Pulling Out All the Stops
Community colleges are employing various strategies to attract students this fall and recover from enrollment losses related to the pandemic. Read more
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Initial estimates show fall enrollments up at several public universities
Just as the recent Covid-19 outbreak continues to surge in many parts of the country – typically in the form of the highly contagious Delta variant – hundreds of colleges and universities are welcoming students back to campus. Read more
Almost one-third of recent college grads moved back in with their parents: survey
The last thing a graduate wants to do after college is move back in with her parents. But when the COVID worldwide pandemic hit, a surprising number of college graduates chose this option. Read more
First-Year Students Struggled With Online Learning Last Year
New report finds most first-year students struggled to learn when the pandemic moved classes online -- in part because of limited access to technology and resources. Read more
‘I’m lost’: poorer pupils lose university places after A-level grade surge
Experts say disadvantaged have been most affected by missed learning during Covid pandemic Read more
‘Soviet socialism saved and improved tens of millions of lives’? One CA prof thinks so.
In response to a tweet condoning Lenin as a murder, an economics professor expressed his support for Soviet violence. Read More
How higher ed can help us cope with the ‘great resignation’
Universities are rethinking their “customer base,” expanding beyond four-year undergraduates and graduate students Read more
Netflix’s ‘The Chair:’ When the truth is woker than fiction
When word hit that Netflix was releasing a limited series lampooning the life of administrators and professors on a tony northeastern college campus, critics of higher education were no doubt overjoyed. Read more
New MSU diversity plan would require two equity and inclusion courses to graduate
Michigan State University recently published a 77-page diversity, equity and inclusion framework that lists dozens of goals to infuse the progressive ideology into every aspect of campus life, from curriculum to hiring practices to funding priorities. Read more
BU epidemiologist says ‘idea that schools need to stay open’ is ‘mystifying’
An epidemiologist and Boston University professor took to Twitter on Saturday to question the assumption that schools need to stay open during the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more
