Here is one way that higher ed leaders can combat inflation
As inflation rates continue to rise, universities are feeling the effects in several ways—from increased costs for labor, food, and energy to declining enrollments. Read more
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Housing crunch sends colleges scrambling to find space for students
Overbooked for the fall and out of residences, institutions are turning to hotels and even other colleges to add rooms. Read more
With or without federal student loan forgiveness, colleges must tackle affordability crisis, experts say
The Biden administration has promised to make a decision on student loan forgiveness within weeks, or even days. And yet, college affordability will remain an issue for years to come, experts say. Read more
How higher education lost its shine
As the football and girls’ soccer teams sweated through summer practice on the athletics fields at LaVergne High School, a small group of adult advisers inside shared tales of their own ordeals. Read more
University System of Georgia introduces new college comparison tool
The University System of Georgia just rolled out a new one-stop-shop website now available for Georgia parents and students making major college decisions. Read more
Robot librarian designed by Aberystwyth University students
A walking, talking library robot could soon be lightening – or removing – the human librarian’s load after a prototype was created by robotics students.
Australian scheme for North Korean students launched
North Korean students who have defected to South Korea are to be sent on a study abroad programme to Australia to improve their English, amid wider concerns that defectors fail to succeed in education after escaping from the Pyongyang regime.
UK higher education must recalibrate to register on Asia’s scales
It used to be that to hold out a business card bearing the name of a UK university gained you automatic respect in Asia.
Academics ‘regularly lie to get research grants’
Scholars in the UK and Australia contemptuous of impact statements and often exaggerate them, study suggests
End of grants ‘likely to force thousands more students to work’
The loss of student maintenance grants this autumn is likely to force thousands more undergraduates to live at home and take longer hours of paid work, a survey suggests.
