International
Journals’ statistics rules ‘help tackle reproducibility crisis’ | Academic journals may be able to help tackle science’s reproducibility crisis by issuing guidelines on the use of statistics in papers submitted for publication, researchers say.
More people completing PhDs around the world – OECD report | Countries are investing in their higher education systems, and more people than ever before are completing Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) or doctoral degrees.
U.S. National
Support grows for public availability of student employment outcomes | There is an increased call for support of bipartisan legislation authorizing the federal government to release information regarding employment outcomes for students graduating from higher educational institutions, with supporters saying the data could help students and parents in the college selection process…
National Impact Investors Join Civitas Learning to Power Outcomes Across Higher Education | Civitas Learning today announced the addition of new social impact investors, including Lumina Foundation and Valhalla Charitable Foundation, to extend the effect of using learning data to improve higher education outcomes and graduate more students. More than 300 colleges and universities, which serve approximately 30 percent of U.S. higher ed students, now partner with Civitas Learning.
NCORE Kicks Off with Call to Activism | For more than 30 years, NCORE has become the destination space for progressive students, faculty and administrators who want to engage in a candid conversation about everything from racism to White privilege.
Survey: Second-guessing Often Accompanies Degrees | More than half of adults in the U.S. would change at least one aspect of their higher education experience, according to a new survey from Gallup and the Strada Education Network. Common regrets were choice of institution and major or field of study. Comparatively, relatively few regretted their degree type.
U.S. States
Texas OKs Bill Increasing Community Colleges Offering 4-year Degrees | The Texas Legislature approved a bill on Monday that would allow more community colleges in the state to offer four-year degree programs.
Crisis in Rural American Education | There are 467 counties in the USA where at least 20% of the working age population lacks a high school diploma. 80% of these counties are located in rural areas according to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).
Op-Ed: New Jersey’s Coming College Enrollment Crisis | A significant decline in the number of NJ high school graduates who will be seeking college degrees should be a major concern for the next governor and other leaders.
Double-Edged Sword of Dual Enrollment | For community colleges, high school students are a growing population to serve, but some fear a lack of financial base for the programs amid fears they may be masking large declines in other enrollments.
First-Gen Faculty | University of California plan forges connections between students and professors who were the first in their families to attend a four-year institution.
Institutional
Polk State College Names Angela M. Garcia Falconetti as President | The Polk State College District Board of Trustees today named Angela M. Garcia Falconetti as the College’s fifth president.
Tuskegee University Fires President Johnson | Tuskegee University — the private Alabama institution founded by Booker T. Washington — has fired its current president.
Advocates View HBCUs’ Future Warily | Many historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) still are in the process of rebuilding their student base after a precipitous decline in enrollments that began with a change in how the Parent PLUS loans were granted, and others face budgetary distresses that threaten their survival.
Southern New Hampshire Cuts to Grow | The university lays off dozens of remote, part-time staffers (with plans to hire full-timers) as part of a reorganization process ahead of projected enrollment growth for its competency-based division.
Months after vote, Northwestern faculty members unionize | Nontenure-track faculty at Northwestern University will form a union, nearly a year after contested ballots delayed results of a unionization vote.
No, Student Evaluations Aren’t “Worthless” | If you’ve been teaching in higher education for any amount of time, you’ve probably encountered more than a few instances of what I like to call EESS — Extreme Evaluation Skepticism Syndrome.