Colleges weren’t COVID-19 superspreaders. Campuses were linked with lower county case rates, research finds.
[ad_1] Dive Brief: The larger a county’s four-year college population, the lower the COVID-19 case rate it was likely to report, according to new research published in Scientific Reports, an open-access peer-reviewed journal in the Nature portfolio. Counties with large university enrollment saw a 16% lower incidence in COVID cases compared to similar counties without […]
Charitable dollars for higher ed increased 12.5% in FY22
[ad_1] Listen to the article 4 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: Charitable donations to higher education institutions in the 2022 fiscal year increased 12.5% to $59.5 billion, up from $52.9 billion the previous year, according to an annual report from the Council for Advancement and […]
Rhode Island School of Design won’t take part in U.S. News undergraduate rankings. Will more follow?
[ad_1] Listen to the article 4 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: The Rhode Island School of Design announced Monday it will withdraw from U.S. News & World Report’s Best Colleges undergraduate rankings, saying the controversial lists do not reflect the value of its students or […]
A year later, governor’s revitalization plan for SUNY still getting off the ground
[ad_1] Listen to the article 11 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Early last January, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul unveiled a plan to strengthen the state’s sprawling 64-campus public higher education system, describing it in particularly ambitious terms. It would be “transformative,” Hochul’s office said at the […]
Worries run high about digital credentials’ expense, academic degrees’ relevance for STEM jobs, survey finds
[ad_1] Listen to the article 4 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: About 6 in 10 students, job seekers and employees aiming to change careers think they don’t have the right academic degrees for jobs in the STEM fields of science, technology, engineering and math, according […]
Birmingham-Southern on ‘parallel tracks’ while it waits for word on public bailout
[ad_1] Dive Brief: Elected officials have been receptive enough to Birmingham-Southern College’s pleas for millions in public funding to keep it afloat that the nonprofit institution’s leaders have yet to pivot exclusively to wind-down plans. The college is still working with Alabama lawmakers about two months after it said it was seeking $37.5 million in […]
Students who met with counselors more likely to apply for college aid
[ad_1] Dive Brief: Students were more likely to fill out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid and receive need-based grants when they met with high school counselors about college financial aid, according to a longitudinal study of more than 23,000 students who were 9th graders in 2009, a data point from the National Center […]
Free college keeps growing — at the state level
[ad_1] In 2021, Vermont launched a new free college program, the 802 Opportunity grant. The program offered free tuition at the Community College of Vermont for students from families with an annual household income under $50,000. In the first year, 2,000 students used the scholarship to pay for college. That number increased 10% the next […]
1 in 5 Black students feel discriminated against in their postsecondary programs
[ad_1] Dive Brief: Just over 1 in 5 Black college students, 21%, reported being discriminated against in their academic programs, according to a new joint report from the Lumina Foundation and Gallup. That’s compared to 15% of all other students. Black learners enrolled in short-term credential programs were twice as likely to report discrimination compared […]
Temple University comes down hard on graduate students who are striking
[ad_1] Dive Brief: Temple University, a public institution in Philadelphia, has pulled tuition remission benefits for its graduate student employees who are currently on strike. All striking graduate students must pay their tuition bill in full by March 9 or face a $100 late fee and a financial hold on their student accounts that will […]