The 39 million question: How can higher ed bring back students who stop out?
National Student Clearinghouse researchers and college leaders highlight opportunities to reenroll adult learners. Read more
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To promote ‘diversity,’ schools remove word ‘women’ from clinic names
The Pat Walker Health Center at the University of Arkansas recently announced it would change the name of the campus “Women’s Clinic” to the “GYN Clinic.” Read more
More time on research means lower scores for students – study
Universities must ‘recalibrate promotion criteria’ to place more value on teaching, says scholar Read more
39 million Americans went to College but didn’t earn a degree. Here’s what we Know about who returned.
Can universities and colleges do more to identify and re-enroll people who attended college but dropped out before earning a certificate, or an associate or bachelor’s degree? Read more
Tide of Exits Without Degrees Still Rising
The number of students who left college before earning a credential continued to rise during the last two years. Read more
Google unveils new Pixel Watch
The Google Pixel Watch combines its own Wear operating system with Fitbit health tracking. Read more
Research universities are shortchanging their storytelling
Universities might start to think about crafting and socializing a compelling research narrative much like they would a fundraising campaign narrative. Read more
Anonymous donor pays off debt of entire college class
The class of 2022 at Wiley College, a historically black college in Texas, learned at their commencement ceremony that an anonymous donor had paid off their entire combined debt balance. Read more
Pro-abortion protests erupt on college campuses after SCOTUS leak
As pro-abortion activists protest outside the Supreme Court and in major US cities, college students nationwide are also protesting on campus. Read more
Cancel culture? My play was shut down by rightwing activists before it even opened
A small campaign’s capacity to cancel – unseen – The Family Sex Show is far more frightening than anything I had to say in it Read more
