Tennessee legislature passes bill banning TikTok from college campuses
[ad_1] Listen to the article 1 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: A Tennessee bill seeking to ban the use of TikTok on public college campuses passed the state legislature Thursday and will be sent to the governor’s office to be signed into law. While the […]
To stem Black student attrition, higher ed needs to make decisions with these learners in mind
[ad_1] Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: To reverse a decade-long trend of attrition in Black college students, higher education leaders need to structure programs and policies with Black learners in mind, according to the Community for Black Learner Excellence, a […]
House lawmakers debate Biden’s student loan system agenda
[ad_1] Listen to the article 4 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: Republicans on the House Subcommittee on Higher Education & Workforce Development on Thursday assailed the Biden administration’s plans to rework the federal student loan system, reiterating conservative talking points that the initiatives are nothing […]
Campus leaders react to growing antisemitic vandalism, harassment
[ad_1] University of Denver officials launched an investigation last month into reports of antisemitic vandalism, in one of the latest examples of what is considered a growing number of cases involving antisemitism on college campuses. According to news reports, pork products, which are prohibited for those who follow kosher dietary laws, were allegedly glued to […]
How colleges can reduce credit friction for transfer students
[ad_1] Listen to the article 5 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. The City University of New York, a sprawling public system of 25 colleges, has been at the forefront of numerous student success initiatives. It banned transcript withholding in 2022, and it has improved transfer processes — […]
Over 40% of college students said they considered stopping out in six-month period
[ad_1] Listen to the article 2 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: More than 40% of college students considered withdrawing from their programs during a six-month period in 2022, according to a new Gallup and Lumina Foundation survey breaking down mental health problems on campuses. Of […]
New FAFSA will debut in December, Education Department says
[ad_1] Listen to the article 4 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: A new, simplified version of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA, will debut sometime in December, the U.S. Department of Education confirmed Tuesday. Normally, the financial aid form goes live in […]
Calbright doubles enrollment in a year, passes 2,000 student mark
[ad_1] Listen to the article 4 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Enrollment at Calbright College, in California, surpassed 2,000 students in March, almost double from where it stood a year ago — a significant milestone for an institution that state lawmakers as recently as last year sought to […]
Colleges want to expand continuing education but leave teams understaffed, survey says
[ad_1] Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: Continuing and online education programs offered by traditional brick-and-mortar colleges endure staffing issues, high administrative workloads and challenges accessing real-time student data. That’s according to an annual survey from the University Professional and Continuing […]
Bay State College loses appeal on accreditation, which will be stripped this summer
[ad_1] Listen to the article 2 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: Bay State College, a beleaguered for-profit institution in Massachusetts, will officially lose its accreditation this summer after regulators announced Monday they had denied its appeal to keep it. The New England Commission of Higher […]