Listen to the article 6 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. As the American public has lost confidence in higher education over the past few years, policymakers have begun talking more about return on investment. In the simplest terms, they say that graduates who invest time and money…
Listen to the article 2 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: The U.S. Department of Education said Tuesday that it began transmitting Free Application for Federal Student Aid data to colleges over the weekend. The department said it has started sending larger batches of FAFSA applicant…
Listen to the article 6 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: Republicans on the House Committee on Education and the Workforce took aim at colleges’ diversity, equity and inclusion practices during a two-hour hearing Thursday. Republicans focused much of their attention on diversity in medical education,…
Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: The Massachusetts Department of Higher Education is ramping up financial oversight for two of the state’s faith-based colleges, warning that it cannot confirm the institutions have the resources to stay open through the next academic…
Listen to the article 9 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Nick Swayne is the president of North Idaho College. He’s been president of the Coeur d’Alene community college since March 2023 — or, depending on your perspective, since August 2022. That discrepancy is because Swayne was placed…
Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: At least 190 U.S. colleges have postponed their commitment deadlines for the 2024-25 academic year amid federal financial aid delays, according to the National Association for College Admission Counseling. NACAC recently released a public directory…
Listen to the article 4 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: Pennsylvania colleges would be “equal partners” under Gov. Josh Shapiro’s plan to bring together the state’s university system and its community colleges, the governor’s office said in a recent report. Last month, the governor announced…
Listen to the article 7 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Call them power skills, durable skills or 21st century skills, but career development experts say it’s time to acknowledge that proficiency in empathy, critical thinking and collaboration are required to be successful in most jobs. And some…
Listen to the article 4 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: U.S. colleges received $58 billion in philanthropic support during the 2023 fiscal year, a 2.5% decline from the prior year, according to an annual survey from the Council for Advancement and Support of Education. That…
Listen to the article 4 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: Placing Head Start early learning programs on community college campuses has the potential to support both young children and their college-going parents, said the National Head Start Association and the Association of Community College Trustees,…