UK funding crisis forces three more universities to cut jobs
Winchester, Surrey and Queen Mary latest to shed academic positions as industrial disputes heat up elsewhere Read more
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What college leaders need to know about the career expectations for the class of ‘24
As the class of 2024 prepares to enter the workforce, one thing is clear for this cohort, most of whom entered college at the height of the pandemic: Life is more than a career. Read more
A FAFSA Fix for the Most Vulnerable Families Is a Work in Progress
The U.S. Department of Education on Tuesday announced that it had made long-awaited technical updates that would enable mixed-status families to submit the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA. Read more
Biden Administration wants Accreditors to set benchmarks for student outcomes
Advocates have argued for years that accreditors aren’t doing enough to ensure that students get the education they're paying for. Read more
University presses rack up legal bills over AI copyright breaches
London Book Fair discussion dominated by concern over large language models using published works without citations or remuneration to authors or publishing houses Read more
Students suspended even for short spells fare worse at GCSEs, study finds
Charity says findings from schools in England show need for early intervention and fewer exclusions Read more
The politics of College choice
Research shows that students care a great deal about the policies of the state in which they attend college, especially on issues like gun control and abortion. Read more
New Indiana higher ed law mandates intellectual diversity, enacts post-tenure review
Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb on Wednesday signed a sweeping higher education reform bill that cracks down on mandatory diversity, equity and inclusion ideologies, requires intellectual diversity, and puts in place post-tenure review. Read more
Northland College needs $12M or faces closure
Leaders of Northland College, a private environmental college in Ashland, said the school will close unless it raises $12 million by April 3. Read more
Pro-Hamas statement quietly scrubbed from MIT website as school faces congressional investigation
The statement was deleted around the same time that the House Committee on Education and the Workforce asked on March 8 for documents from MIT relating to anti-Semitism on campus. Read more
