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FAFSA completion falls about 9% from previous year, report says
The drop was driven by a decline in renewals, especially among Pell Grant-eligible students, the National College Attainment Network found.
By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • April 28, 2022 -
Education Department plans to issue Title IX proposal in May, not April as expected
Advocates for sexual assault survivors had pressed the agency to speed up its timeline for publishing the highly anticipated draft rule.
By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • April 28, 2022 -
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Emerging Technology
As higher ed deals with enrollment declines and other challenges, colleges need to consider how increased and changing use of technology affects students and campus finances.
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Advisers for Mississippi public college president searches are now secret. They won't even know each other.
New policy change by the state's governing board makes the names of these group members confidential, even between each other.
By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • April 28, 2022 -
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Higher ed faces shrinking workforce and pay increases outpaced by inflation
Trends have been worsened by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new workforce survey for 2021-22 from CUPA-HR.
By Laura Spitalniak • April 27, 2022 -
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3 in 4 think race shouldn't factor into college admissions decisions, survey finds
Roughly a third of adults favor standardized test scores, according to Pew survey examining public perception of college admissions factors.
By Laura Spitalniak • April 27, 2022 -
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University of Arizona Global Campus regains access to GI Bill benefits
The online college can once again offer military education benefits after they lapsed for about three weeks because of agency delays.
By Natalie Schwartz • April 26, 2022 -
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Ed Dept expands Second Chance Pell program for third time
Addition of 73 colleges means 200 can now participate with grants for students in prison.
By Laura Spitalniak • April 26, 2022 -
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Western Kentucky U's general counsel for over 2 decades sues over termination
Deborah Wilkins says officials retaliated against her after she reported top-ranking administrators for policy violations.
By Natalie Schwartz • April 26, 2022 -
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Marymount California University to shut down following merger attempt
Catholic institution says it will close permanently after effort to join Florida-based Saint Leo University failed.
By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • April 25, 2022 -
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Progress on academic pay equity between genders stalls, report finds
The gap between male and female professors' pay has barely moved since 2010–11, according to AAUP.
By Laura Spitalniak • Updated April 29, 2022 -
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Consumer law watchdog: Transcript withholding can harm college students
The CFPB said it would start looking into academic transcript holds, following a call from Education Secretary Miguel Cardona to end the practice.
By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • April 22, 2022 -
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Q&AHow Valerie Ashby plans to succeed outsized figure Freeman Hrabowski as head of UMBC
President-in-waiting doesn't feel pressure to mirror her predecessor and speaks highly of UMBC's investment in excellence through diversity.
By Laura Spitalniak • April 22, 2022 -
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A $400K settlement over misgendering a trans student could foreshadow wave of Title IX clashes
A Shawnee State University faculty member had sued the Ohio public institution over disciplinary action officials took against him.
By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • April 21, 2022 -
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Saint Leo and Marymount California universities abandon merger plan
The consolidation of the two Catholic institutions hit a roadblock after an accreditor declined to endorse it last year.
By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • April 21, 2022 -
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Admissions association will help lead test-optional enrollment study
A $1.4 million Gates Foundation grant will fund a NACAC-driven project examining enrollment patterns at 150 four-year colleges.
By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • April 20, 2022 -
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Florida bid to change public colleges' accreditors, add post-tenure review becomes law
Gov. Ron DeSantis signed legislation Tuesday setting up a potential showdown with federal rules governing accrediting agencies.
By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • Updated April 22, 2022 -
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Stress prompts 76% of 4-year college students to weigh leaving, survey finds
The results from a Gallup and Lumina Foundation poll should be a call to action for higher education leaders, one expert said.
By Laura Spitalniak • April 20, 2022 -
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OER adoption has the power to give students agency, report argues
Instructors using open education resources increased student choice in assignments and made courses more inclusive, Achieving the Dream found.
By Natalie Schwartz • April 20, 2022 -
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Ed Dept reviews payments for student loan forgiveness to fix 'forbearance steering'
Changes mean 40,000 borrowers will see their loans forgiven and 3.6 million will have past payments count toward debt clearance, officials said Tuesday.
By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • April 19, 2022 -
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Ombuds offer colleges conflict resolution in a contentious time
Ombudspeople provide employees with resources outside of the traditional HR hierarchy and improve workplace health, advocates say.
By Laura Spitalniak • April 19, 2022 -
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For-profit coding school BloomTech sued over alleged misrepresented job placement rates
The boot camp, formerly known as Lambda School, has been dogged by allegations it doesn't deliver the education or careers it promises.
By Natalie Schwartz • April 18, 2022 -
Deep Dive
Colleges twist in the wind with foreign gift requirements in limbo
Higher education is struggling to understand its current legal requirements, even as Congress debates changes to those laws.
By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • April 14, 2022 -
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How a recent policy shift at the Ed Department could affect for-profits
For-profit colleges worry recent regulatory actions will discourage investment in the sector, but policy advocates want the federal agency to be even stricter.
By Natalie Schwartz • April 13, 2022 -
Mizzou students with no admissions test scores had similar retention rates, GPAs versus peers
Experts weren't surprised by grade and persistence metrics coming in slightly lower, because students without SAT or ACT scores likely faced barriers.
By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • April 12, 2022 -
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DoorDash launches DashPass for Students
The $4.99 monthly subscription gives U.S. college students access to free delivery from grocers, convenience stores and restaurants.
By Julie Littman • Updated April 12, 2022
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