Top stories in higher ed for Thursday
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| Lumina Foundation is committed to increasing the proportion of Americans with high-quality degrees, certificates and other credentials to 60 percent by 2025. |
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As Supreme Court Considers Affirmative Action, Colleges See Few Other Ways to Diversity Goals Collin Binkley, The Associated Press SHARE: Facebook • Twitter As an alternative to affirmative action, colleges from California to Florida have tried a range of strategies to achieve the diversity they say is essential to their campuses. Many have given greater preference to low-income families. Others started admitting top students from every community in their state. But after years of experimentation—often prompted by state-level bans on considering race in admissions—there’s no clear solution. In states requiring race-neutral policies, many colleges have seen enrollment drops among Black and Hispanic students, especially at selective colleges. |
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Photo: James BernalCollege Access Saves Money, Prevents Crime and Gives Prisoners a Second Chance Jason Levin, The Hechinger Report SHARE: Facebook • Twitter The expansion of the Second Change Pell Grant program represents more than a second chance for students who are incarcerated. Done right, this could be a pivotal moment for higher education to also revamp the postsecondary experience for other underserved learners, including those coming from under-resourced rural areas and environments that lack college preparation programming. |
Religion and Higher Education Michael Horn and Jeff Selingo, Future U SHARE: Facebook • Twitter Many religious colleges and universities are wrestling with thorny questions over whether to maintain their religious identity and just what that identity really means for their operations and mission. Clark Gilbert of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints delves into the role of religion in higher education and why he believes religion is central to addressing some of the most vexing challenges facing colleges and students today. |
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| Photo: Sarah Silbiger/The Washington PostBiden’s Student Debt Plan Hangs in Balance as Major Supreme Court Rulings Loom Lawrence Hurley, NBC News SHARE: Facebook • Twitter For months, the Biden administration’s ambitious plan to discharge billions of dollars of student loan debt has been on ice, blocked by lower courts, its fate left in the hands of skeptical conservative justices on the U.S. Supreme Court. Decision day is fast approaching. And the stakes are high, with 43 million people eligible for up to $20,000 in debt relief. |
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Physical Health and Wellness Linked to Student Success Colleen Flaherty, Inside Higher Ed SHARE: Facebook • Twitter More college students say emotional stress is taking a toll on their academic success. The impact is more challenging for certain groups of students, including those with physical disabilities or chronic illnesses, those with mental health conditions, and even two-year college students relative to four-year students. Institutions are increasingly aware of the interplay between stress, mental health, and physical health—and many are investing in wellness resources in order to get in front of what’s been described as the college mental health crisis. |
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Texas Lawmakers Pass Ban on D.E.I. Programs at State Universities Audra D. S. Burch, The New York Times SHARE: Facebook • Twitter Across the country, public colleges and universities have opened diversity, equity, and inclusion offices to help attract and support a broad range of students. But in recent months, those efforts have been targeted by conservative state legislators who paint them as discriminatory. The latest state to jump on the anti-DEI bandwagon: Texas. |
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RACIAL JUSTICE AND EQUITY |
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