By Kelly Field. As the Education Department prepares to unveil its plan to provide loan forgiveness to borrowers who attended the defunct Corinthian Colleges, consumer advocates are amplifying their calls for blanket relief. More...
By Maysa Jalbout. This week, Arab and international leaders will gather in Jordan for the World Economic Forum on the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). Their discussions will centre on how to solve some of the region’s greatest challenges: grave humanitarian crises engulfing conflict-affected countries and their neighbours, wide income and gender inequalities, and growing numbers of unemployed youth. Education must be a central theme to all of these discussions. While the regional challenges affect education, education can also help solve these challenges. However, outstanding threats and weaknesses in the region’s educational systems are making it difficult to address these key issues. More...
By Robert E. Litan. The Great Recession and its aftermath have exposed a major mismatch between the skills of many college graduates and the skills employers are seeking. If anything, as technological change marches on, this problem may get worse. More...
By Siddharth Kulkarni. What’s most important to you when thinking about where to apply to college and what school to attend when those big envelopes finally come in?
There’s the obvious: closeness to home—or maybe distance!—the comfort of the dorms, and, of course, the quality of the dining hall food. More...
The growing need among university students for counsellors, at a time of dwindling counselling services, is a significant national problem (Report, 12 May). Thankfully, many young people in higher education are articulate enough to advocate for more services, singly, in groups and through organisational channels. According to the House of Commons statistics collated this February, 963,000 young people are Neets (not in education, employment or training), almost one in seven people aged 16-24. More...
By Lauren Gambino in New York and Hannah Devlin in London. Prof Donald Green ‘embarrassed’ over claims of errors by his co-author in study that found a conversation with a gay canvasser could soften attitudes. More...
By Lorraine Lim. Higher education institutions have a key role in preparing students to work in a sector with ever-evolving roles and a lack of job security. More...
By Jessica Elgot. Bahar Mustafa, union diversity officer at Goldsmiths, University of London, criticised for making students feel ‘intimidated’ but others support her. More...
By Natalie Gil. A petition calling on the University of Cambridge to seek students’ permission before it publicly displays their results is gaining momentum. More...
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