Higher education fled this American small town. It left behind ‘a ghost town.’
When West Virginia University took the local campus out of Montgomery five years ago, it took more from the rural town than just a college. Read more
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Will Americans come to a Welsh city for higher education?
Wrexham’s university is hoping the Welsh city’s newfound fame after its football team was bought by Hollywood actors could help to boost its student recruitment in the U.S. Read more
‘It felt like my way out’: why students from India come to the UK to study
In a country of 1.4 billion people, places at India’s top universities are excruciatingly competitive and graduate job prospects at the other end are gloomy. India’s economy is the fifth largest in the world but unemployment topped 8% last month, with graduate unemployment even higher at about 18%. Read more
Grade inflation rules could cost £100 million a year, OfS warned
Revised conditions that will force universities to store millions of old essays and assignments will cost millions of pounds in annual running costs, say experts Read more
UMass Amherst paid $677,250 for abortion drug stockpile
The University of Massachusetts Amherst paid $677,250 for a stockpile of 15,000 abortion drugs, according to a contract obtained by The College Fix through a public records request. Read more
Spring report: Non-credential programs drive enrollment as bachelor’s, postgrad falter
When aggregating every higher education sector, bachelor’s degrees and graduate credentials were the two most prominent programs driving overall spring enrollment down by 0.2%, according to the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center’s spring 2023 enrollment estimates. Only non-degree programs experienced an increase in enrollment (4.8%), proving to be a key ingredient for two different sectors’ positive spring enrollment numbers. Read more
Texas Tenure, Anti-DEI Bills Near Passage—or Death
As Texas’ legislative session comes to a close this weekend, bills that would affect tenure and ban what lawmakers consider diversity, equity and inclusion programs are still pending. Read more
Young carers ‘less likely to graduate from university’
But young carers with degrees are more likely to be in work than carers without degrees, study finds Read more
University of California sued for mandating DEI statements from applicants
A policy that requires scholars seeking a job at UC Santa Cruz to provide a diversity, equity and inclusion statement as part of the application process is unconstitutional, argues a recently filed lawsuit against the University of California system and UCSC leaders. Read more
Men are falling behind in higher ed and the trend may not be letting up
Women became the majority demographic to attend college decades ago, and today, they make up almost 60% of U.S. college undergraduates. But the rate at which women predominate higher ed may be partly due to the declining rate of men attending college and succeeding. Read more
