Opinion: How to use a collaborative model to help graduate students learn

January 22, 2025

INSIDE HIGHER ED — Marieke Van Puymbroeck and Jenny Presgraves offer advice for building participation in a professional development program for graduate students and postdocs.

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US Supreme Court to review case involving student loan debt

January 22, 2025

ABA JOURNAL — The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear three new cases, including challenges to a federal rule that forgives student debt and to the part of the Affordable Care Act that requires insurance companies to cover some preventive care services.

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Some Los Angeles area universities begin semester with remote instruction in response to wildfires

January 22, 2025

ED SOURCE — Several Los Angeles-area colleges and universities have closed their campuses or otherwise curtailed in-person operations as multiple fast-moving wildfires forced thousands to evacuate, triggered power shutoffs and prompted air quality advisories in the region.

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Los Angeles area colleges decide whether to reopen or remain closed in response to wildfires

January 22, 2025

INSIDE HIGHER ED — Pepperdine University and the University of California, Los Angeles, switched to remote classes this week while others in the L.A. metro area are preparing to resume operations even as the region faces still-burning wildfires that have devastated the region.

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California universities suffer losses from recent wildfires

January 22, 2025

INSIDE HIGHER ED — Although colleges in Los Angeles escaped serious fire damage, leaders say they face a long road ahead as hundreds of students and faculty were displaced.

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Higher education organizations call for deadline delay on gainful employment data and financial value transparency

January 2, 2025

HIGHER ED DIVE — Fifty higher education groups on Friday urged the U.S. Department of Education to further delay the reporting deadline for the new gainful employment and financial value transparency regulations.

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A look at the biggest higher education stories from 2024

January 2, 2025

INSIDE HIGHER ED — This year featured high-profile scandals, resignations and protests but also showed the enduring value of colleges and universities.

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States awarded 11 percent more financial aid in 2022-23 over previous year

January 2, 2025

INSIDE HIGHER ED — States awarded 11 percent more financial aid to students in the 2022–23 academic year than the year before, the largest year-over-year increase in a decade, according to a new survey from the National Association of State Student Grant and Aid Programs.

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White House approves new FAFSA deadline

January 2, 2025

USA TODAY — College students may soon benefit from two new bipartisan federal laws, one that gives families extra time to apply for financial aid and another aimed at curbing on-campus hazing.

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Boston University Law professor Jonathan Feingold discusses how diversity mandates could affect higher education

December 19, 2024

THE DAILY FREE PRESS — President-elect Donald Trump’s plans to reform higher education are sparking concerns about diversity, equity and inclusion at Boston-area universities. 

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