The Growth of Part-Time Readers
Institutions with surging applications find that they can't manage them all without help. Some admissions leaders worry about the trend, but most accept it. Read more
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Online Leaders: Fully In-person Students Will Be Outliers
Chief online officers believe most students' academic paths will feature prominent online components by 2025, a new survey finds. Other campus leaders see bigger role for in-person learning. Read more
Company Steps in to Ease Transfer-Credit Friction
Outlier creates a network of institutions to try to fix a broken system of transfer credit. Experts applaud the company's efforts, but its for-profit nature may limit acceptance by some institutions. Read more
Gen Z’s distrust in Higher Ed a ‘red flag’
A new survey report concludes that younger generations are less likely to trust higher education and that college and university administrators will have to work harder to earn their trust. Read more
Thai students caught high-tech cheating on exams
A university in Bangkok says it has blacklisted a group of students after discovering they were using smartwatches and cameras concealed in glasses to cheat during entrance exams.
Algeria blocks Facebook, Twitter to stop exam cheats: state media
Algerian authorities have temporarily blocked access to Facebook, Twitter and other social media sites to try to stop cheats posting high school exam papers online, state media reported on Sunday.
Supreme Court blocks bathroom choice for transgender student
A Virginia school board may temporarily block a transgender student who was born a girl from using the boys' bathroom while a legal fight over transgender rights proceeds on appeal, the U.S. Supreme Court said on Wednesday.
‘Massive’ breach exposes hundreds of questions for upcoming SAT exams
Shortly after David Coleman took over as CEO in 2012, the College Board began redesigning its signature product, the SAT college entrance exam.
Illinois families fight transgender access to school locker room
A lawyer for dozens of families from a suburban Chicago high school district argued in court on Monday that students' privacy was being violated at a school that allowed a transgender girl access to the girls' locker room under an agreement with the federal government.
Turkey’s post-coup purges shake higher ed
With the summer holiday almost over, computer science student Hande Tekiner should be gearing up for a year of cram sessions and late-night homework. Instead, she may have nowhere to return to, as her university was shut after Turkey's failed coup.
