Higher Ed Dive

APRIL 17, 2024

The current system for listing college costs hampers student decisions about where to attend, a Brookings Institution report contends.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 24, 2024

community college students are finding that their schools are not equipping them with the knowledge to succeed after they graduate, according to recent findings from University of Texas at Austin’s 2023 Community College Survey of Student Engagement (CCCSE). Sizable portions of U.S.

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University Business

APRIL 3, 2024

Antioch College President Jane Fernandes was elated when she discovered her college would be formally designated as a Federal Work College by the Department of Education. A high proportion of the students are first-generation and Pell Grant eligible. Among them are: Alice Lloyd College in Pippa Passes (Ky.)

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

The College Board, the nonprofit that owns and administers the SAT and PSAT as well as AP tests, will pay a $750,000 settlement to the New York State attorney general’s office for illegally sharing and selling students’ personal data collected through its exams.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 15, 2024

Community colleges were able to persevere through the pandemic thanks to the emergency relief funding passed through Congress. That’s the conclusion of the latest research from the Accelerating Recovery in Community Colleges Network at the Community College Research Center (CCRC) at Columbia University. Dr. Karen A.

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Inside Higher Ed

APRIL 16, 2024

Louis Community College at Meramec is investigating alleged misconduct by a campus police officer after an anonymous student who felt threatened asked the officer for help.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 26, 2024

Black and Hispanic students were more likely than their white classmates to have considered leaving college in the last six months, according to a recent report from Gallup and the Lumina Foundation. The report also found that stress was the leading reason students considered stopping out.

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University Business

APRIL 2, 2024

A working paper from the Community College Research Center (CCRC) at Columbia University studying two-year students’ habits has linked mental health-related issues, such as anxiety and depression, to worse persistence rates and credit accumulation.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Adult community college students in degree-progressing English and math courses are nearing parity with their traditional-age student counterparts when it comes to course completion, according to a new report from California Competes.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 25, 2024

The 2024 Federal Budget for Colleges, Researchers and Students Doug Lederman Mon, 03/25/2024 - 03:00 AM Most federal programs important to higher education will see little to no increase in support. Byline(s) Doug Lederman

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 12, 2024

Catholic College Fully Embraces LGBTQ+ Students’ Needs jessica.blake@… Fri, 01/12/2024 - 03:00 AM Sacred Heart University in Connecticut is one of a few Catholic institutions to establish an LGBTQ+ students’ center and hire a manager of LGBTQ+ affairs. Byline(s) Jessica Blake

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 18, 2024

A college education gave Aracely Bahenat access to a career in health care that enabled her to provide a better life for her three sons and escape violent domestic abuse. Four in every 10 college undergraduates leave school before completing a degree. Almost 80% of students work, with 30% employed full-time.

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Inside Higher Ed

APRIL 12, 2024

OCR: Hinds Community College Failed to Support Pregnant Student, Violated Title IX Katherine Knott Fri, 04/12/2024 - 03:00 AM Byline(s) Katherine Knott

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 5, 2024

California Offers Stipends to Financially Vulnerable Community College Students kathryn.palmer… Tue, 03/05/2024 - 03:00 AM A new pilot program gives students who were formerly incarcerated or in the foster care system, and some low-income parents, money to help pay their living costs. Byline(s) Kathryn Palmer

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

The results of a recent survey from New America, a left-leaning think tank, show that nearly half of students who left community college before fall 2023 with some credit but no degree or credential cite having to work as a major reason why.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

College Transfer Process Is ‘DIY’ for Many Students jessica.blake@… Tue, 11/14/2023 - 03:00 AM A new report magnifies existing hurdles students face when attempting to transfer from a two-year college to a four-year institution. Byline(s) Jessica Blake

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The Chronicle of Higher Education

MARCH 4, 2024

By Kate Hidalgo Bellows A campus group at Rice University, which isn't subject to a new Texas law banning diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts, offered honorary membership to peers at other colleges.

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University Business

JANUARY 10, 2024

Community colleges are in dire need of support as more reports convey just how few of their students are succeeding. Some colleges have succeeded in employing mentorship opportunities and finding innovative ways to support their students financially to help boost retention rates.

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University Business

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

In recent agency research, a young first-generation Hispanic college student shared that she was initially not going to attend college because she did not know what to study. The challenge was that none of these paths aligned with this young Hispanic student’s interests or strengths—she did not like math.

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The PIE News

JANUARY 4, 2024

A liberal arts and sciences college from New York has pledged to support 425 refugee and displaced students in the next four years as the UN seeks to reach its 15by30 target. The College is also representing OSUN in co-leading the UNHCR’s 15by30 Multistakeholder Pledge.

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University Business

APRIL 24, 2024

A large majority of community college students have a career in mind, but they also say that they don’t have enough information about the paths that will get them to those jobs. Some 90% of 83,000-plus students who responded to the 2023 Community College Survey of Student Engagement said they had zeroed in on a career path.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 14, 2024

Students at Monroe Community College in New York are objecting a decision to allow campus safety officers to carry long rifles on campus. Some students held a protest rally on Monday to voice their opposition, Rochester First reported.

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University Business

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Student support programs are increasingly filling up college and university “To-Do” lists to ensure undergraduates are in the best position to thrive during their studies. However, colleges aren’t doing enough to ensure students are able to transition out of a life solely focused on class and getting good grades.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Several decades ago, I witnessed this with my Aunt Bobbie, who enrolled in college while her kids were in grade school. In addition to being a college student, she was a wife, mother of three, executive assistant, and an involved auntie. Students achieve value from college when they are better off for having attended.

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The PIE News

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

At a time when the world’s challenges and opportunities are increasingly global and the resources supporting study abroad have never been greater, why are so few American students pursuing international education? million students enrolled in college, just under 170,000 studied abroad in the 2021/22 academic year.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 16, 2024

Report: 4 Ways to Promote Rural College Student Enrollment, Completion Ashley Mowreader Tue, 01/16/2024 - 03:00 AM A new brief by the Institute for College Access and Success highlights the unique challenges students from rural communities can face in postsecondary degree attainment and some ways colleges and universities can bridge the gap.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Survey Teaser: Helping Students Prepare for Life After College colleen.flaherty Tue, 11/21/2023 - 03:00 AM Respondents to the newest Student Voice survey seem to value passion as much as practicality in preparing for a career and expect moderate to high levels of support from professors and academic advisers in this area.

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Insight Into Diversity

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Bridging the gap between community colleges and STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) professions, Stanford University’s student-run Community College Outreach Program (CCOP) is launching research internships and summer boot camps for aspiring students. Students need support to navigate those challenges. —

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University Business

MARCH 19, 2024

Students need more reassurance than ever from higher education that skills acquisition from a college or university is well worth it. For example, Butler+ has enacted policies and implemented frameworks across all of its colleges to streamline onramps and offramps for busy adults already in the workforce.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 11, 2024

Community college students in California will now have an easier time lining up their academic progress to transfer to a California State University (CSU) system school, now that CSU has opened up access to its recent Transfer Planner to even more students.

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University Business

MARCH 18, 2024

and Mercy College (N.Y.) have recently unveiled new strategies for winning the confidence of Latinx applicants, leading the charge to ensure the country’s most potent student demographic is benefiting from higher education. However, data suggests colleges and universities are failing to capitalize on Latinx enrollment.

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The Chronicle of Higher Education

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Administrators, advocates, and students are at odds over how to define and effectively fight antisemitism. By Katherine Mangan and Maggie Hicks Administrators, advocates, and students are at odds over how to define and effectively fight antisemitism.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Could a Per-Student Tax Alleviate a College Town’s Budget Challenges? City officials want to tax the university $50 per student, per semester. kathryn.palmer… Mon, 02/19/2024 - 03:00 AM The University of Delaware owns nearly 35 percent of the untaxed property in Newark but is exempt from paying property taxes.

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University Business

APRIL 18, 2024

The steady trickle of colleges falling is beginning to reveal the effect it’s having on students, especially those who received abrupt notification from their institution. Since University Business last reported a college closure ( Notre Dame College on Feb. However, public colleges are not free from harm.

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WCET Frontiers

OCTOBER 12, 2023

All this month and leading up to the Annual Meeting, WCET Frontiers will feature posts from our three selected recipients: Rio Salado College – RioPACT Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education – Online Consortium of Oklahoma Sinclair Community College – Course Equity Rubric.

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The Chronicle of Higher Education

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Rural Black students confront distinct challenges in college access. Brian Charles Organizations like the College Advising Corps seek to create pathways from underserved high schools to college. It isn’t easy.

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ACRLog

MARCH 21, 2024

I’ll start this post with some examples of declining digital and computer literacy that me and my colleagues have noticed just in the past academic year with students. Oftentimes when students come to the desk for help with formatting a paper, they haven’t attempted to figure it out themselves. Students might not yet.

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