HEADLINES: Top Higher Education News for the Week

April 14

Forty-eight higher education groups, including ACE, have issued a statement opposing efforts in a number of states to make it more difficult to vote…College health officials are scrambling to comply with a federal recommendation to pause the use of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, reports The Chronicle of Higher Education…Fewer students attending institutions this fall and increased attrition during the academic year drove declines in college transfer enrollment, according to the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center.

Higher Ed Groups Support Voting Rights
Inside Higher Ed | April 14, 2021

Johnson & Johnson Vaccine Pause Throws Colleges a ‘Curve Ball’
The Chronicle of Higher Education (sub. req.) | April 13, 2021

College Transfer Enrollment Still Lagging This Spring, Survey Says
Higher Ed Dive | April 12, 2021

April 13

NBC News reports on NCAA’s statement in support of transgender athletes. . . The Hechinger Report writes that the supply of Black scientists, engineers, and mathematicians is flat or falling even as demand goes up . . . The New York Times explores the possibility of an ‘epidemic of loss’ of women in the sciences prompted by the pandemic . . . Donald J. Green has been appointed the eighth president of Point Park University in Pennsylvania.

NCAA Backs Transgender Athletes, Says Events Will Be In Places 'Free of Discrimination'
NBC News | April 12, 2021

Colleges Now Produce Fewer Black Graduates in Math and Engineering
The Hechinger Report | April 12, 2021

Could the Pandemic Prompt an ‘Epidemic of Loss’ of Women in the Sciences?
The New York Times (sub. req.) | April 13, 2021

Point Park University Taps Educator from Georgia as New President
The Pittsburgh Post Gazette | April 12, 2021

April 12

President Biden’s proposed budget increases funding for Pell Grants, minority-serving institutions, research, and more, although higher education organizations and experts say there are a few other things they would have liked to see . . . As vaccines become more widely available, more colleges will require vaccination for the fall, writes NPR, while Inside Higher Ed reports on a survey finding that most prospective students are open to vaccine requirements . . . The Washington Post profiles Javier Quiroz, a DACA recipient in legal limbo as Congress debates citizenship legislation yet again.

A Big Budget From Biden
Inside Higher Ed | April 12, 2021

More Colleges Say They'll Require Students To Have COVID-19 Vaccines For Fall
NPR | April 11, 2021

Prospective Students Are Open to Vaccine Requirements
Inside Higher Ed | April 12, 2021

‘It’s Time’: As Congress Debates Citizenship Legislation Yet Again, A DACA Recipient Grows Frustrated
The Washington Post (sub. req.) | April 11, 2021

April 9

Inside Higher Ed profiles William Woods University President Jahnae Barnett as she prepares to retire at the end of the calendar year after three decades at the helm...Florida lawmakers pass a bill requiring “viewpoint diversity” surveys at public colleges and universities, Higher Ed Dive reports…A piece inTheAtlanta Journal-Constitution looks at the challenges facing individuals lacking a postsecondary education degree…Stories by the Bay Area News Group and NPR look at the issue of whether institutions are going to require or encourage COVID-19 vaccines…The Boston Globe explores how the pandemic has changed the college admissions process.

More Than a ‘President in a 3-Piece Suit’
Inside Higher Ed | April 9, 2021

Florida Lawmakers Pass Bill Requiring 'Viewpoint Diversity' Survey at Public Colleges
Higher Ed Dive | April 8, 2021

OPINION: No Degree = Higher Degree of Life Challenges
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution | April 6, 2021

COVID-19 Vaccines Encouraged but Not Required at Cal State Universities Next Fall
Bay Area News Group | April 8, 2021

Some Colleges Are Mandating COVID-19 Vaccines — But At What Cost?
NPR | April 8, 2021

The Pandemic Has Upended College Admissions With More Surprises and More Wait Lists
The Boston Globe (sub. req.) | April 8, 2021

April 8

Inside Higher Ed looks at the issue of campus vaccine requirements…Higher Ed Dive reports on legislation in Nevada that would create an independent state community college system.

Vaccine Mandates: The Next Political Battlefront
Inside Higher Ed | April 8, 2021

Nevada Bill Would Spin Off State's Community Colleges
Higher Ed Dive | April 7, 2021

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ACE Op-Eds

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

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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