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Ph.D.s Conferred Drop 5.4%
Preliminary data from the NSF indicate that COVID-19 hit Ph.D. production hard in 2021, but job-placement data are surprisingly rosy—just not in academe.
Despite Hopes for a Rebound, Enrollment Falls Again
The decline was less steep than it has been during the pandemic, but an eagerly anticipated recovery did not materialize.
Texas Weighs Changes to Community College Funding
A Texas commission has recommended that community college funding in the state be directly tied to performance—namely, student graduation rates...
Report Blasts Early Decision
A report by the group Education Reform Now blasts early-decision admissions programs—in which applicants commit to enroll if admitted—as providing...
Harvard Requires Students to Get New COVID-19 Booster
Harvard University announced that all students must be vaccinated with the new bivalent COVID-19 by January, Boston.com reported. Students with...
Opinion
Let’s Subsidize Intellectual Curiosity Again
The student debt and tuition crises won’t be solved unless we start treating higher education as a public good, Nicole Barbaro writes.
Supreme Court Asked to Block Debt-Relief Plan
The Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to block President Biden’s student loan forgiveness...
In Viral TikTok, Student Alleges Harassment by Classmate
A University of Baltimore student who allegedly stalked, threatened and assaulted a fellow classmate was arrested by university police last...