Inside Higher Ed Josh Moody December 15, 2022 Utah governor Spencer Cox announced that the state is moving to eliminate requirements for bachelor’s degrees for state jobs. Instead, state hiring managers will emphasize experiences and competencies over degrees, according to a statement from the governor’s office released earlier this week. Utah’s executive branch “has 1,080 different classified […]
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WORKINGNATION Aneesh Raman December 13, 2022 The end of the year is often a time for reflection. Reflection about the biggest changes in the year that’s past as well as the biggest changes in the year to come. I’m ending this year with a longer-term view, thinking about how many of the changes reshaping the […]
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Insider Ayelet Sheffey December 13, 2022 ~ 9 million student-loan borrowers mistakenly received a November email saying they were approved for debt relief. ~ Correction emails started going out to the impacted borrowers this week. ~ The errors were made by Accenture Federal Services, a contractor of the department. Millions of student-loan borrowers should keep […]
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Higher Ed Dive Natalie Schwartz December 13, 2022 Dive Brief: ~ On-time completion rates for college students ticked up across most U.S. states from 2016 to 2021, according to a new report from Complete College America, a nonprofit aiming to improve postsecondary attainment. ~Improvements varied considerably. On-time completion rates […]
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