal year to […]

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University of Arizona Eyes Consolidation With UAGC

University of Arizona Eyes Consolidation With UAGC

Inside Higher Ed Lauren Coffey March 7, 2024 The deal, subtly mentioned in a letter to Arizona’s governor, left more questions than answers as the university remains under fire. The University of Arizona is looking to completely absorb its acquired online campus, creating another twist in a saga tinged with […]

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Fitch Says FAFSA Delays Put Private Colleges at Risk

Fitch Says FAFSA Delays Put Private Colleges at Risk

Inside Higher Ed Katherine Knott March 7, 2024 Delays in processing financial aid applications could threaten the credit or viability of small private colleges that serve students who are low income or come from underrepresented groups, Fitch Ratings warned in an alert Wednesday. The Free Application for Federal Student Aid delay is one […]

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Professors Evacuated, Put on Leave in Hectic Pro-Palestine Protest

Professors Evacuated, Put on Leave in Hectic Pro-Palestine Protest

Inside Higher Ed Ryan Quinn February 27, 2024 When the director of Jewish studies at one California State University campus visited another to speak on Israel and Palestine, things went awry. An incident last week at San José State University laid bare just how contentious the Israel-Palestine conflict continues to […]

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