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Q&A with retiring National Student Clearinghouse CEO
Ricardo Torres, the CEO of the National Student Clearinghouse, is retiring next month after 17 years at the helm. His last few weeks on the job have not been quiet. On Jan. 13, the clearinghouse’s research team announced they had found a significant error in...
Research shows academic alerts impact grades, withdrawals
At Oklahoma State, academic alerts about things like missed assignments and excessive absences aim to help students stay informed about their academic progress. Photo illustration by Justin Morrison/Inside Higher Ed | hayatikayhan and Ralf Geithe/iStock/Getty...
A murky setback for DACA but no immediate changes
DACA students find themselves in yet another moment of uncertainty. Mario Tama/Staff/Getty Images News Just a few days before President Donald Trump’s inauguration, the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program was dealt another blow in its long legal...
U of Rochester students expelled over “wanted” posters
The University of Rochester has expelled a group of students who last fall plastered campus with posters critical of university leaders’ response to the Israel-Hamas war, The Rochester Beacon reported Friday. The expulsions come a little more than two months...
Denise Carter selected as acting secretary of education
President Donald Trump signed several executive orders Monday, including one appointing Denise Carter the acting education secretary. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images President Donald Trump tapped a veteran bureaucrat to lead the Education Department until the...
College costs have grown, but so has the return (opinion)
FG Trade Latin/E+/Getty Images What’s the biggest problem facing college students today? Cost is a big concern, of course, for good reason. But many would point to something equally troubling—misperceptions about the value of college degrees. That’s no surprise...
A short college course for students’ life, academic skills
While many students experience growing pains in the transition from high school to college, today’s learners face an extra challenge emerging from the COVID-19 pandemic. Many students experienced learning loss in K-12 as a result of distance learning, which has...
Three questions for UVA’s Anne Trumbore
The Teacher in the Machine: A Human History of Education Technology (Princeton University Press) will be published this May. I was lucky enough to receive an advance copy. It is too early to interview the author, the University of Virginia’s Anne Trumbore,...
Why small talk is a skill worth developing (opinion)
You walk into the conference networking event, feeling alone, aware of the steady chatter throughout the room. You look to find someone you might know, you sense your breath growing faster and you experience that all-too-familiar pit in your stomach. You walk...
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