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Expensive Gas Prices? Try Virtual Learning
Rushing back to normal, we may be harming students.
A ‘Smooth Return to College’
LaGuardia Community College hopes to lure adult learners back to campus by giving them credits for skills learned outside higher ed.
Opinion
The Humanities Need Gen Ed
The curricular retreat away from canonical works and grand narratives has helped dampen student interest in the humanities, Mark Bauerlein writes.
Chat Bots Bypass ‘Communication Clutter’ to Help Students
Can text messages from a chat bot help keep community college students enrolled? A new study suggests the answer is yes—if designed correctly.
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Where More Money Would Matter Most
Spending more on each community college student is the key to national higher ed success, Jay Urwitz argues.
Preparing for an Uncertain Future
Theological school leaders say their institutions need to respond to changing times and new challenges. A philanthropic foundation wants to help them do so.
‘Audacious’ Merger or ‘One-Size-Fits-All’ Mistake?
Connecticut’s community colleges get the go-ahead from their accreditor to merge. Administrators celebrate while faculty members mourn.
A Multipronged Approach
Northern Essex Community College introduced a slew of new initiatives to enroll and retain Hispanic students after the pandemic led to a sharp enrollment decline. The college recovered the losses, and administrators learned lasting lessons about how to better serve these students.