Austin College students solve real world problems
Austin College science, technology, engineering and math students are putting their classroom ideas to the test.
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Online learning has a chief administrator — signaling a trend in distance education
A recent surge of higher ed chief administrator positions that involve spearheading web initiatives reveals that online learning is now mainstream
More colleges are adopting pet-friendly policies
“I grew up as an only child in a very pet-friendly household. We’ve never not had a dog in the house,” says 20-year-old Colin Hilliard, a junior at Eckerd College in St. Petersburg, Fla. “College was the first time that I’d been away from home … so it was extremely challenging for me to adjust.”
Low-income college students are being taxed like trust-fund babies
A little-noticed provision in President Trump’s sprawling new tax law is treating middle- and low-income college students as if they are trust-fund babies, taxing sizable financial aid packages at a rate first established 33 years ago to prevent wealthy parents from funneling money to their children to lower their tax burdens.
ED to expand Pell for prisoners pilot program
The U.S. Education Department (ED) is launching a new Federal Work-Study (FWS) pilot program that will include apprenticeships, as well as expanding a pilot program that allows eligible inmates to use Pell grants for a college education.
High school and college STEM students build electric cars for kids with disabilities for free
A group of high school and college students from Connecticut have come together to build something extraordinary: Fully-functioning electric carts for families who may not be able to afford adaptive wheelchairs.
Division III school ‘involuntarily removed’ from conference because it won too much
A Division III athletic conference booted one of its founding members Wednesday, apparently because the school had become too dominant across multiple sports.
Higher education staff suffer ‘epidemic’ of poor mental health
The number of university workers accessing counselling and occupational health services has shot up, according to research which describes “an epidemic” of poor mental health among higher education staff.
Meet the high-school students who are taking college courses: ‘Most of us here either want to be a doctor or an engineer’
The soothing melodies of Norah Jones wafting through a dim lit room, musings about a future as a therapist, engineer or founder of a health-care empire — these are some of the sights and sounds one might expect to find in a coffee shop or dorm room at a small liberal-arts college.
Does your admissions team know how adult learners approach their college search?
EAB research points to how adult student prospects are gathering information about programs and what their key decision criteria are, with admissions recruitment takeaways for colleges and universities.
