The U.S. Department of Education made its move to strengthen oversight of revenue-sharing agreements between colleges and companies that help operate online courses — in steps that could have a big impact in the edtech sector, as well as for the many students enrolled in online degree programs. Last week, the department issued new guidance about how […]
According to Cengage Group's 2022 Graduate Employability Report, only 41% of traditional degree graduates believe a college degree signals that they have or will have the skills needed by their employers. In other words, students aren't confident a traditional college degree will give them the skills they need to enter the workforce. So how can universities […]
Almost three months after outgoing Ohio State University President Kristina M. Johnson announced she would resign at the end of this academic year, the university's trustees shared their plan Friday for how it will select OSU's next leader. The university has hired Education Executives, a Santa Barbara, California-based external search firm, to lead the search. Read […]
Young adults aren't as readily pulled toward a degree in higher education as they once were, and colleges need to stay on pace with them if they aren't looking to be left behind.
The U.S. Department of Education's Federal Student Aid office recently published detailed information security requirements for higher education institutions that previously or currently service, administer, or aid in the administration of a Federal Student Aid program, noting that IHEs participating in FSA programs fall under the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act and must comply with its mandates by June […]
ASA College seemed like Jacaly Muranelli's ticket to a better life – and the government was helping her pay for it. And it wouldn't cost her anything upfront, since New York State and the federal government had awarded her a significant amount of aid. But the dream didn't last. In November, ASA College lost its accreditation […]
Students at the University of Central Florida in Orlando, the state's largest public university by enrollment, joined a statewide walkout on Thursday in protest of education policies and directives prioritized by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis that critics say are having chilling effects. "We're standing up against this," said Olivia Solomon, a student organizer with UCF's […]
A new study focusing on employers' perspectives on micro-credentials reveals that while a vast majority believe they boost a prospective hire's value, not enough colleges and universities are capitalizing on them.
Good teaching is notoriously difficult to define, in part because of its individualized, context-dependent nature. Higher education needs this shared foundation of what constitutes good teaching if we are to foster productive conversations that increase equity in evaluations, collaboration between colleagues, and ultimately student success. Read more on NEA's website.
