White House continues with student debt relief plans despite legal challenges
INSIDE HIGHER ED — President Joe Biden’s latest debt-relief plan would benefit eight million people, if enacted, but the plan will likely face legal challenges and might never see the light of day.
Read More about White House continues with student debt relief plans despite legal challengesHow HBCUs are working to attract Black male students following declines in enrollment
NPR — The absolute number of Black men enrolled at Historically Black Colleges and Universities is the lowest it’s been since 1976.
Read More about How HBCUs are working to attract Black male students following declines in enrollmentHow graduate student teaching skills can be translated to different careers
INSIDE HIGHER ED — Jovana Milosavljevic Ardeljan and Victora Hallinan explain how grad students can use their teaching skills in applying for industry jobs.
Read More about How graduate student teaching skills can be translated to different careersState aid to universities has helped to keep tuition rises below the rise of inflation
INSIDE HIGHER ED — With state budgets set to shrink in coming years, colleges may have to look at cutting costs—rather than raising tuition—to stay afloat amid declining enrollment and growing skepticism about the value of a degree.
Read More about State aid to universities has helped to keep tuition rises below the rise of inflationUS college freshman enrollment declines
FORBES — Despite a substantial slide in entering freshmen, overall college enrollment increased a healthy 2.9% this fall, according to preliminary figures from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center. The increase was accounted for largely by a 3% year-over-year increase in undergraduate students, with graduate student enrollment up by 2.1%.
Read More about US college freshman enrollment declinesHow college students in battleground states could impact the election
ABC NEWS — With just about two weeks until Election Day, Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump are working to secure votes in key battleground states where polls show a neck-and-neck race — and part of that strategy is appealing to young voters, some of whom may have switched their voter registration…
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STATELINE — In the final weeks of the presidential campaign, each side is scouring swing states to get as many voters as possible, including on college campuses. But in some of those crucial states, students face new barriers to casting their ballots.
Read More about Students face barriers when trying to vote in the state of their collegeHow universities can recruit diverse student bodies without affirmative action
HIGHER ED DIVE — When the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against race-conscious admissions last year, experts predicted diversity at some institutions would take a hit. Now, data from several selective institutions is showing just that.
Read More about How universities can recruit diverse student bodies without affirmative actionDepartment of Education forgave more than 17 billion in federal student loans as of April 30
INSIDE HIGHER ED — The Department of Education had forgiven $17.2 billion in federal student loans for nearly 975,000 borrowers as of April 30, through a program that allows borrowers to seek relief if they’ve been misled or defrauded by their college, the U.S. Government Accountability Office found in a report released Thursday.
Read More about Department of Education forgave more than 17 billion in federal student loans as of April 30How graduate students can build habits for career wellness
INSIDE HIGHER ED — Many of the graduate students I advise are juggling classes, practicums, research, involvement in student organizations and more. They realize that wellness is important, yet it can be a challenge to plan for it. As a career development professional, I can relate to this sense of overwhelm and imagine that you…
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