Harvard 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…
Read More about Harvard Medical School withdrawals from US News rankingsNew US House education committee chair to look at free speech and academic freedom issues
HIGHER ED DIVE — When Democrats held control of the House, Foxx served as ranking member of the education committee and was one of the Biden administration’s most vocal critics on efforts like mass student loan debt cancellation for borrowers earning up to $125,000 a year.
Read More about New US House education committee chair to look at free speech and academic freedom issuesHow the US Supreme Court may determine the future of student loan forgiveness
DIVERSE ISSUES IN HIGHER EDUCATION — Many experts believe that the Biden administration’s plan for student loan forgiveness, which offers $10,000 of debt relief to most borrowers and $20,000 to Pell Grant recipients, is dead in the water at the conservative-dominated Supreme Court. Diverse readers aren’t more optimistic, with nearly 2/3 predicting that the policy would be terminated in…
Read More about How the US Supreme Court may determine the future of student loan forgivenessUniversities adapt teaching methods to combat surge of AI chatbot programs
CANADA TODAY — In higher education, colleges and universities have hesitated to ban the AI tool because administrators doubt the move would be effective and do not want to violate academic freedom. This means that the way people teach is changing instead.
Read More about Universities adapt teaching methods to combat surge of AI chatbot programsCollege faculty dissatisfaction goes beyond burnout
THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION — Like many Ph.D.s, I’ve followed the conversation about faculty burnout in the pandemic era and read the firsthand accounts. But more and more, I’ve been questioning whether that word accurately conveys how most academics feel now.
Read More about College faculty dissatisfaction goes beyond burnoutOpinion: How college administrators can deal with employee dissatisfaction
INSIDE HIGHER ED — As we begin a new year, higher education will continue to face the challenge of unfilled job positions as employees depart to other organizations and sectors. According to a recent survey from the College and University Professional Association for Human Resources, 57 percent of college employees (faculty and staff) reported they are likely to…
Read More about Opinion: How college administrators can deal with employee dissatisfactionUniversities in Texas propose tuition freeze in exchange for increased state funding
THE TEXAS TRIBUNE — As Texas lawmakers consider what to do with an unprecedented $32.7 billion state surplus, leaders of the state’s six largest public university systems are pitching that nearly $1 billion be allocated toward higher education. If lawmakers agree, these university chancellors pledge to hold tuition flat for all undergraduate students for the…
Read More about Universities in Texas propose tuition freeze in exchange for increased state fundingThe American Council on Education names Jonathan Fansmith senior vice president of government relations
HIGHER ED DIVE — Fansmith will be charged with representing the policy interests of many American colleges, a tall order given their often competing priorities and needs. He takes over this work during upheaval within the federal government. A slim Democratic majority in the Senate and Republican one in the House all but ensures continued gridlock…
Read More about The American Council on Education names Jonathan Fansmith senior vice president of government relationsMany high school students took dual-enrollment college courses during the pandemic
NPR — During the pandemic, lots of Americans chose not to go to college, but one group did – high schoolers. NPR’s Elissa Nadworny takes us to Birmingham, Ala., for this report.
Read More about Many high school students took dual-enrollment college courses during the pandemicThe National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators seeks more information on FAFSA simplification timeline
INSIDE HIGHER ED — The Department of Education is supposed to release an updated version of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid in October, but organizations representing financial aid officers and college access groups are seeking to confirm that timeline.
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