HEADLINES: Top Higher Education News for the Week

October 21, 2024

College students are navigating voting amid new laws that hinder student voters, Stateline reports... Higher Ed Dive explores how institutions are cultivating diverse student bodies while complying with the ban on race-conscious admissions, while USA Today reports that fewer students disclosed their race last fall when applying to selective institutions... The UNC system expects recovery from Hurricane Helene to cost $32 million... Howard University celebrated its 100th homecoming, with excitement around Howard alum Kamala Harris’ presidential candidacy enhancing the occasion, The Washington Post writes.

College Students Fight Barriers to Casting Ballots as Early Voting Begins
Stateline | Oct. 18, 2024

How Can Colleges Maintain Diverse Student Bodies?
Higher Ed Dive | Oct. 21, 2024

At Selective Colleges, Fewer Students Are Disclosing Race in Their Applications
USA Today | Oct. 21, 2024

Post-Helene Campus Repairs and Recovery Will Cost About $32 Million, UNC System Estimates
NC Newsline | Oct. 17, 2024

Pride Swells, Memories Flow at Howard Homecoming With Harris Top of Mind
The Washington Post (sub. req.) | Oct. 19, 2024

October 18, 2024

Diverse looks at a new report from the American Academy of Arts and Sciences that offers promising insights into the state of humanities programs at Historically Black Colleges and Universities... Inside Higher Ed reports that after overhauling a 17-year-old program, the Biden administration has now forgiven student loans for one million public service workers... An essay in The Chronicle of Higher Education makes the case that Americans have not turned against higher education.

Report: HBCU Humanities Programs Show Resilience Amid National Decline
Diverse: Issues In Higher Education | Oct 17, 2024

Biden-Harris Administration Hits Milestone: Loans Forgiven for 1 Million Public Servants
Inside Higher Ed | Oct. 18, 2024

Americans Have Not Turned Against Higher Ed
The Chronicle Higher Education (sub req.) | Oct. 15, 2024

October 17, 2024

The Hechinger Report looks at how four universities are helping graduate low-income students at much higher rates than average... Inside Higher Ed speaks with the head of Central Oregon Community College’s new associate degree program for incarcerated students about the impact of Pell Grant reinstatement and the challenges of launching a prison education initiative... USA Today previews the Biden administration’s announcement that it will forgive the student debt for 60,000 additional borrowers under the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program.

How Four Universities Graduate Their Low-income Students at Much Higher Rates than Average
The Hechinger Report | Oct. 17, 2024

‘This Program Exists Because of the Reinstatement of Pell’
Inside Higher Ed | Oct. 17, 2024

Biden Touts Student Debt Relief Milestone as Election and Court Battles Loom
USA Today | Oct. 17, 2024

October 16, 2024

Inside Higher Ed surveyed campus chief technology officers, who expressed concern about higher education’s preparedness to harness AI... An opinion piece in The Philadelphia Citizen urges institutions to make it as easy as possible for students to vote... A New York Times op-ed explains why Black and Hispanic enrollment may have remained stable at certain institutions after the Supreme Court banned race-conscious admissions... A new survey found over a quarter of incoming college students reject institutions based on their states’ politics.

Most Campus Tech Leaders Say Higher Ed Is Unprepared for AI’s Rise
Inside Higher Ed | Oct. 16, 2024

OPINION: Universities Must Make Voting Easy for Students
The Philadelphia Citizen | Oct. 15, 2024

OPINION: Critics of Affirmative Action Say This Year’s Admissions Data Are Fishy. They’re Not.
The New York Times (sub. req.) | Oct. 16, 2024

Survey Finds 28% of College-Bound Students Rule out Schools Based on State Politics
The Baltimore Sun (sub. req.) | Oct. 15, 2024

October 15, 2024

The Department of Education finished the first phase of beta testing for this year’s FAFSA, with much smoother results for the families testing the form, Inside Higher Ed reports... USA Today considers the status of the Biden administration’s student debt relief plans and how they may affect Vice President Harris’ campaign... A Los Angeles Times op-ed argues that we should continue prioritizing access to four-year degrees for as many students as possible... The Hechinger Report looks at results from Tennessee’s free community college program 10 years after its inception... A new study examines the factors keeping college stop-outs from returning and what could motivate them to continue their education.

Stress Testing the FAFSA
Inside Higher Ed | Oct. 14, 2024

As the Election Nears, Biden’s Student Debt Agenda Is in Tatters. Will It Hurt Harris?
USA Today | Oct. 13, 2024

OPINION: If You’re Rethinking Going to College, Think Again
Los Angeles Times (sub. req.) | Oct. 15, 2024

What One State Learned After a Decade of Free Community College
The Hechinger Report | Oct. 14, 2024

Motivating Students Who Have Some College but No Credential
Inside Higher Ed | Oct. 15, 2024

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The Only Certainty Is Uncertainty
Inside Higher Ed | July 2, 2024
Protect, Teach, Enforce
Inside Higher Ed | June 25, 2024
AI Can Transform the Classroom Just Like the Calculator
Scientific American | April 17, 2024
There’s a Temporary Fix to the FAFSA Mess — All Colleges Must Extend Decision Deadlines
The Hechinger Report | March 26, 2024
Answering the Call
Inside Higher Ed | March 19, 2024
Every FAFSA Delay Puts College Further Out of Reach
The New York Times (sub. req.) | Feb. 8, 2024
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

Higher Education Must Rediscover Its Purpose
The Wall Street Journal (sub. req.) | Jan. 29, 2024
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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