Tag: U.S.

May 8, 2023

To mark Public Service Recognition Week, the U.S. Department of Education (Department) today announced that, as of the beginning of May 2023, it has approved a total of $42 billion in Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) for more than 615,000 […]

June 27, 2022

Higher ed leaders largely decried the Supreme Court’s June 24 decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, with some campus leaders pledging to support their students and employees in obtaining abortions. The Supreme Court’s decision overturned nearly a half-century of precedent […]

March 7, 2022

College students expressed their desire for peer mental health counseling on campus, which, with the right training for peer counselors, could help lighten the load for campus mental health services. Peer Counseling in College Mental Health, a survey from the […]

January 28, 2022

Today, the U.S. Department of Education and its technical assistance partner the National Comprehensive Center released a new resource to help states share their progress deploying the $122 billion American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ARP ESSER) […]

December 28, 2021

In early February 2020, I was in San Diego for a gathering of higher education professionals, including many chief academic officers. The first known case of COVID-19 in the U.S. had been diagnosed just a few weeks earlier, in January. […]

December 10, 2021

For the first time, a slim majority of all U.S. high schools–51 percent–offer foundational computer science, up from 35 percent in 2018. The new statistics come from the 2021 State of Computer Science Education: Accelerating Action Through Advocacy, released by […]

December 6, 2021

The report casts light on how unauthorized immigrant students are faring in the workplace and graduate school as two major events unfold affecting this population. One is the ongoing coronavirus crisis, which has hit the employment levels of foreign-born workers […]

October 27, 2021

The new data on college pricing and student aid adds perspective to how shifts in the U.S. higher education landscape are unfolding. “This year’s data underscore the significant impact COVID-19 has had on higher education,” Jessica Howell, College Board’s vice […]

September 28, 2021

Cyberattacks on colleges and universities are on the rise following many institutions’ transition to online and hybrid classes. Higher education institutions’ databases are gold mines for cybercriminals because they store massive amounts of personally identifiable information (PII) like social security […]

June 7, 2021

Math. Social studies. Science. There’s no shortage of important topics the U.S. education system imparts on our youth. And yet, there is a set of skills that’s not given enough attention in the classroom: Executive functioning. Executive functioning is the […]

March 22, 2021

The U.S. edtech industry is massive. By our estimate, startups and companies raised upward of $2.2 billion in 2020 alone. Yet, curiously, the amount districts, states and the federal government spend on these products each year is something of an […]

March 27, 2020

The United States’ caseload of coronavirus infections surged to the most in the world and its capital reported more infections, as Italy shut most of its industry and masses of Indian day laborers received food rations after a lockdown put […]

March 1, 2019

If you had to guess how much time teenagers spend using screens outside of work each day, how many hours would you guess? Two? Four? How about nine? According to Common Sense Media, teens today are spending an average of […]

February 21, 2019

There are several law school rankings, though U.S. News’ annual list may be among the most popular for prospective law students. Despite its influence, the ranking has sparked criticism from those who say it is not the most accurate assessment […]

February 7, 2019

Just a little over a month into 2019, already about a dozen cybersecurity incidents have struck U.S. school districts. And if the past is any indication, more are likely to come. A U.S. school district becomes the victim of a […]

January 29, 2019

According to the report, 32 million adults lack jobs or the skills and resources needed to find gainful employment. Yet while on-ramp programs have high job placement rates, they reach less than 1% of those adults. With around 65 programs […]

January 28, 2019

Close to 40 years after the U.S. Supreme Court issued its landmark ruling in San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez, the decision’s implications are still a central topic of debate among educators, scholars, lawmakers and members of school communities […]

January 15, 2019

For many U.S. cities and states, 2018 marked the wettest year on record. There was also plenty of rain in the education technology industry, where venture capitalists and private-equity investors unleashed a deluge of cash. Last year, U.S. education technology […]

January 14, 2019

The Department of Education announced on Friday that Western Governors University, one of the largest online universities, would not be found out of compliance with federal student aid requirements and would not be forced to return student aid funds. As […]

December 27, 2018

The holidays are a time for celebration. But if shorter hours of sunlight and the stress of gift-giving has you ready to welcome in the new year, we’ve got one more thing to look forward to: a year’s worth of […]