Biden Administration plan to release new Title IX rules in May
USA TODAY — A long-awaited Title IX rule directing how federally funded schools and colleges handle sex and gender discrimination will become public in May, the Education Department said, though it’s unclear when it would take effect.
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INSIDE HIGHER ED — New data from the Lumina Foundation on college degree or credential attainment rates for U.S. adults show both good and bad news. The national share of working-age Americans who hold college degrees increased across racial and ethnic groups and rose in all states between 2019 and 2021. The share of adults…
Read More about New report shows progress on degree attainment but racial gaps persistHow virtual advising could create more opportunities for first generation college applicants
USA TODAY — Ben Castleman, a professor of education at the University of Virginia, studies college access and the barriers students face in obtaining a higher education. In a recent paper, he and his coauthors found high schoolers who receive Matriculate’s virtual advising are about 25 percent more likely to attend one of the nation’s top…
Read More about How virtual advising could create more opportunities for first generation college applicantsNational Student Clearinghouse Research: college freshman enrollment increases for the first time since 2019
INSIDE HIGHER ED — After more than two years of declining enrollment numbers, fall 2022 finally brought refreshing news: freshman enrollment, which represented the most significant deficits throughout the pandemic, is up from the previous year, according to the latest data from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center.
Read More about National Student Clearinghouse Research: college freshman enrollment increases for the first time since 2019Study investigates the experiences of underrepresented racial minority law students
DIVERSE ISSUES IN HIGHER EDUCATION — Having meaningful relationships with law school faculty and staff is essential for underrepresented racial minority (URMs) students as they decide on law school options, adjust to academic environments, and negotiate in-school experiences, a recent study found.
Read More about Study investigates the experiences of underrepresented racial minority law studentsSome states will require colleges to provide return on investment data for students
THE HECHINGER REPORT — With federal data on college costs and outcomes limited in some crucial ways, and colleges and universities themselves often making it hard to find answers, several states have quietly passed or proposed laws requiring that certain information be made available to consumers about what they’ll get for their investment in a higher education.
Read More about Some states will require colleges to provide return on investment data for studentsMany women of color reenrolled in college during the COVID-19 pandemic
NPR — During the pandemic, the overall number of students in college dropped sharply, but nearly 1 million people who had left school before COVID actually went back mid-pandemic. And among those students, women of color led the way. Kirk Carapezza of member station GBH in Boston reports.
Read More about Many women of color reenrolled in college during the COVID-19 pandemicColumbia, Penn, and Stanford medical schools announce they will no longer supply information to US News rankings
INSIDE HIGHER ED — The medical schools of Columbia and Stanford Universities and the University of Pennsylvania and the Icahn medical school of Mount Sinai have all announced that they will no longer participate in the U.S. News & World Report rankings.
Read More about Columbia, Penn, and Stanford medical schools announce they will no longer supply information to US News rankingsA look at the impact of federal earmarks on university projects and research
INSIDE HIGHER ED — The University of Maine System is planning to use an infusion of federal funds to construct an advanced manufacturing research lab, start a new program in aviation maintenance, modernize a wild blueberry research facility and launch a statewide tick and tick-borne disease study.
Read More about A look at the impact of federal earmarks on university projects and researchHarvard Medical School withdrawals from US News rankings
MARKETPLACE –U.S. News & World Report started ranking colleges in 1983 and is now well-known for its many annual lists. It ranks high schools, law schools, business schools, you name it. But since November, more than two dozen law schools — many of them highly ranked — have announced they would no longer submit data to U.S. News, saying…
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