Top Higher Education Headlines for Tuesday
Lumina Foundation is committed to increasing the proportion of Americans with high-quality degrees, certificates and other credentials to 60 percent by 2025. |
| Anthony Brooks, WBUR SHARE: Facebook • LinkedIn The next school year is just around the corner, and for first-time college students, it means freshman orientation. It's something Natalie Jones never thought she'd experience. Jones grew up believing that she wasn't smart enough for college. But the divorced, single parent was determined to reinvent herself—and that meant beginning an academic journey in her late forties to pursue a college degree in human services. |
| Robyn Vincent, Chalkbeat Detroit SHARE: Facebook • LinkedIn This spring marked 10 years since Alicia Alvarez graduated from the same school where she works today. At Western International High School, she is building a college-going culture. That means supporting young people each step of the way, from showing them which colleges are out there to helping them navigate the application and decision processes. Her work is vital in a city where fewer than 20 percent of residents hold college degrees, yet she is among only a handful of college advisors left in Detroit public schools after budget cuts last year. |
| Linda Jacobson, The 74 SHARE: Facebook • LinkedIn The botched rollout of a revamped process to apply for federal financial aid could have long-lasting effects, with students receiving less money for college this fall and others so fed up they’re delaying their educations. Now, with the traditional Oct. 1 start of the next financial aid season less than three months away, the U.S. Department of Education won’t promise it can avoid a repeat. |
| Eboo Patel, The Chronicle Review SHARE: Facebook • LinkedIn Higher education better brace itself for J.D. Vance. The title of Vance’s speech at the National Conservatism Conference in 2021 was “The Universities Are the Enemy.” Colleges, Vance said, are “hostile institutions” doing “research that gives credibility to some of the most ridiculous ideas.” He has pledged to “aggressively attack universities in this country." As the Republican candidate for vice president under Donald Trump, Vance will have ample opportunity to do just that, writes Eboo Patel, founder and president of Interfaith America, in this essay. |
| Joanna Hou, The Hechinger Report SHARE: Facebook • LinkedIn Politically motivated Republican college students have concerns about free speech, respect from fellow students, and the political views of professors. In this interview, which took place at the Republican National Convention last week, students and young voters share their thoughts about the political climate on their campuses, the role of diversity in their curriculum, and where higher education is falling short. |
| Katherine Knott, Inside Higher Ed SHARE: Facebook • LinkedIn President Joe Biden’s decision Sunday to drop his re-election bid cleared the way for Vice President Kamala Harris to take his place at the top of the ticket.
Observers say that a potential Harris administration would likely build on the current administration’s ambitious agenda for higher education, which aimed to better protect students’ rights and their investments in their education. That’s included overhauling student loan programs—making it easier for millions of borrowers to access relief—and stepping up scrutiny of programs that don’t pay off for graduates.
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| Laura Spitalniak, Higher Ed Dive |
| Eric Casey, Worcester Business Journal |
| Theo Wells-Spackman, VTDigger |
| Karin Klein, Los Angeles Times |
| Ashley Mowreader, Inside Higher Ed |
| Brandon Smith, Arkansas Online |
RACIAL JUSTICE AND EQUITY |
| Kate Hidalgo Bellows, The Chronicle of Higher Education |
| Michael Gagne, CT Insider |
| Sara Weissman, Inside Higher Ed |
| Abbie E Goldberg, University World News |
| INSIGHT Into Diversity Magazine |
| Shawna Talamasey, The Oklahoman |
| Alan Earls, Franklin Observer (Massachusetts) |
| Lucciana Choueiry, KUT News |
| Piper Hutchinson, Louisiana Illuminator |
| Molly Gibbs, The Mercury News |
| State Higher Education Executive Officers Association |
| Community College Research Center |
| Pioneer Institute of Public Policy Research |
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