HEADLINES: Top Higher Education News for the Week

December 11, 2024

A new report found that Black and Hispanic borrowers are more likely than White borrowers to default on their student loans... A record high number of students applied to the University of Texas for the third year in a row, buoyed by an increase in out of state applicants, according to the Austin American-Statesman... Thousands of students, faculty, and staff at Pepperdine University sheltered in place on campus as wildfires raged in Malibu Tuesday, reports The New York Times.

Report: Racial Inequities Play a Role in Loan Default Disparities
Inside Higher Ed | Dec. 11, 2024

University of Texas Admission Applications Again Break Record, Out-Of-State Interest Rises
Austin American-Statesman (sub. req.) | Dec. 11, 2024

Panic at Pepperdine University in Malibu as Wildfires Threaten City
The New York Times (sub. req.) | Dec. 10, 2024

December 10, 2024

Two credit rating agencies forecasted a blend of financial challenges and opportunities for institutions in the coming year, Higher Ed Dive reports... Inside Higher Ed looks at new analysis that indicates students who are engaged in campus activities are less likely to stop out.

How Will Colleges Fare Financially in 2025? It Depends.
Higher Ed Dive | Dec. 9, 2024

Could Campus Activity Involvement Keep Students in College?
Inside Higher Ed | Dec. 10, 2024

December 9, 2024

A federal judge ruled Friday that the U.S. Naval Academy can continue considering race in admissions... According to The Hechinger Report, some states are developing systems to automatically provide aid to students that need it even if they don’t complete the FAFSA... International students and students from mixed-status families are reconsidering when to enter the country and whether to apply for aid ahead of President-elect Trump’s second term, USA Today writes... A major college accreditor may remove language about DEI from its list of standards institutions must meet, The Chronicle of Higher Education reports.

Naval Academy Can Consider Race in Admissions, Federal Judge Rules
The Washington Post (sub. req.) | Dec. 6, 2024

Forget FAFSA, Says One State. We Got You
The Hechinger Report | Dec. 9, 2024

Trump’s Immigration Rhetoric Is Already Impacting College Students
USA Today | Dec. 8, 2024

Major Accreditor Proposes Cutting DEI Language From Its Standards
The Chronicle of Higher Education (sub. req.) | Dec. 6, 2024

December 6, 2024

Inside Higher Ed reports House Republicans plan to vote as soon as next week on the College Cost Reduction Act, which includes new accountability measures for institutions... The University of Michigan will waive tuition for students whose families earn up to $125,000 beginning this fall... According to The Boston Globe, Massachusetts’ board of higher education is considering letting institutions offer three-year bachelor’s degrees.

House Republicans Aim to Pass Higher Ed Overhaul
Inside Higher Ed | Dec. 6, 2024

U-M Expands Tuition-Free Program to Students From Families Earning Up to $125K
Detroit Free Press | Dec. 5, 2024

Could Mass. College Students Get Three-Year Bachelor’s Degrees? A State Board Is Considering It.
The Boston Globe (sub. req.) | Dec. 5, 2024

December 5, 2024

Community colleges are driving an increase in college graduation rates, Marketplace reports... Brown University announced several initiatives to help diversify the student body while adhering to the Supreme Court’s ban on race-conscious admissions... Howard University will likely become an R1 university under next year’s updated Carnegie Classifications, and more HBCUs will likely follow in the near future, Inside Higher Ed writes... A new analysis predicts an increase in college closures as the population of traditional-age college students declines.

College Graduation Rates Are Up. We Can Thank Community Colleges.
Marketplace | Dec. 4, 2024

Brown University Ramps Up Efforts to Improve Diversity on Campus
The Boston Globe (sub. req.) | Dec. 4, 2024

Howard Expects to Gain R-1 Status. Other HBCUs Will Follow.
Inside Higher Ed | Dec. 5, 2024

College Closures Could Increase Sharply in the Face of the Demographic Cliff
Higher Ed Dive | Dec. 5, 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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