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How the Pandemic Shrank the Higher Ed Workforce
Colleges employed 4 percent fewer people in fall 2020 than they did pre-pandemic, U.S. data show. Community colleges, service workers and part-time employees suffered disproportionately.
Penn State Study on OPMs Offers Policy Recommendations
A new study from Pennsylvania State University education policy scholars assessing online program managers in higher education concludes that it...
State Funding Bump Would Have Modest Effect on Grad Rates
An increase to state higher education appropriations could have a modest impact on graduation rates, a new report from the Midwest Higher Education Compact showed.
Academic Minute: How Food Transforms Neighborhoods
Today on the Academic Minute: Pascale Joassart-Marcelli, professor of geography at San Diego State University, examines how great ethnic food...
Penn Students Seek Online Finals
Students at the University of Pennsylvania are petitioning to have final exams switched to online because COVID-19. More than 500...
Students’ Perceptions of the Benefits of Homework
Homework has never been popular with most students. In today's Academic Minute, Rutgers University's Arnold Glass examines whether students benefit...
Purdue English’s Uncertain Future
How a dispute over pandemic-era funding for graduate education is putting the entire department’s future at risk.
‘Enough Is Enough’
Senator Elizabeth Warren has been one of the most vocal lawmakers when it comes to student loans and student debt. In an exclusive interview with Inside Higher Ed, she explains why.