Opinion: Reform needed in college disability accommodations
THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION — Disability accommodations in American higher education are skyrocketing. In the past decade, the proportion of colleges with more than 10 percent of students registered as disabled has quintupled, and accommodation requests have followed the same pattern.
Read More about Opinion: Reform needed in college disability accommodationsOpinion: Why graduate schools should encourage public scholarship
INSIDE HIGHER ED — Deborah J. Cohan offers seven reasons why grad schools should help students cultivate the ability to write for a larger audience.
Read More about Opinion: Why graduate schools should encourage public scholarshipOpinion: How to build genuine relationships through networking
INSIDE HIGHER ED — Building genuine relationships through networking can differentiate between those who thrive and those who get lost in the shuffle, writes Laura Kuizin.
Read More about Opinion: How to build genuine relationships through networkingAntitrust lawsuit aims to recognize the work of unpaid scholars in academic publishing
INSIDE HIGHER ED — A federal antitrust lawsuit against a group of megapublishers highlights how academia’s system of rewarding researchers for publishing in certain journals has undermined their leverage.
Read More about Antitrust lawsuit aims to recognize the work of unpaid scholars in academic publishingUndocumented student enrollment has decreased in California public universities
INSIDE HIGHER ED — A new study suggests the demise of the DACA program has contributed to steep enrollment declines for undocumented, low-income students at California public universities.
Read More about Undocumented student enrollment has decreased in California public universitiesReport examines the cost of graduate degrees in relation to earnings
HIGHER ED DIVE — Georgetown University researchers said that tuition and fees tripled over two decades, while earnings prospects remain uneven.
Read More about Report examines the cost of graduate degrees in relation to earningsElection laws could suppress student voters in the 2024 presidential election
INSIDE HIGHER ED — Dozens of restrictive laws passed since 2020 could impact student voters this year, from shortened timelines for absentee ballots to new restrictions on using student IDs.
Read More about Election laws could suppress student voters in the 2024 presidential electionUniversity of Pennsylvania expands veteran benefits to cover tuition for all eligible undergraduates
THE DAILY PENNSYLVANIAN — Penn is expanding its veteran benefits for all eligible undergraduate military-affiliated students and will pay for any remaining tuition not covered by the Post-9/11 GI Bill.
Read More about University of Pennsylvania expands veteran benefits to cover tuition for all eligible undergraduatesA look at how students are faring following the COVID-19 pandemic
INSIDE HIGHER ED — Emerging federal data offers a nuanced portrait of the challenges the COVID-19 pandemic created for the generation of students who entered higher education at the onset of the public health crisis.
Read More about A look at how students are faring following the COVID-19 pandemicUS Education Department delays deadline to submit data related to programs and student outcomes
INSIDE HIGHER ED — Colleges will get more time to report data related to their programs and students’ outcomes after the Education Department decided Friday to push back the deadline to submit that information from Oct. 1 to Jan. 15.
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