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The federal financial aid system’s future, core admissions practices and the higher ed sector’s financial outlook will be shaped by developments that are likely to unfold this year.
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- Our 2018 University of the Year award goes to @ucmerced. The university serves a large share of low-income, first generation and underrepresented students and has a $1.3 billion project underway to roughly double the size of its campus. ow.ly/pGQE30mQksq
- Microsoft seeks to recruit and train at least 100 students through Jackson State University’s Cybersecurity Readiness program.
- #PellGrant access could help some 463,000 state inmates enroll in postsecondary education, boost their job prospects and reduce their chance of recidivism, says a new report by the @verainstitute and the @GtownLawPovCntr. #HigherEd ow.ly/Le2M30nkVHV
- .@calstate is our College of the Year in the #DiveAwards for 2020. Read on to learn why we picked the system.
- .@BennettCollege received donations from roughly 11,000 contributors, including alumni, churches, and local and national businesses. #highered #hbcus ow.ly/6bXb30nABL4
- Kentucky State University will need emergency funds from the state to stay open for the rest of the fiscal year, a school official told lawmakers.
- Op-ed: "There are three unusual perks that we have never seen in a public university president’s contract."
- .@calstate is one of the first institutions to announce its plans for next fall, saying it intends to offer mostly in-person classes.
- Colleges are now charged with developing learners "who understand that education is no longer a one-time affair," says Nicole Smith, chief economist at the @GeorgetownCEW. #HigherEd ow.ly/6kK830oCYGI
- Republican lawmakers led by Indiana Rep. Jim Banks raised concerns to the Department of Defense about its ability to withdraw funding from colleges that host programs connected to China’s government, like Confucius Institutes.
- Fewer than half of @CommonApp submissions through Feb. 15 included standardized test scores. That's compared to 77% of applications last year. ow.ly/cayd50DOPcF
- At this year’s North American Victorian Studies Association conference, participants were just as likely to pass portable air purifiers and N95 mask giveaways as they were to bump into Brontë and Dickens scholars.
