Educational Forms, Informal learning, News
April 19, 2021
Via: Education DiveSharp changes in student behaviors, priorities and expectations in recent months have forced higher education institutions to think differently. If the pandemic has taught us anything, it’s that there is a tremendous opportunity to embrace new models and approaches in […]
Educational Forms, Informal learning, News
April 19, 2021
Via: eSchool NewsAccording to a 2019 survey from the Centers for Disease Control, approximately one in five youths reported they’d seriously considered attempting suicide within the last year, while one in six had actually made a suicide plan, and one in 11 […]
Educational Stages, Higher Education, News
April 15, 2021
Via: Inside Higher EdThe California Community College system had a 12 percent enrollment decline from fall 2019 to fall 2020, a staggering figure for the largest college system in the country and a likely harbinger of the demographic and fiscal challenges that lie […]
April 14, 2021
Via: Education NextA puzzle of pandemic public opinion has been the hesitance of lower-income parents to return their children to in-person instruction. National polling from the University of Southern California has found parents with household income below $30,000 a year generally preferring […]
April 14, 2021
Via: Inside Higher EdForty-eight higher education groups, including the American Council on Education, have issued a statement opposing efforts, currently being pursued in several states, to make it more difficult to vote. “We strongly oppose the many efforts currently underway across the nation […]
Educational Stages, Higher Education, News
April 12, 2021
Via: Education DiveThe only type of transfer that increased this spring was that among students moving from two-year to four-year colleges, which rose 3%. Transfer within the two- and four-year sectors, as well as from four- to two-year colleges fell dramatically, at […]
Economics&Strategies, Education Economics, News
April 9, 2021
Via: Education DiveDespite the proposed spending increase, Biden’s Pell proposal is likely to disappoint advocates who have pressed federal officials to double the maximum award amount. Nearly 1,200 groups wrote to Congress recently calling on lawmakers to do so. This is a […]
Educational Stages, News, Secondary Education
April 8, 2021
Via: eSchool NewsThe education sector has had to rapidly adopt and scale new technologies to enable remote and hybrid learning as a result of the pandemic. This has created an expanded threat landscape, and malicious actors have taken this opportunity to target […]
April 8, 2021
Via: Inside Higher EdAcross the country, college and university leaders are grappling with questions about how to adapt their campus facilities and plan for a post-pandemic future that may yet bring profound shifts. Even institutions that are on track to reopen and bring […]
April 7, 2021
Via: Inside Higher EdAmid its own budget woes, the University of Iowa’s main campus will give $50 million to its athletics department via an internal loan, The Gazette reported. The loan will help compensate for some of the athletic department’s mounting COVID-19-related losses, […]