Higher Education Inquirer

JUNE 29, 2023

A People's History of US Higher Education is sorely needed, not as a purely academic work to gather dust on shelves, or as internet click bait, but as a way to assess how our nation moves forward as a democracy--or as something less. In 2026 we expect an enrollment cliff to occur, a ripple effect of the 2008 Great Recession.

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Inside Higher Ed

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Neither the state Department of Education nor the chancellor’s office responded to multiple requests for comment or for a meeting agenda, attendee list and other details. Inside Higher Ed contacted more than 20 colleges and universities seeking details about last week’s meeting.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 13, 2023

Image: Nearly a decade after the Obama administration broached the idea of rating colleges and universities, the Biden administration is ready to take another crack at the historically fraught concept. The Obama administration didn’t end up rating institutions after opposition from higher education groups and others.)

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The Change Leader, Inc.

JUNE 20, 2023

Colleges or universities shouldn’t just try to increase the diversity of the student body but of their faculty and administration. If a college were located in a state that allowed greater access to reproductive rights, 81% of all enrolled and 85% of unenrolled said they would be more likely to enroll or stay enrolled.

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Department of Education, higher education lobbyists and policy experts say. “Their priorities are going to be much more about building a record with an eye toward 2024,” said Frederick Hess, director of education policy studies for the American Enterprise Institute, a right-leaning think tank.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

The discussion highlights the Biden-Harris administration’s active role in Negotiated Rulemaking since late 2020, bringing about a comprehensive set of regulations affecting higher education. The Higher Education Act (HEA) was signed into law in 1965 and is supposed to be renewed every five years. 00:00:32] Tom: Sure.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 9, 2023

Image: Representative Virginia Foxx is planning to leverage the decline in public perception of higher education to usher in a new era of stronger accountability for the nation’s colleges and universities in her role as chairwoman of the House education committee.

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