Survey: Prospective students care about diversity and inclusion efforts at colleges
INSIDE HIGHER ED — How much do high schoolers care about diversity on their future college campuses? Quite a bit, regardless of their race, according to a new poll by Art & Science Group of 734 high schoolers nationally. The students were selected for the poll because they expect to attend a four-year college next fall. One question…
Read More about Survey: Prospective students care about diversity and inclusion efforts at collegesUnderstanding recent loan forgiveness moves by the US Department of Education
FORBES — Over the last 10 months, the Biden administration has announced billions of dollars in student loan cancellation. The administration has relied on executive authority, some of it emergency-based, to expand available relief under existing federal student loan forgiveness programs. According to the Department of Education, these initiatives are expected to provide over $11.5 billion in…
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INSIDE HIGHER ED — Colleges are more than departments, buildings and classes. They are organizations composed of resources and relationships. Supportive campus relationships yield resources so valuable that we shouldn’t sit back and wait for them to form. By proactively investing in relational scaffolding that directs and supports students as they climb toward their goals, colleges…
Read More about How to encourage college students to engage with professors and staffHow universities can support Native American students
UNIVERSITY BUSINESS — Institutions of higher education are celebrating Native American Heritage Month by honoring traditions on their campuses and extending further resources to an important but often underserved group of students. This month might be the perfect time to ensure your campus is not only attracting new Native American and Indigenous students but also giving them…
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INSIDE HIGHER ED — New college graduates face the rosiest job market since the 2008 recession, according to the latest annual recruiting trends survey by Michigan State University’s Collegiate Employment Research Institute. Employers who cut back on recruiting during the COVID-19 pandemic are now scrambling to fill jobs, said Phil Gardner, author of the Collegiate Employment Institute…
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INSIDE HIGHER ED — Students who graduated during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2021 reported fewer job offers and less access to university career centers than the previous class, according to a new survey out today from the National Association of Colleges and Employers. Graduating seniors received an average of 0.83 job offers in 2021, down from 0.93 for the…
Read More about Report: Virtual job recruiting can expand career access for underrepresented studentsCollege enrollment experiences largest two-year drop in decades
NPR WAMU — Enrollment at U.S. colleges and universities is on track to fall by another nearly 500,000 undergraduate students this fall, continuing the historic drops that began with the start of the coronavirus pandemic, according to new data out Tuesday. The decline of 3.2% in undergraduate enrollment this fall follows a similar drop of 3.4% the…
Read More about College enrollment experiences largest two-year drop in decadesCommunity colleges face decrease in enrollment during the pandemic
INSIDE HIGHER ED — Administrators at Lane Community College in Eugene, Ore., steeled themselves for an enrollment decrease this fall after the college lost 1,254 students — 14 percent of the student body — in fall 2020 compared to the previous year. They predicted a smaller decline of about 2 percent this quarter, but the drop was much…
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INSIDE HIGHER ED — U.S. graduate schools saw increases in enrollment in fall 2020 despite a big drop in international students, although there were significant differences across fields of study, according to the latest annual survey of graduate enrollment and degrees from the Council of Graduate Schools. The CGS survey found that graduate applications increased by 7.3 percent…
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INSIDE HIGHER ED — President Biden told Democratic lawmakers last week that tuition-free community college would likely be scrapped from his social spending package, disappointing higher education advocates and dealing a blow to the administration’s college-affordability agenda. To appease moderate Democrats who weren’t willing to support $3.5 trillion in spending for Biden’s Build Back Better agenda, the White…
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