HEADLINES: Top Higher Education News for the Week

September 26, 2023

Over 350 colleges and universities have announced that they would standardize information in their financial aid offers as part of the work of the College Cost Transparency Initiative, a coalition of higher education associations that includes ACE, to make offers more clear, accurate, and transparent... Time looks at how faculty and students on college campuses are helping address the mental health crisis.

Hundreds of Colleges Agree to Make Financial Aid Offers More Transparent
The Washington Post (sub. req.) | Sept. 26, 2023

With Demand for Mental-Health Care Soaring on Campus, Faculty and Students Are Stepping Up to Help
Time | Sept. 21, 2023
https://time.com/6316217/college-mental-health-programs/

September 25, 2023

Harold Martin, the chancellor of North Carolina A&T State University, will retire at the end of the academic year... College admissions counselors discussed the future of admissions at the National Association for College Admission Counseling’s annual conference, Inside Higher Ed reports... A recent study found that implementing structural changes into introductory physics courses each can help close equity gaps... Ransomware attacks against K-12 and higher education institutions in the United States are estimated to have cost over $35 billion between 2018 and mid-September 2023, according to a new report.

NC A&T Chancellor Announces He Will Retire at the End of the Academic Year
The News & Observer | Sept. 22, 2023

Dispatch From a Post–Affirmative Action NACAC
Inside Higher Ed | Sept. 25, 2023

Grade Gaps Reflect Course Problems, Not Students’ Shortcomings
Inside Higher Ed | Sept. 25, 2023

Education Ransomware Attacks Cost Over $53B in Downtime Over 5 Years
Higher Ed Dive | Sept. 25, 2023

September 19, 2023

The annual U.S. News & World Report college and university rankings, released Monday, used a new methodology... NPR reports that the Biden administration has sent letters to the governors of 16 states appealing to them to invest more money in HBCUs, saying that these institutions have missed out on more than $13 billion they should have gotten in the last three decades... Inside Higher Ed writes that the Postsecondary Student Success Program, which funds evidence-based programs and strategies designed to improve outcomes for underserved students, is at risk for having all funding cut in FY 2024.

U.S. News College Rankings Are Scrambled as Its Formula Changes
The Washington Post (sub. req.) | Sept. 18, 2023

State-Run, Land-Grant HBCUs Are Owed More Than $13 Billion, the White House Says
NPR | Sept. 18, 2023

Funding for College-Completion Program at Risk in Federal Budget
Inside Higher Ed | Sept. 19, 2023

September 18, 2023

In Inside Higher Ed’s annual survey, admissions leaders share their views on the Supreme Court’s race in admissions ruling and other major changes in the sector... The Chronicle of Higher Education reports on the formation of “Alt New College,” a network of alternative online courses for students who remain at the revamped New College of Florida.

Admissions Officers Reflect on a Transformative Year
Inside Higher Ed | Sept. 18, 2023

Why Scholars Are Creating an ‘Alt New College’
The Chronicle of Higher Education (sub. req.) | Sept. 15, 2023

September 14, 2023

According to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, colleges and universities should take a hard look at their third-party repayment plans and avoid subjecting borrowers to high fees or coercive debt collection practices, reports The Washington Post... A new Gallup poll found that a majority of Gen Z K-12 students value college but are still concerned about affordability, writes Higher Ed Dive... The Atlanta Journal-Constitution spoke with David Thomas about his first five and a half years as Morehouse College president and his future goals for the institution...

Federal Watchdog Warns About College Tuition Installment Plans
The Washington Post (sub. req.) | Sept. 15, 2023

Gen Z Values College, but Affordability Concerns Remain
Higher Ed Dive | Sept. 15, 2023

Morehouse President Eyes Growth While Preserving Historic Roots
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (sub. req.) | Sept. 15, 2023

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ACE Op-Eds

Don’t Dash Opportunity for America’s College Students
The Hill | Aug. 16, 2023
‘Fire the Accreditors’ Is a Bad—and Illegal—Idea
Inside Higher Ed | June 28, 2023
This Is How To Keep Academic Freedom Alive in America
Newsweek | March 23, 2023
Why U.S. News May Have to Rethink How It Creates College Rankings
The Washington Post (sub. req.) | Sept. 14, 2022
Canceling Student Loan Debt Is Just the Start
The Hill | July 1, 2022
Want to Reduce Hunger Among College Students? Stop Taxing Their Pell Grants
The Hill | Feb. 10, 2022
Doubling the Pell Grant Invests in America's Future
The Hill | Sept. 3, 2021
Making Equity Everyone’s Work
Diverse: Issues In Higher Education | March 31, 2021
Dropping the Ball
Inside Higher Ed | March 4, 2021
The Quickest And Most Effective Way Biden Can Help Millions of Americans Go to College
The Washington Post (sub. req.) | Jan. 30, 2021
Liberal, Conservative or Somewhere in the Middle?
Inside Higher Ed | Oct. 19, 2020
Should Congress Provide Additional Pandemic Relief for Colleges and Universities?
CQ Researcher | Sept. 11, 2020
The Biggest Danger to U.S. Higher Education? Losing 20 Years’ Worth of Gains in Access for First-generation and Minority Students
The Hechinger Report | Aug. 11, 2020
Our Country's Future Education Depends on Actions Congress Takes
The Hill | July 20, 2020
Why Trump’s Move to Force International Students to Take In-person Classes This Fall Is Being Blasted as Harmful
The Washington Post (sub. req.) | July 8, 2020
Supreme Court Has Ruled on DACA, Now It's Time for Congress to Act
The Hill | June 20, 2020
College Closings, Economic Upheaval Make a Case for Blockchain Adoption
Education Dive | June 18, 2020
Are Campus Leaders Prepared for the Impact of the Racial Crisis?
Inside Higher Ed | June 15, 2020
College in a Pandemic is Tough Enough — Without Reliable Broadband Access, It’s Nearly Impossible
The Hechinger Report | June 9, 2020
How College Students Can Help Reopen America
Inside Higher Ed | May 18, 2020
A Call for Ideas to Help Student Parents Succeed During and After COVID-19
Education Dive | May 6, 2020
The Courage of Medical Students
Inside Higher Ed | April 20, 2020
University Research is Key to COVID-19 Breakthroughs, Serving the Public Good
The Hill | March 23, 2020
Safeguarding Research on Campuses Against Foreign Threats
Inside Higher Ed | March 9, 2020
In Appreciation of a Public Servant
Inside Higher Ed | Dec. 9, 2019
Mental Health Challenges Require Urgent Response
Inside Higher Ed | Oct. 29, 2019
Guns on America's Campuses: Let the Colleges Decide
The Hill | Sept. 9, 2019
The Invisible China Threat: University Intellectual Property
The Hill | July 30, 2019
Ending the Stigma for College Students With Learning Disabilities
The Hechinger Report | July 16, 2019
Providing Prisoners With Expanded Access to Higher Education Is the Smart Thing to Do
The Hill | July 5, 2019
No Retreat
Inside Higher Ed | June 10, 2019
Ted Mitchell: Congress Must Act to Protect Dreamers Still Living in Legal Limbo
Fox News | May 21, 2019
Taxing College Scholarships: A Travesty to Low-income and Middle-class Students
The Hill | May 20, 2019
Black Students' 'Unprecedented and Unequal' College Debt Should Cause Alarm
The Hechinger Report | Feb. 19, 2019
Congress Must End the Purgatory for ‘Dreamers’
The Washington Post (sub. req.) | Nov. 9, 2018
Higher Education Must Clean Out Its ‘Front Porch’
The Washington Post (sub. req.) | April 25, 2018
Only in America
Inside Higher Ed | Feb. 15, 2018
FCC’s Proposed Internet Rules Could Raise College Costs and Hinder Free Exchange of Ideas
The Washington Post (sub. req.) | Dec. 8, 2017
The House GOP Tax Bill Would Raise the Cost of College. We Can’t Let That Happen.
The Washington Post (sub. req.) | Nov. 6, 2017
Why Most Republicans Don’t Like Higher Education
The Chronicle of Higher Education | July 19, 2017
History, Moral Leadership, and Georgetown
The Washington Post | April 26, 2017
The Supreme Court Frees Colleges to Sensibly Pursue Diversity
The Chronicle of Higher Education | June 24, 2016

Letters to the Editor

Don’t Blame Student Loan Debt on the Few Schools With Large Endowments
The Boston Globe (sub. req.) | Sept. 11, 2022
College Is Worth It
The New York Times (sub. req.) | Oct. 29, 2021
The Harsh New Reality Schools Are Facing on Title IX
The Washington Post (sub. req.) | May 24, 2020
The Flaw in a Higher Education Bill
The New York Times (sub. req.) | Dec. 1, 2019
How Long Will ‘Dreamers’ Have to Live in Limbo?
The Washington Post (sub. req.) | July 30, 2019
Readers Critique The Post: Ageism, Skateboarding, and the International Space Station
The Washington Post (sub. req.) | July 5, 2019
Blame the NBA, Not the NCAA, for Big-Time Athletes’ Dilemma
The Washington Post (sub. req.) | Feb. 25, 2019
Weighing the Value of College
The New York Times (sub. req.) | May 26, 2018
Feds Must Help Colleges Reform and Change
The Wall Street Journal (sub. req.) | May 23, 2018
Making College More Diverse Takes Hard, Customized Work
The Washington Post (sub. req.) | April 2, 2018
How to Assess What Students Have Learned
The New York Times (sub. req.) | Feb. 26, 2018
Tulane’s 41% Student Sexual Assault Rate
The Wall Street Journal (sub. req.) | Feb. 15, 2018
Should Rich College Endowments Be Taxed?
The Wall Street Journal (sub. req.) | Nov. 20, 2017
Proposed Tax on Private College Endowments Will Hurt Students
MinnPost (MN) | Nov. 16, 2017
The Dreamers Are a Good Part of America’s Future
The Wall Street Journal (sub. req.) | July 25, 2017

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