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New Alignment to Focus on Working Learners
Several colleges and universities that focus on adult and working learners are joining forces to try to better serve those...
More Colleges Require COVID-19 Booster Vaccines
More colleges have announced requirements that students and in some cases employees receive COVID-19 vaccine booster shots after the Centers...
Report Blasts State of Academic Freedom at U of Florida
A University of Florida Faculty Senate special committee charged with reviewing the state of academic freedom at the university released...
New Programs: Forest Business, Technology, Data Science
Auburn University is starting an online master of science in the forest business and investment. Purdue University Northwest is starting...
University of Southern California Student Has Omicron Variant
A University of Southern California student has contracted the Omicron variant of COVID-19. The university said the student had flown...
Opinion
What Video Games Can Teach About Teaching
Why have students—many of whom are video-game players—so disliked the virtual learning environments of their colleges and universities? JT Torres asks and suggests some answers.
Study Explores Ties Between College Selectivity and Income
A new study from Northwestern University examines the relationship between income, college selectivity and majors. “Public discussion tends to assume...
Opinion
When Does Someone Have a Long COVID Disability?
New federal policies will probably create challenges for everyone—students, employees and higher ed institutions alike—but institutions should take particular notice, Howard Pashman writes.