How schools are supporting college students postelection 

Greater training’s response to the 2024 election has been muted to date, relative to 2016. However that doesn’t imply college students don’t need their establishments to acknowledge how they’re feeling.  PeopleImages/Getty Photos The College of Virginia ramped up psychological well being helps for college students feeling pressured forward of and instantly after Election Day. Recognizing…

Two Minnesota schools contemplate merging

Dakota County Technical School and Inver Hills Neighborhood School are contemplating a merger to consolidate sources and stave off enrollment declines, The Minnesota Star Tribune reported. The 2 establishments, solely 9 miles aside, already collectively make use of 64 workers and have shared a president since 2015. Officers on the schools estimate merging would save about…

Spiritual schools that lean into their id make positive factors

Franciscan College of Steubenville simply opened a brand new, 111,000-square-foot educational constructing and is within the strategy of increasing its Christ the King Chapel by 175 seats. The Catholic establishment in Ohio wants extra space after enrollment rose 6 p.c this yr to three,972 college students, from 3,750 final yr. During the last decade, enrollment has…

As Trump threatens deportations, faculties tread rigorously

The president of Wesleyan College wasted no time addressing his college students’ considerations in regards to the election outcomes after Donald Trump’s victory on Nov. 5. Michael Roth put out a press release the subsequent day reflecting on the 4 years forward—and highlighting how the college would possibly reply to the potential deportations of undocumented college…

Utah faculties face price range cuts regardless of report enrollment

Utah public faculties are having an unusually good 12 months. Whereas most state increased training methods confronted enrollment drop-offs amid a storm of things—demographic declines, doubts in regards to the worth of a faculty diploma and the botched FAFSA rollout—enrollment jumped at each public establishment in Utah this fall for the primary time in additional…

4 methods schools can assist second-year college students

Increased schooling consultants thought-about the elements that impression pupil retention and success of their second yr and past throughout a workshop on the Pupil Success US convention, hosted by Inside Increased Ed and Occasions Increased Schooling. FatCamera/E+/Getty Photos Many schools and universities have well-developed techniques and helps for brand new college students, from specialised orientations…

A highway journey to lifeless and dying faculties (opinion)

Increased training has seen a wave of college closures lately. Whereas information has been beneficial in understanding the size of those difficulties, there are actual individuals and locations behind the numbers. I determined to do a traditional American highway journey to lifeless and dying faculties this previous summer time, chronicling what the sector was dropping via…

Employers, four-year schools present neighborhood faculty internships

In comparison with college students at four-year schools and universities, neighborhood faculty college students are much less more likely to take part in an internship or related experiential studying alternative. Regardless of the well-known influence of internships on pupil profession preparation and future employment, neighborhood faculty college students are much less more likely to take…

Democrats launch advert marketing campaign at 30 faculties

An indication at Atlanta Metropolitan State Faculty in Georgia directs folks on the primary day of early voting within the state. The Democratic Nationwide Committee needs college students to vote early. Megan Varner/Getty Photographs In an effort to spice up early voting amongst faculty college students, the Democratic Nationwide Committee is planning to spend large…

Lawsuit accuses schools of tuition-fixing conspiracy

Forty schools, plus the nonprofit School Board, are accused of a price-fixing conspiracy in a brand new lawsuit. Picture illustration by Justin Morrison/Inside Larger Ed | Lance King/Getty Photographs | peterspiro, Philip Rozenski and f11photo/iStock/Getty Photographs Final week a lawsuit accused 40 schools and universities, in addition to the nonprofit School Board, of taking part…

Tribal schools underfunded with upkeep backlogs

A survey of tribal schools and universities by ProPublica discovered that these establishments endure from massive backlogs of deferred upkeep and infrastructure points and lack the federal funding they should make fixes. Of the 37 tribal schools and universities throughout 14 states, 13 responded to inquiries from ProPublica. The investigative journalism outlet described burst pipes,…

College students need faculties to cancel class on Election Day

A September Scholar Voice survey from Inside Larger Ed, carried out by Era Lab, discovered virtually all college students plan to vote within the upcoming presidential election, however round one in 10 don’t know the way but. Among the many 92 % of respondents who plan to vote within the Nov. 5 election, 11 % stated they don’t…