A look at recent changes to income driven student loan repayment plans
INSIDE HIGHER ED — While President Biden’s one-time student loan forgiveness plan remains tied up in the U.S. Supreme Court, the Education Department is working on a more far-reaching and costly plan to overhaul how people pay back their loans.
Read More about A look at recent changes to income driven student loan repayment plansOpinion: How to help rural students prepare for college
THE HECHINGER REPORT — Yet, despite the need to emphasize college readiness, the state of Ohio has taken steps to lessen the rigor of a high school education. This was done under the guise of offering other “pathways” for students whose life goals may not include college education. Let’s be clear, not everyone needs to go…
Read More about Opinion: How to help rural students prepare for collegeHow law schools exiting US News rankings could affect the future of undergraduate rankings
HIGHER ED DIVE — In 2007, a collective of liberal arts colleges known as the Annapolis Group convened in Maryland’s capital and decided to take a jab at one of the more powerful forces in admissions: U.S. News & World Report’s yearly rankings. An exodus never materialized. But 15 years later, observers see cracks in…
Read More about How law schools exiting US News rankings could affect the future of undergraduate rankingsOpinion: Law schools’ boycott of US News rankings may not affect the future of academic rankings systems
THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION — In a recent Chronicle essay, President Leon Botstein of Bard College asks: “Can We Finally Topple the Tyranny of Rankings?” In posing this question, Botstein echoes Colin Diver, the former college president and law-school dean who recently asked, “Could this be the beginning of the end for college rankings?” in The New…
Read More about Opinion: Law schools’ boycott of US News rankings may not affect the future of academic rankings systemsA look at the top higher education stories of 2022
FORBES — The top higher education stories for the year included student loan forgiveness, affirmative action, increased doubts about college rankings, a spate of resignations by university presidents, and a return to mostly normal pre-pandemic campus operations.
Read More about A look at the top higher education stories of 2022Advice for junior faculty writing recommendation letters
INSIDE HIGHER ED — While a time-consuming task for seasoned professors, it can be much more daunting for junior faculty who may never have seen a letter of recommendation before, including those sent on their behalf, writes Mohammed Albakry.
Read More about Advice for junior faculty writing recommendation lettersUniversities prepare for flu season
INSIDE HIGHER ED — Influenza outbreaks have always been of particular concern on college campuses, where close-quarters living, crowded lecture halls and fluid social circles make airborne transmission especially easy. But the past two flu seasons were almost nonexistent on campuses, thanks to remote learning during the COVID-19 pandemic—which kept them empty—or masking and social…
Read More about Universities prepare for flu seasonNew initiative in California aims to re-enroll students with some college credits
HIGHER ED DIVE — A group of higher education organizations announced this week they are joining forces to help up to 30 colleges reenroll thousands of residents in the state, with a focus on institutions the coronavirus pandemic hit hardest. The coalition includes California Competes, ProjectAttain!, InsideTrack and the Institute for Higher Education Policy.
Read More about New initiative in California aims to re-enroll students with some college creditsABA section on legal education to vote on ending law school admissions testing requirement
REUTERS — Capping years of debate and a deluge of public comments, the American Bar Association is poised to do away with its longtime requirement that law schools use standardized admissions tests such as the Law School Admission Test. The ABA’s Council of the Section of Legal Education and Admission to the Bar is scheduled…
Read More about ABA section on legal education to vote on ending law school admissions testing requirementThe incredible shrinking future of college
VOX — The population of college-age Americans is about to crash. It will change higher education forever. In four years, the number of students graduating from high schools across the country will begin a sudden and precipitous decline, due to a rolling demographic aftershock of the Great Recession.
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