What’s a local weather justice college, and the way can our universities rework into establishments that actually promote the well-being of the earth and humanity? Jennie C. Stephens’s new e book, Local weather Justice and the College: Shaping a Hopeful Future for All (Johns Hopkins College Press, 2024), units out to reply that query. It…
Home Speaker Mike Johnson introduced a “Home-wide” crackdown on campus antisemitism on the finish of April. Now six committees are taking the subsequent step: opening investigations into 10 universities. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Photographs Home leaders say that campus antisemitism has prolonged past pupil encampments to school health-care techniques and name on the Nationwide Institutes of Well…
Schools should inform any enrolled or potential scholar the price of attendance, and people who don’t may face a positive or different penalties, the Schooling Division reminded establishments Tuesday. In an enforcement bulletin, division officers mentioned they recognized situations of some admissions representatives failing to inform college students the price of a program. In some…
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…
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…
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…
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 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…
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…
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…
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…
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…