Top Higher Education News for Thursday
Lumina Foundation is committed to increasing the proportion of Americans with high-quality degrees, certificates and other credentials to 60 percent by 2025. |
| Jack Stripling, College Matters SHARE: Facebook • LinkedIn As colleges and universities across the country confront financial pressures and enrollment declines, heated conversations are underway about what majors and programs must be preserved—and what can be discarded. Jobs are at stake. Options for students are constricting. Even the very idea of what it means to be a university is changing. But colleges aren’t navigating this fraught terrain alone. In many instances, outside consultants are helping cash-strapped colleges cut programs—and taking the heat for it, too. |
| Sara Weissman, Inside Higher Ed SHARE: Facebook • LinkedIn A new survey reveals that Latino students have positive views of higher education and that their top motivations for pursuing college include getting well-paying jobs, working toward more fulfilling careers, and providing better lives for their families. But once these students actually reach college, they face a host of obstacles, including rampant food insecurity. |
| Danielle Douglas-Gabriel, The Washington Post SHARE: Facebook • LinkedIn After court rulings upended several student loan repayment plans and debt forgiveness, the U.S. Department of Education announced earlier this week that payments could be paused for at least six months for millions of borrowers. The department is scrambling to adjust to an injunction, in a lawsuit brought by Republican-led states, that bars the Biden administration from moving forward with the Saving on a Valuable Education program. More than eight million people have enrolled in the program since its launch last fall, and 400,000 have already had their debts wiped away. |
| Angela Dennis, Diverse Issues in Higher Education SHARE: Facebook • LinkedIn While the number of students earning humanities degrees has steadily dropped nationwide, a new report presents a more hopeful picture for Historically Black Colleges and Universities. Humanities degree completions at HBCUs have also declined, but the drop has been more gradual, and numbers have largely stabilized in recent years. The study credits the success of HBCUs in part to their ability to link humanities education to larger societal issues. |
| Ari Shapiro, Boise State Public Radio SHARE: Facebook • LinkedIn In the last few election cycles, voters have split along a fault line that didn't used to be a big deal in American politics. It's a new divide that's growing, and we'll find out just how quickly in a couple of weeks when election results come in. Political reporter Domenico Montanaro explains this new realignment and what it could mean for the 2024 presidential race in this interview. |
| Tiffany Thai, New America SHARE: Facebook • LinkedIn In today’s competitive job market, bridging the gap between education and employment is a challenge many community colleges face. One innovative initiative working to bridge this gap is Northern Virginia Community College’s Guaranteed Interview Program, which connects students directly with regional employers. Launched in November 2020, the effort allows employers to conduct initial screening interviews with current students and alums in specific applied degree and non-credit programs throughout the year. |
| Holly Zanville, The EvoLLLution |
| Yigal Kerszenbaum, RealClearEducation |
| Olivia Garrett, Corpus Christi Caller Times |
| Matt Zalaznick, University Business |
| Olivia Cheche, New America |
| Darrell Ehrlick, North Dakota Monitor |
| Ashley Mowreader, Inside Higher Ed |
| National Student Clearinghouse Research Center |
| Carrie Jung, WBUR (Massachusetts) |
| Eric Hoover, The Chronicle of Higher Education |
| Michael Elsen-Rooney, Chalkbeat New York |
| Sheridan Hendrix, The Columbus Dispatch |
| Tina Kelley, NJ Advance Media |
| Sarah Wood, U.S. News & World Report |
| Lasherica Thornton, EdSource |
| American Academy of Arts and Sciences |
| American Enterprise Institute |
| Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies |
| The Chronicle of Higher Education |
| National Bureau of Economic Research |
| Center on Reinventing Public Education |
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