Inside Higher Ed Johanna Alonso October 29, 2024 Distance plays an outsize role in students’ academic outcomes, especially for certain minority students, according to two studies out of Texas and California. Two new studies emphasize the ways geography impacts access to college—and how such impacts can be especially harmful for marginalized students. Together, the studies […]
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National Review Frederick M. Hess October 24, 2024 Miguel Cardona is the worst secretary in the 45-year history of the U.S. Department of Education, and it’s not particularly close. Reporting this brings me no glee. When Cardona took office in January 2021, after the media’s vicious, irresponsible treatment of his predecessor, Betsy DeVos, I argued against reflexive […]
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Higher Ed Dive October 30, 2024 We’re keeping track of companies’ profits, losses and strategies to monitor major developments in the higher ed industry. The U.S. higher education sector includes a handful of publicly traded companies, which are federally required to regularly provide updates about their business and performance. These disclosures offer a look into […]
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UB University Business Matt Zalaznick October 24, 2024 Closures are surging but at a lower rate than in the more turbulent years just before the COVID pandemic. College closures get a lot of attention but they may be having an outsize impact on the psyche of higher ed. A new analysis of the so-called enrollment cliff finds […]
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