International
Study identifies key challenges for foreign students | Nearly half of international students who return to their home country after graduation cited visa-related and work-related issues as the primary reason for returning, according to a new report on the career prospects and outcomes of international students.
Taking HE forward – The importance of dialogue | An African Higher Education Summit was organised under a theme “Revitalizing Higher Education for Africa’s Future” in Dakar, Senegal, in March 2015.
Australian universities remain on edge after government’s defeat | Australian universities still face “a nervous couple of months” despite the failure of the government’s package of funding cuts and tuition fee hikes, a sector expert has warned.
Improve Links Between Business and Higher Education, Says New International Report | Launched today, the OECD and EU report praises Ireland’s approach to entrepreneurship but calls for better supports for student entrepreneurs.
Gap between white and black students has widened since 1975 | The proportion of black students progressing at universities was higher in the 1980s than it was in 2017, says statistician-general Pali Lehohla. Statistics SA released the financial statistics of higher education institutions for 2016 on Tuesday in Pretoria.
U.S. National
Economists bring hard data to tough education policy questions | National experts in the economics of education brought their best data and the latest research to the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse this week.
Expectations, Race and College Success | Study suggests high school teachers’ attitudes are not colorblind and influence who succeeds in higher education.
Senators Seek Probe of Student Loan Servicer Stock Trading | Two Democratic Senators called for an investigation into possible insider trading of student loan servicer Navient stock Monday — citing the “unusual timing” of a major purchase of the company’s stock just ahead of a U.S. Department of Education announcement earlier this year that it was terminating its information-sharing agreement with a federal agency that had sued the company.
Fact Sheet: Fixing Federal Accountability for Higher Education | Unfortunately, federal financial aid does not always pay off. Many students do not graduate; there are persistent attainment gaps by race and income; and institutions may hand out too much debt compared with the return on their education.
Net Price Keeps Creeping Up | In what has become a familiar pattern in the last several years, published tuition and fee prices increased at a relatively low, steady rate this year — but financial aid again failed to keep up, resulting in students paying more to attend college.
U.S. States and Territories
State-Funded Student Aid Holds Steady | The split between need-based and non-need-based grants remained the same year over year in 2015-16.
Public Higher Ed Skews Wealthy | New report analyzing mobility data over time takes aim at public universities for using so-called merit aid to attract wealthy students. Universities push back.
Montana campuses commit to improving outcomes for students | Higher education has been a priority in Montana, but a shift is taking place.
Institutional
Writing on the Wall for Future of M.B.A. Programs? | Potential changes at University of Wisconsin at Madison prompt discussion about future of a degree program once seen as secure.
St. Edward’s University in Austin, Texas partners with HelioCampus to Deliver Institution-Wide Analytics | HelioCampus, a technology-enabled services company that combines technology with ongoing data science services, has partnered with St. Edward’s University to provide visibility into their enrollment, retention, financial aid, student success, and faculty data.
Posted Nov. 17, 2017