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Mission District
fromsfist.com
15 hours ago

Day Around the Bay: College in East Bay Eliminates Debt of Graduating Students

Contra Costa College is forgiving up to $1,000 in school debt for graduating students due to a $31,000 donation from its foundation.
Non-profit organizations
fromNature
1 day ago

NSF awards record number of coveted PhD fellowships in surprise move

The US National Science Foundation awarded a record 2,599 graduate fellowships, reversing last year's cut to just 1,000.
Philosophy
fromHarvard Gazette
1 day ago

What makes a good student - Harvard Gazette

Curiosity, rigorous thinking, integrity, and knowing when enough is enough are key qualities of successful students.
#higher-education
Higher education
fromThe Atlantic
3 days ago

The Looming College-Enrollment Death Spiral

The decline in high school graduates will significantly impact college enrollment and accessibility, particularly for lower-income students.
Higher education
fromThe Atlantic
3 days ago

The Looming College-Enrollment Death Spiral

The decline in high school graduates will significantly impact college enrollment and accessibility, particularly for lower-income students.
fromNature
2 days ago

Huge analysis of 320,000 careers suggests that productive researchers stay that way

The study says that these researchers represent almost 80% of all 'late career' scientists - people who have at least 25 years of experience in publishing academic articles - in the world.
Careers
Mental health
fromNature
2 days ago

14 things our PhD supervisors got right and why it mattered

Good supervision positively impacts PhD students, providing support and fostering a collaborative environment.
Education
fromwww.aljazeera.com
4 days ago

Makeshift Gaza university offers chance to resurrect academic studies

Solar-powered halls in Gaza provide essential academic spaces for students amid war and resource scarcity.
Higher education
fromHarvard Gazette
1 hour ago

'This is not about Harvard. It is about higher education.' - Harvard Gazette

The partnership between U.S. universities and government is threatened, risking a brain drain similar to post-war Europe.
fromVulture
6 days ago

The Pitt Paid Off Patrick Ball's $80,000 Student Loans

I paid off my student loans like three months into The Pitt, and that was a really profound moment 'cause I thought I was gonna die with it. It's a huge burden to carry, and a lot of people carry it.
Mental health
fromApaonline
6 days ago

On the Insufficiency of Current Gender Equality Policies in Academia and the Necessity of a Cultural Shift

In 2021, women held only 28% of professorships in higher education and research institutions, even though they comprised 48% of PhD students, according to data gathered from a sample of 900 EU and non-EU institutions.
Philosophy
Higher education
fromFortune
4 hours ago

This CEO has teamed up with Google, Microsoft, and McKinsey to build an AI degree that could rival Harvard-and it will only cost $10,000 to attend | Fortune

Khan TED Institute will offer a low-cost, AI-focused degree to expand access to higher education and align learning with job market needs.
#hampshire-college
Higher education
fromFortune
7 hours ago

Hampshire College closes, the latest in a string of small schools to fold under demographic, financial pressure | Fortune

Hampshire College will close after the fall semester due to financial pressures and inability to sustain operations.
Higher education
fromFortune
7 hours ago

Hampshire College closes, the latest in a string of small schools to fold under demographic, financial pressure | Fortune

Hampshire College will close after the fall semester due to financial pressures and inability to sustain operations.
Education
fromwww.berkeleyside.org
4 weeks ago

Bayer funding available to education programs serving Berkeley students

Bayer is offering $100,000 to $400,000 in five-year grants to six organizations supporting STEAM education for Berkeley students from grade school through community college, with funding beginning August 2027.
Higher education
fromPsychology Today
1 day ago

Higher Education Mergers Feel Personal, Because They Are

College mergers disrupt relational systems, affecting roles, identity, and emotional stability beyond just organizational structures.
#research-funding
fromNature
1 month ago
Fundraising

The funding system needs fixing - but it's not a 'waste of time and money'

fromNature
1 month ago
Fundraising

The funding system needs fixing - but it's not a 'waste of time and money'

Higher education
fromLGBTQ Nation
1 day ago

University system chancellor orders schools to end academic programs "centered on" LGBTQ+ identities - LGBTQ Nation

Texas Tech University System is eliminating academic programs focused on sexual orientation and gender identity.
#pell-grant
fromwww.bbc.com
4 days ago

I got a 10,000 loan for my nursing degree. Now they say it's an error and I have to pay it back

David Robinson, who completed a one-year postgraduate diploma in adult nursing, was informed that his course was ineligible for maintenance loans, requiring repayment at an accelerated rate.
Higher education
Higher education
fromThe Nation
5 days ago

Yale's Summer Storage Wars

Yale cut summer storage reimbursements for first-gen and low-income students, raising concerns about its budgeting priorities despite a $44 billion endowment.
fromInside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
1 month ago

NSF Plans to Boost Staffing, Halve Grant Solicitations

The fewer solicitations you have, the less time grant applicants have to figure out which of our pigeonholes they fit into. In the past, a solicitation might have been for an individual program, which means it's attached to an individual program officer and a specific dollar amount. Now, instead of going to one program officer's area, the NSF will use technology to better route applications to wherever within the agency they can best be reviewed.
Science
Artificial intelligence
fromFortune
2 months ago

While elites debate geopolitics, Americans are rethinking college in the search for economic mobility | Fortune

AI is actively transforming labor markets, prompting American workers to adapt as automation threatens roughly 25% of US and European work hours.
fromInside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
2 months ago

Let's Level the Playing Field for Singles in Higher Ed

"Singlism" is a term coined by psychologist Dr. Bella DePaulo; this is defined as the discrimination and stereotyping of those who are non-married (I prefer this to the term "unmarried"). I'm not a psychologist, but a lot of the assumptions Dr. Tanglen's colleagues made about her "freedom" are an example of singlism. Much of the loneliness the writer felt may have been a result of internalized singlism, which emanates from societal messages from our public discourse (media, business practices, even laws)
Social justice
fromInside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
2 months ago

ICE Needs Higher Education and Training Standards (opinion)

At its best, police education and training prepare law enforcement officers with the knowledge and skills-including principles of constitutional law, active listening and verbal de-escalation techniques, implicit bias awareness, how to recognize signs of mental illness or substance abuse, use of force standards, and ethical decision-making and professional conduct-that they will need to protect and serve the public as safely and effectively as possible.
US politics
Higher education
fromCalifornia Post
1 week ago

California college ranked No. 1 best public university in the nation - and others make top 10

University of California, Berkeley has reclaimed the top spot in U.S. News & World Report rankings, pushing UCLA to second place after years of dominance.
fromInside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
4 weeks ago

Labor Soliciting Applications for TRIO Grant on ED's Behalf

These actions further align the postsecondary and workforce education programs of ED and DOL and will position DOL as the central hub for America's postsecondary education and workforce development programs. Through the agreement, Labor is essentially administering ED grant programs, while ED continues to set the budget, criteria and priorities for the programs and manage hiring and other HR processes.
Higher education
fromInside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
2 months ago

Students Should Insure an Investment as Important as College

It can be scary to borrow large student loans to finance an expensive college degree. There is a market failure, however, every time a student does not attend their preferred college, study their preferred major, or pursue their preferred career because they are afraid of student loans. Students should be free to pursue their passions - not forced into second-best choices because of the cost of the degree or the prospect of a lower income in the future.
Higher education
fromwww.npr.org
2 months ago

More students are going to college. Affordability and workforce training are factors

While overall more people are choosing college, there are important shifts happening in where students are going and where they're not. Enrollment at private four-year colleges is down. Fewer people are enrolled in master's degree programs. But enrollment is up at four-year public universities and at community colleges. There, it's driven by students choosing short-term credentials tied to the workforce.
Higher education
fromInside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
2 months ago

Of Course Faculty Will Take Political Positions in the Classroom

We argue that "faculty members could hold strong viewpoints and yet act in accordance with the highest professional standards." We state emphatically that "it is not possible to make faculty experts refrain from articulating any political viewpoint" while adding that "it is possible to require that they limit the viewpoints expressed in classes to those that are academically justifiable and germane, and to create a space in class where other defensible positions can be expressed."
Higher education
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Just not monetizable': humanities programs face existential crisis at US universities

The mock funeral was a protest against the university administration's plan to overhaul the college by consolidating its departments into four thematic schools including one devoted to human narratives and creative expressions, encompassing what was previously taught in the English, classics, languages and Latino Studies departments, among others. Fears over the future of the humanities aren't limited to New Jersey's second-largest public university.
Higher education
fromInside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
2 months ago

The Fight Over Community College Bachelor's Degrees

While community college advocates argued the lower-cost degrees would benefit students in a state with vast rural expanses and education deserts, private universities countered that community colleges are stepping out of bounds and infringing on their territory. Greg Steinke, the president of the Iowa Association of Independent Colleges and Universities, even went so far as to say the move could put some institutions out of business, telling lawmakers a few weeks ago that "without any question and without any doubt," if the bill passed, "some of our private colleges will close."
Higher education
Higher education
fromAxios
2 months ago

Trump admin reveals first-of-its-kind funding data in elite college crackdown

The Education Department released 2025 disclosures showing over 8,300 foreign funding transactions totaling more than $5.2 billion, concentrated at four major universities.
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