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Newsletter Archive
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May 18, 2022
New Public-Service Scholarship Is High on Glitz
The Obama Foundation and the Airbnb founder will send 100 students a year to pursue internships or mentorships anywhere in the world. -
May 11, 2022
Can Digital Courseware Promote Equity?
A new project with 18 partners aims to reduce disparities in gateway courses that now enroll millions of students. -
May 4, 2022
Ambitious Career-Education Model Is Shutting Down
The deep-pocketed venture, with potential to become a national rival to community colleges, seems to have struggled with enrollment. -
April 27, 2022
Better Ways to Hold Colleges Accountable
Readers propose more transparency on costs and greater risk-sharing by colleges as alternatives to a metric that’s losing its value. -
April 20, 2022
Teaching Against Online Hate
A new self-paced course offers practical tips for refuting disinformation and disrupting hate on the internet. -
April 13, 2022
Student-Loan Pause Undercuts Accountability for Colleges
The latest suspension of U.S. student-loan repayment extends colleges’ “free pass” on default rates, but would a new metric be more meaningful? -
April 6, 2022
Funders Eye Ventures That Advance ‘Learning in the Flow of Work’
This year’s ASU+GSV Summit — in person! — comes on the heels of two years of record levels of investor cash flowing into the ed-tech sector. -
March 30, 2022
The Promise of a Transfer ‘Passport’
An interstate project to ease transfer pathways — while preserving academic principles and institutional autonomy — looks to expand. -
March 23, 2022
An Ed-Tech Leader Meets a ‘Cassandra’
What does their conversation tell us about all the hype over supposedly transformative innovations? -
March 16, 2022
Four Ideas on Where Higher Ed Is Headed
At our higher-ed shark tank, innovators pitched new models for international education, “authentic” admissions, building social capital, and career development.