Why this university now gives students a chance to bring pets to campus
'Pets can help students make friends by acting as an icebreaker,' Shenandoah University's new animal policy says Read more
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Feds expand Pell Grant program for prisoners working on college degrees
Prison inmates around the U.S. are getting the chance to do something that was almost unheard of a generation ago: pursue a college degree while behind bars and with financial support from the federal government. Read more
Changes to come should be ‘music to your ears,’ higher education innovators say
Digital alternatives at residential colleges and other new ways of delivering education have exploded since the pandemic forced schools to shut down in March 2020, forcing a reckoning in a sector already reeling from enrollment declines, rising tuition and unmanageable, often hidden student debt. Read more
Virginia Tech, Xavier latest universities to disenroll students who don’t get COVID vaccine
Virginia Tech and Xavier University in New Orleans are the latest colleges to disenroll students for not following their Covid-19 vaccine mandates. Read more
Equity inspires 66 colleges to expand the reach of open educational resources
Newly launched Institute on Open Educational Resources will support institutions and faculty in adopting OER Read more
Curtains separate male and female Afghan students as new term begins under Taliban rule
A flimsy gray curtain divides a university classroom in Kabul in two — on one side sit the male students, on the other the female students, wearing hijabs. Read more
College students struggle with anxiety as in-person classes resume
Students at SUNY Albany are getting into the groove of a new school year. With a vaccine mandate and mask requirements, classes are now in-person. That’s something giving freshman a little more than just the first day jitters. Read more
College marijuana use reached high in 2020, while alcohol fell 6%
Will trends continue this fall with more open campuses? Read more
Taliban say women can study at university but classes must be segregated
Women in Afghanistan will be allowed to study in universities as the country seeks to rebuild after decades of war but gender-segregation and Islamic dress code will be mandatory, the Taliban’s new Higher Education minister said on Sunday. Read more
A 12-year-old genius soaring college: “I just get the information quickly”
Whip Smart Kids apply to Georgia Institute of Technology every year. But no one is like Caleb Anderson. He is 12 years old. “I’m not really smart,” he told correspondent Mark Strassmann. “I only get the information quickly, so the faster I learn, the faster I can move on.” Read more
