Tag: higher education

October 6, 2023

Generative artificial intelligence (AI) is already being used in the majority of college classrooms–and that number could climb quickly, according to a new report from Wiley. The majority (58 percent) of college instructors who responded to Wiley’s recent survey say […]

October 5, 2023

Higher education must innovate to keep up with the evolving economy, students’ financial constraints and the need for greater public trust in the sciences, National Academy of Sciences president Marcia McNutt said Tuesday in a speech at Oregon State University. […]

September 29, 2023

In recent years, technology has ushered in a profound transformation for higher education institutions, reshaping the way students learn. This digital revolution has brought about substantial changes that makes education more accessible, interactive, and flexible than ever before. In this […]

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

News of college closures and budgetary challenges faced by even large institutions speaks to the increasing pressures on U.S. higher education and highlights that its business model needs fixing. These stressors require that many of our colleges and universities make […]

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

Accreditor critics have argued the organizations’ procedures for filing complaints can be onerous and dissuade reporting. This is part of a broader accusation that accreditors too often don’t hold colleges under their purview accountable, as the institutions pay accreditors since […]

September 19, 2023

Higher education for decades has consistently drifted away from employing full-time faculty in favor of part-time, or adjunct, instructors. But one Michigan community college is shaking up the sector’s employment model in a different way. As of July, Northwestern Michigan […]

September 12, 2023

Americans are fed up with politicians. Understandably so, given the climate: inflation, investigation, recrimination, deterioration, polarization. In 2016, voters rejected a former senator and secretary of state and instead chose Donald Trump, a reality television star/businessman who had never before […]

September 8, 2023

Since the release of ChatGPT last year, there has been much productive discussion about the role of artificial intelligence (AI) writing assistants and other generative AI tools in education today and how they might impact education in the future. The […]

September 7, 2023

Did you know that 37 percent of the Harvard Class of 2025 attended private schools or that the figure at Princeton was 40 percent, at Brown, 41 percent, and at Dartmouth, 44 percent? Note: Those figures don’t include the 10 […]

August 31, 2023

The integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into our lives has sparked a transformative wave in recent years, with impacts resonating across various sectors. In the realm of higher education, this marriage of AI and learning is ushering in a new […]

August 28, 2023

Dillard University, a private historically Black university located in New Orleans, will require students and employees to wear masks indoors for the next two weeks as COVID-19 cases rise, NOLA.com reported. The mandate began Friday, two weeks into the university’s […]

August 16, 2023

As juniors and seniors return to high school this fall, part of their school day likely will include thinking about which colleges and universities they’ll apply to. But recent data suggests that’s the case for fewer students, as college enrollment […]

July 26, 2023

The Supreme Court decision only applies to a small subset of selective colleges, as most institutions accept a majority or all of their applicants and have no need to account for race in admissions. However, even though relatively few students […]

July 21, 2023

There are three ways esports programs can be emphasized in a higher education setting: through competition, community and curriculum. The three prongs represent the wide range of opportunities esports programs offer colleges and universities. And, as we’ve shared before, the […]

July 14, 2023

If it seems as though college students aren’t as motivated to learn as they used to be, you’re not imagining things. According to a recent report from Wiley, students report they’re “struggling to remain interested” in their classes as the […]

July 11, 2023

Americans’ confidence in higher education is at an all-time low, according to a Gallup poll released today. The poll was conducted in June and found only 36 percent of Americans have “a great deal” or “quite a lot” of confidence […]

July 11, 2023

When it comes to cybersecurity, it’s a bit of a good news/bad news situation for higher education institutions. The good news is that ransomware attacks — long a menace to college and university IT departments — dipped slightly overall last […]

June 30, 2023

The ability to collect, organize, interrogate and make sense of data is an essential job skill in the 21st-century marketplace. A Harvard Business Review analytic services report notes that nearly 90 percent of organizations say success depends on data-driven decisions […]