Top stories in higher ed for Thursday
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Here’s What ‘Back to College’ Looks Like This Fall Audrey Williams June, The Chronicle of Higher Education SHARE: Facebook • Twitter The fall term is underway at most colleges across the country, and campuses are slipping into the familiar rhythms of a new academic year. New research provides a snapshot of the promise and unexpected challenges of what the year ahead may hold for students and schools alike. |
On the Value of College, Higher Ed Has a ‘Great Choir’ of Supporters—But Many People Can’t Hear the Music Jamie Merisotis, Forbes SHARE: Facebook • Twitter Understandably, there is some doubt today about the value of higher education—that is, its benefits compared to its cost. This helps explain why, even though the percentage of people with post-high school credentials has grown substantially, it’s still only at 54 percent of Americans. The fact is, we haven’t always done a good job explaining the real value of higher education—and of racial equity, which is key to improving our system, writes Lumina Foundation's Jamie Merisotis in this perspective piece. |
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Illustration: Mandy DeanFive Ways to Support Student Parents During and Beyond Student-Parent Month Sarah Sattelmeyer, New America SHARE: Facebook • Twitter September is student-parent month—an opportunity to celebrate the one in five students in the higher education system, including both undergraduate and graduate students, with dependent children. But a lack of access to resources like child care and transportation—in addition to food and housing insecurity and policies that are not designed with them in mind—are barriers to postsecondary success. This interview highlights several ways to help. |
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| Photo: Anne WernikoffHow English Learners Can Benefit From College Classes in High School Zaidee Stavely, EdSource SHARE: Facebook • Twitter Students learning English in high school are often locked out of dual-enrollment courses, which could boost graduation and college enrollment rates. But at Mountain Empire High School in the mountains of rural San Diego County, English learners enroll in English as a second language classes through the local community college, where they earn college credit while learning English. Advocates say the dual-enrollment experience increases their chances of succeeding in college. |
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Photo: Kendrick BrinsonBan or Embrace? Colleges Wrestle With A.I.-Generated Admissions Essays. Natasha Singer, The New York Times SHARE: Facebook • Twitter The easy availability of A.I. chatbots like ChatGPT, which can manufacture humanlike text in response to short prompts, is poised to upend the traditional undergraduate application process at selective colleges—ushering in an era of automated plagiarism or of democratized student access to essay-writing help. Or maybe both. |
Illustration: Leticia R. AlbanoHow Much Turmoil Can Temple University Take? David Murrell, Philadelphia Magazine SHARE: Facebook • Twitter Temple University has been embroiled in a series of crises: low enrollment, crime on campus, a president who didn’t even last two years. Philadelphia's only four-year public university has spent the past decade stumbling from one challenge to the next. Experts weigh in on why getting Temple on the right path is crucial to the city’s future. |
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