Filter & Sort
Microcredentials on the Rise, but Not at Colleges
A new survey found training partnerships between employers and four-year colleges fell between 2022 and 2023 while instruction provided by third-party providers rose.
Higher Ed Workforce Rebounding From Pandemic
Colleges employed 3.9 million people in 2022, up 1.75 percent from 2020 but still down from more than four million in 2019. Community college employee rolls have continued to shrink.
Plucking Plagiarism’s Low-Hanging Fruit
Tricia Bertram Gallant argues that graduate programs and journals should routinely check dissertations and articles for plagiarism.
Study: Building Resiliency in Entrepreneurship Courses
Facing challenges in entrepreneurship has value, and new research highlights how educators can employ pedagogies that encourage students to work around difficulties.
What Does ‘Test Optional’ Really Mean?
Should students submit scores? It’s hard for them to tell, a point of confusion that points to deeper problems, Ben Paris writes.
A Crisis Handbook for College Presidents
University of Idaho president Scott Green discusses the new book he co-authored and the unexpected challenges of the job that prompted it.
A (Very) Early Admission Guarantee
California State University, Fresno, is promising admission to local high schoolers as early as ninth grade, hoping to boost enrollment and build a “culture of college-going.”