Daily headlines for Thursday
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| Lumina Foundation is committed to increasing the proportion of Americans with high-quality degrees, certificates and other credentials to 60 percent by 2025. |
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When Considering College, Students Should Think More Like Investors Jamie Merisotis, Forbes SHARE: Facebook • Twitter Yes, bachelor's degree holders earn an average of 68 percent more than people without a degree. But for many Americans who are considering their college options, the details matter. That’s why students and families should consider themselves as investors—using ROI and other measurements to find the best pathways when charting their futures, writes Lumina Foundation's Jamie Merisotis in his latest column for Forbes. |
Indiana Leans Into Youth Apprenticeships David Tobenkin, Community College Daily SHARE: Facebook • Twitter An ambitious statewide youth apprenticeship program modeled on the renowned Swiss system of apprenticeships starting in high school is being developed in Indiana—and Ivy Tech Community College, the statewide community college system, is playing a leading role. If successful, the program could be a game-changer in labor participation rates and how businesses and schools in Indiana try to steer students toward career-education pathways that benefit students, educators, and employers alike. |
Which Colleges Are Extending Their Decision Deadlines? Laura Spitalniak, Higher Ed Dive SHARE: Facebook • Twitter At least 190 U.S. colleges are postponing their commitment deadlines for the 2024-25 academic year amid federal financial aid delays, according to the National Association for College Admission Counseling. NACAC recently released a public directory of the enrollment deadlines of its member colleges. Although the list isn’t comprehensive—as it only includes information submitted by NACAC members—it offers a glimpse into how colleges nationwide are grappling with an abbreviated financial aid timeline. |
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| Illustration: Justin MorrisonDebating the State Role in Replacing Federal Pandemic Relief Jessica Blake, Inside Higher Ed SHARE: Facebook • Twitter In recent years, budgets for public colleges and universities in Connecticut and across the country have been buttressed by hundreds of millions of dollars in pandemic-relief funds. As those monies wither, college administrators and faculty members warn of dire consequences if they aren’t replaced. But Connecticut lawmakers feel otherwise. They argue that the institutions need to lower their expectations and get used to a nonemergency level of funding that’s more sustainable for the state long term. |
CSU Campuses Focus on New Strategies to Help Students of Color Ashley Smith, EdSource SHARE: Facebook • Twitter Last year, Cal State campuses received some sobering details about the growing gaps in graduation rates between students of color and their white counterparts. Instead of decreasing, the graduation equity gaps between Black, Latino, and Native or Indigenous students have been increasing. Some campuses are taking action, targeting new dollars and deploying new strategies to increase graduation, persistence, and retention rates for students of color. |
Testing, Athlete Labor, and the FAFSA Jeff Selingo and Michael Horn, Future U SHARE: Facebook • Twitter For the past few months, acronyms have dominated higher education headlines: SAT/ACT, NLRB, and FAFSA. This episode of Future U dissects the stories behind the acronyms: What's next for test-optional admissions after announcements from Dartmouth College, Brown University, and Yale University; what's behind the efforts of the Dartmouth men's basketball team to unionize; and what will the impact be from the difficult rollout of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid form? |
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RACIAL JUSTICE AND EQUITY |
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