Category: Economics&Strategies

November 20, 2023

At the beginning of most courses, I survey my students to ask them what they need from me to be successful. I went back through their answers recently to look for common themes among my students. Clear expectations The most […]

November 16, 2023

Our college faculty recently held a training session, during which one member shared a striking view of how emerging artificial intelligence will impact our current undergraduates. “Once they enter the workforce, they’ll never need to do anything ordinary,” said Associate […]

November 15, 2023

Teachers use a variety of methods to assess mastery of a topic. We use observations, quick formative assessments, longer summative assessments, and long-term benchmark assessments. The problem is that these assessments come in a variety of ways, depending on where […]

November 15, 2023

The global education sector is experiencing a resurgence as international education offices are witnessing a rise in enthusiasm from international student applicants. We are at a pivotal moment, as institutions globally are actively expanding opportunities for these students, often exceeding […]

November 14, 2023

Around this time last year, 70% of schools said they offered summer school in summer 2022, according to results from an earlier version of the same survey. However, NCES cautioned against comparing the percentage of schools offering summer programs between […]

November 9, 2023

True education is as much about the environment as it is about instruction. That may sound like a bold statement, but it makes sense when you take a moment to consider the evidence. If a child is placed in a […]

November 2, 2023

Since the establishment of Departments of Continuing Education at Oxford and Cambridge Universities in the 1870’s, the free dissemination of select courses by the Lowell Institute through Harvard in the 1910’s, and the establishment of extension centers through the 1914 […]

November 1, 2023

Could collaboration between TK-12 schools, colleges and industries improve educational equity and opportunity for the most high-needs learners? California is betting that the answer is yes and is backing that belief up with a $250 million investment in the Regional […]

October 25, 2023

Students, administrators, and faculty want more certificate and apprenticeship programs, express an ongoing need for mental health support, and demonstrate a continued concern over education accessibility, according to the 2023 State of Student Success and Engagement in Higher Education report […]

October 19, 2023

Stuart Blythe teaches writing courses at Michigan State University that are officially listed as in-person only. But he makes it clear to students that they are welcome to join any class session remotely via Zoom if they can’t make it […]

October 16, 2023

When Erin Ford joined Virginia’s Chesterfield County Public Schools as director of technology services, she became concerned about the way the district monitored its technology assets. “We were tracking Chromebooks in a vendor-supported asset management system,” she says. “We also […]

October 9, 2023

When Utica University unveiled plans to reset its published tuition price in 2015, the private New York nonprofit was offering a discount rate of over 62% to prospective students, said Laura Casamento, who retired this year as the university’s president. […]

October 6, 2023

More than 200 colleges and universities are eligible to receive federal funding designated for institutions with large numbers of Asian American, Native American and Pacific Islander students this year, but the majority are not applying. Just 32 of 192 eligible […]

October 4, 2023

More and more, higher-ed leaders across the nation are focusing on the importance of the student experience on campus and are analyzing the ways in which technology is used for student support and to improve the holistic student experience. Student […]

October 3, 2023

The already dizzyingly confusing process of applying for financial aid was further complicated this year when the federal government postponed the release of the updated FAFSA from October to December. Theoretically, the new FAFSA, which stands for Free Application for […]

October 2, 2023

Federal money will continue to flow to state and local school systems — at least for now — after lawmakers in Congress struck a deal late Saturday for a continuing resolution to keep the government open through Nov. 17. President […]

September 29, 2023

Millions of students across the United States spent their summers in learning and enrichment programs, many of which employed intensive tutoring designed to bring math and reading scores up to grade level. These efforts can be important and life-changing, yet […]

September 29, 2023

The interest rates on new graduate loans from the U.S. Department of Education now top 7% while those for undergraduate loans have reached over 5%, the highest levels they’ve been in over a decade. That’s partly because the Federal Reserve […]

September 29, 2023

The Biden-Harris Administration marked a critical step forward in its efforts to deliver student debt relief to as many borrowers as possible through negotiated rulemaking under the Higher Education Act, even as extreme House Republicans threaten a government shutdown that […]

September 27, 2023

To help students continue to want to learn, Sanchez said, they need to feel a sense of achievement throughout the process. Exposing students to a pattern where they continuously fail at a task or make repeated mistakes is a method […]