Teacher shortage: How higher education is working to solve the K-12 crisis
University leaders trying to build back the pipeline of educators say changes to systems and support are needed. Read more
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University will pay $400K to end legal battle over preferred pronoun mandate
Professor Nicholas Meriwether at Shawnee State University cannot be forced to use someone’s preferred pronouns in violation of his Christian faith, following a settlement. Read more
Graduates to be hit with ‘brutal’ student loan interest rates of up to 12%
Interest rates on student loans are set to soar to as high as 12%, costing higher-earning graduates an extra £3,000 unless the government intervenes, according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies. Read More
DeSantis to authorize Hamilton Center for teaching the ‘foundations of western and American civilization’
The University of Florida is set to receive $3 million to establish its Hamilton Center for Classical and Civic Education. Read more
Courseware Designed to Close Equity Gaps
Coalitions of companies, colleges and research groups, funded by Gates, will develop digital courses especially aimed at improving learning outcomes for underrepresented students in gateway statistics and chemistry courses. Read more
US cryptocurrency expert jailed for helping North Korea evade sanctions
A former US researcher at a cryptocurrency group has been sentenced to more than five years in prison for conspiring to help North Korea evade US sanctions using cryptocurrency. Read more
Is competency-based education really the elixir higher ed needs to survive?
Southern New Hampshire President Paul LeBlanc discusses its merits, saying a shift to outcomes can spark innovation. Read more
UT to allow biological males and females to live in same dorm room
The University of Texas at Austin has announced a new two-year pilot program that would suspend current rules requiring students in on-campus housing to be of the same sex. Read more
Reversing Course on Mask Mandates
Colleges across the U.S. are changing policies on mask mandates, reinstituting such requirements amid increasing coronavirus cases. Some see a direct link to spring break travel. Read more
Korean universities hit with overseas recruitment bans
Government ‘shifts blame’ for visa overstayers to universities, in blow to regional institutions wrestling with declining domestic population Read more
