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Despite regulation efforts and student complaints, this popular edtech platform marches on

2U, Inc. has gained notoriety recently for allegedly engaging in deceptive recruitment strategies and contributing to students' high debt load.

5 reasons fewer students may be going to college this year

More than 10% of 2023's high school graduating class contemplated whether to go to college this year, according to a new report. To no surprise, COVID is largely to blame.

Ohio is the latest state to try making college costs, ROI clearer—is it worth it?

Similar state and federal initiatives have either stalled or, if passed, have not gained traction among parents and students.

How to ‘democratize education’: Stanford’s free online course gains 30,000 students in 3 years

Bred out of a popular undergraduate course, Code In Place invites learners from far and wide to learn the fundamentals of programming while gaining a community and confidence.

Can higher education in Pennsylvania be saved?

Since fall 2017, enrollment at the state's four-year public institutions has declined by 12.4%, a dramatically worse dip than the nation's overall 3% decrease in that sector, according to the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center.

More than half of all elite president appointments in last 2 years were women

Among the cream of the crop of R1 universities, 75% of the Ivy Leagues are now female-led. Ten of the 20 schools to have appointed a female president are doing so for the first time in the school's history.

Good news! Current students believe their degree is worth the cost

The driving factor leading to public and private nonprofit institutions students' high regard for their degree is their trust that it adequately prepares them for life after college.

Why these school leaders are clashing with students’ free speech judgment

Boston University students exercised their right to free speech to shout "obscenities" at a commencement event that would have been "the precursor to a fistfight" back in President Robert A. Brown's youth, according to a statement.

How should we teach with AI? The feds have 7 fresh edtech ideas

Keeping humans at the center of edtech is the top insight in the federal government's first stab at determining how colleges should teach with AI amid concerns about safety and bias.

Only 7 U.S. universities make THE’s sustainability impact rankings’ top 100 list

Canada had the most institutions firmly committed to sustainability, with four schools making the top 10 ranking. The U.S. only had one.

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