A state audit of New School of Florida discovered that officers overpaid staff and distributors and failed to gather greater than $160,000 in excellent pupil balances, The Tampa Bay Occasions reported. The audit is essentially centered on monetary missteps between January and December 2022. Nevertheless it additionally discovered points in 2023, the yr Governor Ron…
The Faculty Board has overhauled its scoring methodology for almost all of Superior Placement exams over the previous two years. On Monday, the nonprofit printed on its web site the first public acknowledgment of the shift in the way in which it scores greater than three million assessments every year. Previous to 2022, AP exams in…
Taylor College organizes an annual pupil journey to Egypt. Making international engagement a central a part of college students’ expertise advantages not solely them, but in addition the way forward for the workplaces they may be part of. The world is extra linked than it has ever been, from the folks we work together with,…
Enterprise officers at this yr’s NACUBO convention shared tales from the trenches, greatest practices and worries about political, social and monetary points. Photograph illustration by Justin Morrison/Inside Increased Ed | Joe Christensen/iStock/Getty Pictures CHICAGO—Tons of of school monetary officers gathered within the Windy Metropolis this week—many delayed by journey points attributable to the CrowdStrike outage—to…
College students at West Virginia College who take part in a two-semester analysis apprenticeship retain at larger charges than their friends who don’t, in accordance with latest knowledge. Jennifer Shephard/WVU Photograph Undergraduate analysis alternatives will help college students establish their passions and see themselves as lecturers and researchers whereas enrolled of their bachelor’s diploma applications….
Schools and universities are more and more including menstrual product dispensers to loos throughout campus to enhance pupil well being and wellness. image alliance/Getty Pictures When addressing fundamental wants, most faculties and universities search to accommodate college students with meals, housing and funds for utilities, typically extending into clothes and private hygiene merchandise. Menstrual merchandise,…
tattywelshie/e+/Getty Pictures Earlier this 12 months, President Biden proposed a 10 p.c improve to the Pell Grant to carry the utmost annual award to $8,145. The proposal marks the most recent step towards the federal authorities’s objective of doubling Pell by 2029—a transfer that displays a broader effort by policymakers to extend school affordability. Whereas appreciable…
Orientation for brand spanking new commuter college students might help join learners to assets and deal with challenges they might face whereas enrolled. SmithCollection/Gad/Getty Photographs Knowledge from the newest Nationwide Postsecondary Scholar Assist Research discovered solely 15.6 p.c of all undergraduate college students reside on campus, and solely 12.9 p.c of all first-year college students reside on…
A circuit court docket decide has rejected requests by the New Faculty of Florida Board of Trustees and the State College of Florida Board of Governors to dismiss a lawsuit difficult a regulation limiting arbitration in college employment disputes, the Information Service of Florida reported. The state regulation, handed final 12 months, bars college members…
First-year retention is a crucial metric in scholar success, significantly amongst college students at a two-year establishment. A method faculties and universities encourage retention amongst new college students is thru selling emotions of belonging and connection to the establishment and their friends. Saddleback School in California launched a collegewide peer mentorship program in 2021 centered…
Northwestern School, a for-profit establishment in Illinois that closed abruptly final week, has been accused of mendacity to college students about switch agreements that don’t exist, native media reported. In an e mail obtained by WGN9, Northwestern School officers informed college students it had “recognized a number of establishments which have comparable educational applications and…
Michigan excessive schoolers will be capable to attend a local people school with out paying tuition beginning subsequent fall. The Michigan Legislature authorized funding for the brand new plan, which permits highschool graduates to earn an affiliate’s diploma or certificates at an in-district neighborhood school, final month as a part of the state’s $19 billion college…