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Texas A&M University System Creates Scholarship Fund

From Inside Higher Ed: “The Texas A&M University system Board of Regents will create a $100 million scholarship fund to address diversity issues and assist first-generation students and students..

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The Pandemic & Higher Education: Old Problems, New Opportunities

From Forbes: “Long-entrenched views of the purpose of higher education will make many educators and administrators hesitant to see their vocation in a new light. However, innovative solutions and..

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University students face living in ‘bubble’ with coursemates and virtual freshers' week

From Evening Standard: “Students may have to live in a ‘bubble’ with people on their course when campuses in the United Kingdom reopen in the autumn as part of measures being weighed up by..

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More students say university is not a good value for money

From BBC News: “More students think they are not getting good value for money from university, suggests an annual survey. It found 31% of students thought their courses were poor or very poor value,..

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UC votes to phase out SAT & ACT tests

From CNBC: The University of California Board of Regents voted 23 to 0 to approve President Janet Napolitano's plan to phase out use of the SAT and ACT over five years and to replace them with a new..

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Colleges prepare for big declines in new international student enrollments

From Inside Higher Education: Survey data show that about 90% of existing international students currently remain in the US. However, the University of Arizona, for example, is projecting losses of..

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Remember MOOCs? After near death, they're booming

From New York Times: Millions of adults have signed up for Massive Online Open Courses (MOOCs) in the last two months, a jolt that could signal a renaissance for big online learning networks that had..

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