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College Student Loan Debt as a Percent of Earnings: 2022

June 15, 2022

I recently wrote about the Texas Public Policy Foundation’s College Graduate Earnings: 2022 report. On the same day that TPPF issued its college earnings report, they issued a report titled…

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College Graduate Earnings: 2022

June 14, 2022

Using recently published data from the U.S. Department of Education, Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Andrew Gillen provides a report intended to inform parents and policymakers about the earnings prospects for…

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Changing the Narrative – But Is the Narrative Right or…

June 13, 2022

In a recent article in The Job – Higher Ed & The Workforce, Paul Fain writes about a new national advertising campaign kicking off in September that will attempt to…

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When a Survey is Self-Published versus Peer-Reviewed

June 8, 2022

I first read about the Economic Well Being of U.S. Households in 2021 report in an email from UPCEA. The email referenced a Higher Ed Dive article written by senior…

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Unpaid (and required) College Internships

June 1, 2022

On a recent trip to Baltimore for my high school reunion, I met a young woman named Molly Rea. Molly was bartending at the hotel where I stayed. When I…

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U.S. College and University Spring Enrollment Continues to Decline

May 31, 2022

The National Student Clearinghouse released its Spring 2022 Enrollment Report this past week. Total postsecondary enrollment fell 4.1 percent, or 685,000 students compared to Spring 2021. This is a two-year…

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Content is Ubiquitous – Connection is Not

May 24, 2022

The daily barrage of emails and tweets forces me to skim headlines quickly until I find something of interest. A clever headline or title can make a difference. Last week,…

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Emerge Summit 22

May 23, 2022

An introduction to Jan Lynn-Matern, founder and partner of Emerge Education at the ASU/GSV Summit in April led to an invitation to attend the Emerge Summit 22 in London last…

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Check Your Passport Expiration Date

May 19, 2022

I used to travel outside of the U.S. at least once a year. Then COVID hit and it seemed like traveling overseas was more difficult and riskier than traveling in…

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A Notable Milestone

May 16, 2022

Colleges and universities announce graduation dates well in advance of the planned ceremonies. The pageantry of formal graduation ceremonies with the faculty and administration garbed in their academic regalia is…

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More Research About Why Fewer Community College Students Are Enrolling

May 12, 2022

In March, I wrote two articles about a research paper written by Kelli Bird, Benjamin Castleman, Brett Fisher, and Benjamin Skinner titled Unfinished Business: Academic Market and Labor Market Profiles…

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AI-Powered Technologies and Practices in Higher Ed

May 10, 2022

In a recently published blog about the 2022 EDUCAUSE Horizon Report, I noted that the report’s experts had identified six technologies and practices that will have a significant impact on…

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2022 EDUCAUSE Horizon Report – Trends in Education Technology

May 9, 2022

The 2022 EDUCAUSE Horizon Report is one of those rare reports that is not solely based on the research of the writers, but instead incorporates the opinions of experts in…

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How Would You Spend $1 Billion to Study Climate Change?

May 5, 2022

Wednesday’s New York Times featured an article about venture capitalist John Doerr’s $1.1 billion gift to Stanford University for establishing a department and several institutes to study climate change and…

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Will Joe Biden Cancel Student Debt? – the Political Ramifications…

May 4, 2022

Monday’s Boston Globe featured an article by reporter James Pindell that analyzed why President Biden hasn’t kept his campaign promise of cancelling $10,000 of college student debt for every borrower.…

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Artificial Intelligence/AI

EdTech

Higher Education

Independent Schools

K-12

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