Top Higher Education News for Thursday
Lumina Foundation is committed to increasing the proportion of Americans with high-quality degrees, certificates and other credentials to 60 percent by 2025. |
| Jasper Smith, The Chronicle of Higher Education SHARE: Facebook • LinkedIn The U.S. Department of Education’s recent "Dear Colleague" letter calling for the elimination of all race-conscious initiatives in higher education leaves college leaders with the difficult decision to determine in just two weeks which diversity efforts on their campus could be deemed exclusionary. Absent a legal challenge, the looming deadline for compliance has quickened the decisions college leaders will have to make over their race-conscious initiatives. Still, lawyers say, enforcement likely won’t happen right away. |
| Jack Stripling, College Matters SHARE: Facebook • LinkedIn With GPS tracking, “concierge moms,” and high-priced dormitory-design consultants, it’s easier than ever for college students’ parents to go overboard. But is extreme helicopter parenting as pervasive as it seems? And how much are changing cultural norms affecting the relationships parents have with their young-adult children? The co-founder of a wildly popular online resource for parents breaks down what’s really happening between parents and young college students. |
| Scott Carlson, The Edge SHARE: Facebook • LinkedIn It's become clear that the federal government will likely regard higher education with hostility over the coming years. As a result, colleges may increasingly have to lean on local support networks—those within their cities or states—and hook into the narratives and institutional roles those communities value. It can be challenging to navigate that situation. Will colleges turn to local leaders who understand the institution’s position in the community? And will those “local leaders” come from the region’s higher education institutions, the business community, or political circles? Or will colleges continue turning to leaders who come from an aspirational institution? |
| Walter Hudson, Diverse Issues in Higher Education SHARE: Facebook • LinkedIn The NAACP Legal Defense Fund has issued a scathing critique of Linda McMahon's nomination for U.S. Secretary of Education, warning that the former WWE executive and Small Business Administration chief lacks the necessary experience and holds views that could threaten civil rights protections in education. In a letter to Senate leadership, LDF's Demetria McCain outlines four major concerns about McMahon's nomination, including her apparent support for dismantling the U.S. Department of Education, her limited educational experience, and her role in developing controversial education policies through the America First Policy Institute. |
| Jeongyoon Han, WAER SHARE: Facebook • LinkedIn Approximately 25 percent of students at community colleges within the State University of New York are adult learners. These students often scale down their work hours so they can pursue a degree and advance their careers, all the while raising children and paying off loans. Gov. Kathy Hochul wants to help adults who are heading into fields with intensifying staff shortages or burgeoning growth by covering books and tuition for their associate degrees. For students like Yeidy de la Rosa, that prospect would be life-changing. |
| Josh Moody, Inside Higher Ed SHARE: Facebook • LinkedIn Facing financial unknowns associated with President Donald Trump’s attempted overhaul of higher education—including proposed caps on federal health research funding—universities are scrambling to minimize the financial fallout. Even some of the wealthiest universities in the nation have already frozen hiring, paused graduate admissions, and taken other actions as officials estimate the potential damage if the National Institutes of Health plan to cap reimbursements for indirect research costs moves ahead. |
| Rhea Kelly, Campus Technology |
| Julius Sokenu, Ventura County Star |
| Ray Schroeder, Online: Trending Now |
| Ashley Mowreader, Inside Higher Ed |
| Jermont Terry, CBS News Chicago |
| Steven Mintz, Higher Ed Gamma |
| Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes |
| Amy Scott and Sofia Terenzio, Marketplace |
| Peter Hancock, Capitol News Illinois |
| Marisol Cuellar Mejia, Public Policy Institute of California |
| Nathaniel Cline, Virginia Mercury |
| Coral Aponte, CT News Junkie |
| Nicholas Gilmore, Santa Fe New Mexican |
| The Chronicle of Higher Education |
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