Student-loan debt has ballooned to an unprecedented size; the latest developments in higher ed and the coronavirus; and more.
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Over the past decade, student-loan debt has ballooned to an unprecedented size. What does the data say about who holds America’s $1.5-trillion student-loan debt? (PREMIUM)
By Don Troop, Bennett Leckrone, and Danielle McLean
College debt in the United States doubled, to $1.5 trillion, in the decade following the Great Recession. Whether that’s a problem depends on your perspective. (PREMIUM)
In response to the outbreak of Covid-19, colleges are canceling study-abroad programs, academic associations are postponing conferences, and administrators are planning for long-term disruption.
Fostering collaboration and innovation, RIT engineering students are replicating motion through technology, designing robotics that could be part of better functioning assistive technologies for people tomorrow.
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Scientists often rely on informal networking to admit doctoral students and hire postdocs. But those methods help keep women and people of color out of the pipeline.
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The New Jersey Institute of Technology has developed a cell- and gene-therapy professional science master’s degree program to meet growing demands from the biopharmaceutical industry.
This brief explores how institutions can create financial stability, adapt to an ever-evolving market, and emerge from an economic downturn stronger and savvier. Some institutions never fully recovered from the last recession, but with strong leadership, strategic mission-driven planning, and a continued emphasis on student success, they can be better equipped to mitigate the impact of the next economic downturn.
