Three in four England universities expected to be in the red next year
Higher education regulator says sector needs to take ‘take bold action’ and consider mergers or cost sharing Read more
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Texas colleges pitch quick credentials as a first step toward higher wages. But students often fall off the path
On paper, Angela Ramirez is taking a path like the one that many Texas policymakers and community college leaders designed to help students like her. With dreams of becoming a nurse, the high school graduate took an eight-week class to earn a nursing aide credential, which helped her land a job at a nursing home in New Braunfels. That job, she thought, would help her enter the health care field while she saved up to pay for her nursing degree. Read more
Half of Gen Z suffers from ‘eco-anxiety,’ new poll finds
About half of Gen Z struggles with “eco-anxiety” and wants universities to take a more active role in solving their climate change concerns, a new poll shows. Read more
Is It Time to Regulate AI Use on Campus?
Last fall, instructors at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst suddenly started receiving scores for every student’s writing assignment, estimating how likely it was that they had been completed using generative artificial intelligence. Read more
Trump Likely to End Title IX Trans Protections
In recent years, each new administration has led to significant changes in the rules governing how colleges respond to sexual misconduct. Don’t expect that to change under a second Trump term. Here’s what to know about Trump and Title IX. Read more
Data confirms 16 per cent drop in UK student visa applications
Home Office statistics reveal just 1,300 dependants submitted visa applications in October – the lowest monthly total since at least January 2022 Read more
Universities boost counseling services as Trump victory prompts some young people to threaten suicide
There is a trend online of young people threatening to kill themselves in the wake of Donald Trump’s re-election to the Oval Office, and college and university counselors and crisis centers went into overdrive to help struggling students process the results. Read more
Some colleges have an answer for students questioning the value of higher ed: work-based learning
Every weekday morning for six months, instead of taking college classes, 25-year-old Tamari Natelauri made the 45-minute drive from Philadelphia to Voorhees Township, New Jersey, to go to work at a large accounting firm. Read more
Pop hit APT too distracting for S Korea’s exam-stressed students
A brief yearly silence has once again enveloped South Korea, as half a million students across the country sit for the most important test of their lives. Read more
Scholarly Publishing World Slow to Embrace Generative AI
As the technology’s reach into the information sector expands, a recent report from Ithaka S+R shows that academe is still grappling with how best to integrate it into the scholarly publishing process. Read more
