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Later this month, the nation's highest court will once again take up affirmative action in higher education when it considers the legality of race-conscious admissions programs.
This episode of Rethinking College visits a university that is making a big push to improve diversity without the consideration of race or gender in the admissions process.

Car companies across the country are shifting their resources to expand their electric fleets, a process that means retraining auto engineers who've spent years developing expertise in gas engines and classic transmissions to now work on these new types of cars.
Universities that were once a reliable pipeline of talent for the U.S. auto industry are stepping up to change, too.

College promise programs—in which scholarships typically cover college tuition and fees at postsecondary institutions—are turning to youth apprenticeship as a way to provide structured, low-cost pathways to college and careers.
The Kalamazoo Promise, the nation's longest operating college promise program, is doing just that with the creation of a new work-based learning initiative: Career Launch Kalamazoo.

A new report says emergency financial aid dispersed through the federal Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund helped college students stay enrolled in classes, provided stress relief, and improved academic outcomes.
The study provides a unique window into how institutions and students used the federal emergency aid because most colleges surveyed did not do their own evaluations; they were not required to.

While much attention is paid to the notoriously low acceptance rates at the universities in the Ivy League, less scrutiny has been given to the likelihood of a student being able to transfer into one of the eight schools.
One reason that transfer rates at the Ivies is seldom a topic of investigation might be because they happen so rarely. But as discussions continue about how elite institutions can increase access for higher education’s historically underserved students, an inspection of how they treat applications from students wanting to transfer is in order.

President Joe Biden’s announcement of student debt forgiveness in August included changes to income-driven repayment plans.
Improvements to the program, including more generous terms, could make income-driven repayment mirror Australia’s system. What drawbacks can the United States avoid?