How Community Colleges Can Grow Apprenticeships
Community colleges have an opportunity to integrate apprenticeships into their skills-building approach, but some barriers remain. On AEI.
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North Carolina Still a Foreign Student Hub as Uncertainty Remains
National foreign student enrollments may be drying up, but Triangle-area colleges continue to pull in increasing numbers of non-Americans. On Triangle Business Journal.
Changes Are Coming to Teacher Evaluations
USC has abolished student evaluations, and other colleges are looking to use peer review to judge teachers in a more rigorous manner. On Inside Higher Ed.
How College Trustees Can Make a College Degree Valuable Again
Saying no to tuition and fee increases, using technology better, and using building space more efficiently can go a long way. On Real Clear Education.
Enrollment Declines Hit the Midwest and Northeast Hardest
Of the 10 states with the biggest declines, six are in the two regions: New York has lost the most students, followed by Michigan. On Inside Higher Ed.
Lowering the Bar in the Sciences to Satisfy Identity Politics Goals
Pressure is on STEM award recipients to boost under-represented groups in their university departments—and that sometimes means lowering standards to reach their goals. On City Journal.
Defending Administrative Bloat
The growth of administrators may be a predictable result of faculty focusing more on research and teaching, and less on grunt work. On Education Dive.
UNC Board Faces Concerns about Conflicts of Interest in Real Estate Deal
A public-private partnership at North Carolina Central University has some worried that a UNC board member has exerted improper influence in the decision-making process. On the News & Observer.
Georgia Passes Law Protecting Free Speech on College Campuses
Universities now cannot establish "free speech zones" and must protect student expression while on campus. On Campus Reform.
Title IX Complaint Wants Yale to Stop Discriminating Against Men
A student at the University of Southern California filed a complaint that argues exclusive programs for women amount to sex discrimination against men. On Inside Higher Ed.