HEADLINES: Top Higher Education News for the Week

September 16, 2024

The Department of Education said it will now give colleges and universities until Jan. 15 to report data for new gainful employment regulations... Inside Higher Ed looks at a new study that explores the skills crucial to a successful college presidency.

Education Department Delays Gainful Reporting Requirements Again
Inside Higher Ed | Sept. 16, 2024

Study: The 7 Competencies Presidents Need
Inside Higher Ed | Sept. 16, 2024

September 13, 2024

Inside Higher Ed looks at a memo ACE sent the presidential campaigns outlining policy priorities for higher education... The New York Times explores how the end of race-conscious admissions has affected demographics at some institutions more dramatically than at others... Some public colleges in Virginia are struggling to find a way to comply with a state law requiring them to make reparations to descendants of enslaved people, The Chronicle of Higher Education writes.

What College Leaders Want From Harris and Trump
Inside Higher Ed | Sept. 13, 2024

Affirmative Action Was Banned. What Happened Next Was Confusing.
The New York Times (sub. req.) | Sept. 13, 2024

Virginia Wants to Give Scholarships to Descendants of Slaves. It’s Harder Than It Looks.
The Chronicle of Higher Education (sub. req.) | Sept. 12, 2024

September 12, 2024

The House Education and Workforce Committee approved the Stop Campus Hazing Act Wednesday, setting it up for a floor vote... New survey data show mental health problems trending down among college students for the first time in 15 years, The Chronicle of Higher Education reports... The Washington Post considers institutions’ new policies around protesting and speech for this fall.

Federal Anti-Hazing Bill Moves One Step Closer to Becoming Law
Inside Higher Ed | Sept. 12, 2024

Fewer College Students Reported Mental-Health Challenges for the First Time in Years
The Chronicle of Higher Education (sub. req.) | Sept. 11, 2024

Limits on Masks, Tents and Noise: Some Campuses Tighten Protest Rules
The Washington Post (sub. req.) | Sept. 12, 2024

September 11, 2024

House Republicans proposed legislation that would increase scrutiny of educational partnerships with Chinese institutions... Daniel Greenstein, chancellor of Pennsylvania's state higher education system, will step down next month to work on higher education issues at an accounting and advisory firm... Senators from both parties asked the Department of Education to extend the deadline for institutions to report gainful employment data, Inside Higher Ed reports.

Republicans Seek to Revive China Initiative
Inside Higher Ed | Sept. 11, 2024

Chancellor of Pa. State University System Headed to International Accounting and Advisory Firm
The Philadelphia Inquirer (sub. req.) | Sept. 10, 2024

Senators Urge Education Department to Extend Gainful Reporting Deadline
Inside Higher Ed | Sept. 11, 2024

September 10, 2024

A Boston Globe op-ed advocates for more initiatives to improve community college transfer rates... A new report shows that the number of students who use rankings to choose a college is on the decline... An op-ed in the Lexington Herald Leader highlights efforts by institutions in Kentucky to serve non-traditional students.

OPINION: Community College Can Be a Steppingstone to Four-Year Schools. But for Too Many, It’s Not.
The Boston Globe (sub. req.) | Sept. 10, 2024

New Report Shows College Rankings Are Losing Influence
Inside Higher Ed | Sept. 10, 2024

OPINION: Kentucky Is Working Hard to Educate Non-traditional Students in Higher Ed
Lexington Herald Leader | Sept. 9, 2024

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ACE Op-Eds

The Only Certainty Is Uncertainty
Inside Higher Ed | July 2, 2024
Protect, Teach, Enforce
Inside Higher Ed | June 25, 2024
AI Can Transform the Classroom Just Like the Calculator
Scientific American | April 17, 2024
There’s a Temporary Fix to the FAFSA Mess — All Colleges Must Extend Decision Deadlines
The Hechinger Report | March 26, 2024
Answering the Call
Inside Higher Ed | March 19, 2024
Every FAFSA Delay Puts College Further Out of Reach
The New York Times (sub. req.) | Feb. 8, 2024
Don’t Dash Opportunity for America’s College Students
The Hill | Aug. 16, 2023
‘Fire the Accreditors’ Is a Bad—and Illegal—Idea
Inside Higher Ed | June 28, 2023
This Is How To Keep Academic Freedom Alive in America
Newsweek | March 23, 2023
Why U.S. News May Have to Rethink How It Creates College Rankings
The Washington Post (sub. req.) | Sept. 14, 2022
Canceling Student Loan Debt Is Just the Start
The Hill | July 1, 2022
Want to Reduce Hunger Among College Students? Stop Taxing Their Pell Grants
The Hill | Feb. 10, 2022
Doubling the Pell Grant Invests in America's Future
The Hill | Sept. 3, 2021
Making Equity Everyone’s Work
Diverse: Issues In Higher Education | March 31, 2021
Dropping the Ball
Inside Higher Ed | March 4, 2021
The Quickest And Most Effective Way Biden Can Help Millions of Americans Go to College
The Washington Post (sub. req.) | Jan. 30, 2021
Liberal, Conservative or Somewhere in the Middle?
Inside Higher Ed | Oct. 19, 2020
Should Congress Provide Additional Pandemic Relief for Colleges and Universities?
CQ Researcher | Sept. 11, 2020
The Biggest Danger to U.S. Higher Education? Losing 20 Years’ Worth of Gains in Access for First-generation and Minority Students
The Hechinger Report | Aug. 11, 2020
Our Country's Future Education Depends on Actions Congress Takes
The Hill | July 20, 2020
Why Trump’s Move to Force International Students to Take In-person Classes This Fall Is Being Blasted as Harmful
The Washington Post (sub. req.) | July 8, 2020
Supreme Court Has Ruled on DACA, Now It's Time for Congress to Act
The Hill | June 20, 2020
College Closings, Economic Upheaval Make a Case for Blockchain Adoption
Education Dive | June 18, 2020
Are Campus Leaders Prepared for the Impact of the Racial Crisis?
Inside Higher Ed | June 15, 2020
College in a Pandemic is Tough Enough — Without Reliable Broadband Access, It’s Nearly Impossible
The Hechinger Report | June 9, 2020
How College Students Can Help Reopen America
Inside Higher Ed | May 18, 2020
A Call for Ideas to Help Student Parents Succeed During and After COVID-19
Education Dive | May 6, 2020
The Courage of Medical Students
Inside Higher Ed | April 20, 2020
University Research is Key to COVID-19 Breakthroughs, Serving the Public Good
The Hill | March 23, 2020
Safeguarding Research on Campuses Against Foreign Threats
Inside Higher Ed | March 9, 2020
In Appreciation of a Public Servant
Inside Higher Ed | Dec. 9, 2019
Mental Health Challenges Require Urgent Response
Inside Higher Ed | Oct. 29, 2019
Guns on America's Campuses: Let the Colleges Decide
The Hill | Sept. 9, 2019
The Invisible China Threat: University Intellectual Property
The Hill | July 30, 2019
Ending the Stigma for College Students With Learning Disabilities
The Hechinger Report | July 16, 2019
Providing Prisoners With Expanded Access to Higher Education Is the Smart Thing to Do
The Hill | July 5, 2019
No Retreat
Inside Higher Ed | June 10, 2019
Ted Mitchell: Congress Must Act to Protect Dreamers Still Living in Legal Limbo
Fox News | May 21, 2019
Taxing College Scholarships: A Travesty to Low-income and Middle-class Students
The Hill | May 20, 2019
Black Students' 'Unprecedented and Unequal' College Debt Should Cause Alarm
The Hechinger Report | Feb. 19, 2019
Congress Must End the Purgatory for ‘Dreamers’
The Washington Post (sub. req.) | Nov. 9, 2018
Higher Education Must Clean Out Its ‘Front Porch’
The Washington Post (sub. req.) | April 25, 2018
Only in America
Inside Higher Ed | Feb. 15, 2018
FCC’s Proposed Internet Rules Could Raise College Costs and Hinder Free Exchange of Ideas
The Washington Post (sub. req.) | Dec. 8, 2017
The House GOP Tax Bill Would Raise the Cost of College. We Can’t Let That Happen.
The Washington Post (sub. req.) | Nov. 6, 2017
Why Most Republicans Don’t Like Higher Education
The Chronicle of Higher Education | July 19, 2017
History, Moral Leadership, and Georgetown
The Washington Post | April 26, 2017
The Supreme Court Frees Colleges to Sensibly Pursue Diversity
The Chronicle of Higher Education | June 24, 2016

Letters to the Editor

Higher Education Must Rediscover Its Purpose
The Wall Street Journal (sub. req.) | Jan. 29, 2024
Don’t Blame Student Loan Debt on the Few Schools With Large Endowments
The Boston Globe (sub. req.) | Sept. 11, 2022
College Is Worth It
The New York Times (sub. req.) | Oct. 29, 2021
The Harsh New Reality Schools Are Facing on Title IX
The Washington Post (sub. req.) | May 24, 2020
The Flaw in a Higher Education Bill
The New York Times (sub. req.) | Dec. 1, 2019
How Long Will ‘Dreamers’ Have to Live in Limbo?
The Washington Post (sub. req.) | July 30, 2019
Readers Critique The Post: Ageism, Skateboarding, and the International Space Station
The Washington Post (sub. req.) | July 5, 2019
Blame the NBA, Not the NCAA, for Big-Time Athletes’ Dilemma
The Washington Post (sub. req.) | Feb. 25, 2019
Weighing the Value of College
The New York Times (sub. req.) | May 26, 2018
Feds Must Help Colleges Reform and Change
The Wall Street Journal (sub. req.) | May 23, 2018
Making College More Diverse Takes Hard, Customized Work
The Washington Post (sub. req.) | April 2, 2018
How to Assess What Students Have Learned
The New York Times (sub. req.) | Feb. 26, 2018
Tulane’s 41% Student Sexual Assault Rate
The Wall Street Journal (sub. req.) | Feb. 15, 2018
Should Rich College Endowments Be Taxed?
The Wall Street Journal (sub. req.) | Nov. 20, 2017
Proposed Tax on Private College Endowments Will Hurt Students
MinnPost (MN) | Nov. 16, 2017
The Dreamers Are a Good Part of America’s Future
The Wall Street Journal (sub. req.) | July 25, 2017

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