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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...
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.
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...
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...