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A Welcome Wagon in Uncertain Times
When Kingsborough Community College president Claudia Schrader couldn’t greet incoming students on campus, she went to visit them at home. She hopes to turn the “welcome wagon” into a Kingsborough tradition.
Aggressive Collections for Students but Not Institutions?
A report by the National Student Legal Defense Network highlights how the Department of Education seeks to collect debt from student borrowers while appearing to not put the same energy into collecting debt from hundreds of institutions.
Pell for (Very) Short-Term Credentials
A community college system leader and a higher education policy expert discuss the pros and cons of expanding the main federal financial aid program to include eight-week vocational programs.
A Cross-Town Acquisition
Delaware State University finalizes acquisition of Wesley College, taking over a 50-acre campus in the downtown section of the capital city of Dover and 14 new academic programs.
‘Terrible, Old News’
More than half of CUNY community college students drop out within three years without a degree and struggle with hefty nontuition costs, a new report found. These are long-standing problems system leaders have tried combat.
Are Algorithms the Answer?
An experiment suggests colleges can help students bypass remedial courses for college-level classes by using algorithms instead of placement tests to predict academic outcomes.
A New Beginning for Bethune-Cookman
Using a loan designed specifically for historically Black colleges and universities, Bethune-Cookman was able to refinance a dorm that would have cost the university $306 million.
Opinion
A Proven Strategy
Virtual advising is disrupting the pandemic’s devastating toll on lower-income high school seniors, increasing the access they need now more than ever, write Angel B. Pérez and Nick Watson.