State lawmakers are considering a bill to give most in-state students free tuition to Minnesota's colleges and universities. DFL senators proposed creating the Minnesota Commitment to Higher Education Act, which would allow eligible Minnesota residents who are enrolled in a public state college or university to apply for a grant to cover the entire cost […]
Alex Lawrence is one of academia's earliest adopters of the controversial tool in the classroom, and, thanks to it, he has witnessed a sizable elevation in student comprehension of class curriculum at a very early stage of the spring semester.
Averaging the scores of for-profit college rankings from U.S. News, uniRank, and Prepler across the U.S., Yahoo News and Insider Monkey created their own list. Factoring into the rankings are faculty resources, student enrollment and retainment, school reputation, and spending per student on instruction, to name but a few.
One of the takeaways from the resulting article is that ChatGPT is a heck of a self-promoter, noting that "while some might be worried about the implications of ChatGPT in the classroom, the truth is that it should be embraced by education leaders, not feared."
Declining enrollment is one reason it's more important than ever for institutions to provide the ROI for why today's students should pursue a college degree.
It can be frustrating to dedicate time, money, and effort to career services in higher education and see headlines like "Colleges get F for career prep" go viral. After all, this work with students is essential. More than half of college grads who received their degrees after 2009 indicate they visited their career services office […]
Every higher education institution shapes the student experience by applying a storied history to its own unique traditions. But there's one area where every institution must depart from tradition to prepare students for what happens after graduation and for a central factor in the working world—and that's digital transformation. Digital transformation is a common buzzword […]
