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    California State University pilots direct admissions program

    California State University pilots direct admissions program

    Late last month, Cal State East Bay said it would send letters to high school seniors in two K-12 districts, San Leandro and Hayward Unified, informing them that they will be guaranteed acceptance if they meet the university’s admissions requirements.


    Appeals court backs Sweet v. Cardona settlement

    Appeals court backs Sweet v. Cardona settlement

    A majority of the three-judge panel supported a lower court’s ruling that the colleges did not have a “significantly protectable interest” and, as parties not participating in the settlement to the long-running Sweet v. Cardona lawsuit, lacked a particular form of legal standing needed to challenge it.


    How Personhood Credentials Could Impact Higher Education

    How Personhood Credentials Could Impact Higher Education

    The idea behind personhood credentials is to solve these problems by creating something to prove that the online user is a unique human, not AI, and not on multiple accounts in the same platform.


    Judge greenlights pro-Palestinian students’ free speech lawsuit against Texas colleges

    Judge greenlights pro-Palestinian students’ free speech lawsuit against Texas colleges

    U.S. District Judge Robert Pitman wrote Monday that the groups are "likely to succeed" at proving the institutions’ executive order-informed policies chilled free speech and violated the First Amendment.But he dismissed the claims against some of the defendants, including the governor.


    What Is Self-Sovereign Identity, and Could It Impact Higher Education Cybersecurity?

    What Is Self-Sovereign Identity, and Could It Impact Higher Education Cybersecurity?

    That username and password are attached to some internal identifier, and that’s linked — directly or indirectly — to the entire spectrum of information that the university has about the person.


    EDUCAUSE 2024: How Automated Cloud Monitoring Promotes Accountability

    EDUCAUSE 2024: How Automated Cloud Monitoring Promotes Accountability

    As higher education institutions continue to discover the benefits of hosting data in the cloud, these environments are becoming increasingly complex.


    As election looms, undocumented students worry

    As election looms, undocumented students worry

    The vice president frequently refers to the immigration system as “broken” and told the Democratic National Convention in August that “we can create an earned pathway to citizenship and secure our border.” She’s also championed DACA in the past.


    Through education partnerships, Johnson Controls looks to get its ‘fair share’ of technical talent

    Through education partnerships, Johnson Controls looks to get its ‘fair share’ of technical talent

    The academy’s talent pipeline begins with three Lincoln Tech recruiters working on Johnson Controls’ behalf to identify and build relationships with students at the technical college’s 14 — soon to be 18 — training campuses, Feilen said in an interview.


    What Are Ghost Students, and How Do They Operate?

    What Are Ghost Students, and How Do They Operate?

    And once colleges are aware of the problem, the process of closely scrutinizing applications and monitoring students’ behavior once enrolled can cost an enormous amount of time and effort for admissions officials, faculty members, IT teams and others.


    Webster University to close its military campuses

    Webster University to close its military campuses

    As of Oct. 31, Webster continued to highlight its physical offerings, which combined with its online coursework makes the university “uniquely positioned to serve the educational needs of active-duty military.”


    Harris needs to finish the job on for-profit college loan discharges

    Harris needs to finish the job on for-profit college loan discharges

    Our client, Jaime Maldonado, remembers nearly ten years ago when Harris, then her state's attorney general, announced findings of significant misconduct against thenow-defunct Corinthian Colleges.


    EDUCAUSE 2024: Lessons from a Data-Driven Institution

    EDUCAUSE 2024: Lessons from a Data-Driven Institution

    Some of that was out of necessity, because there is no in-person interaction with students at WGU, but some was by design as the university’s early leaders took a technology-forward approach.


    Cal State will emphasize postgrad success in new campaign

    Cal State will emphasize postgrad success in new campaign

    “The initiative will deepen the CSU’s relationship and alignment with industry partners and benefit California’s workforce by strengthening the pipeline of career-ready graduates to fill critical positions in growing fields,” according to documents from a previous board meeting.


    More U.K. university history departments cutting jobs, courses

    More U.K. university history departments cutting jobs, courses

    “For trained historians, the implications of such changes are far-reaching and include: the threat of redundancy; reduced scope for innovative teaching and research; greater inequality between institutions; and a diminishing of history’s influence and contribution beyond the university sector,” warns the report, which adds that students, too, will find their opportunities more limited.


    The college affordability gap shrank during the pandemic, research suggests

    The college affordability gap shrank during the pandemic, research suggests

    They based a college’s affordability on whether the average in-state students’ federal financial aid awards, family contributions and 12 weeks of full-time minimum wage work could cover the institution’s total price, plus $300 in emergency expenses.


    The scramble for college voters in Arizona

    The scramble for college voters in Arizona

    “College campuses are the easiest way to completely run up our numbers with young voters and ensure they’re voting for Kamala Harris, Ruben Gallego [Republican Kari Lake’s Senate opponent] and Democrats all the way down the ballot, including judges, school board members, state legislators and propositions.”


    Lawsuit targets Illinois college scholarships aimed at increasing teacher diversity

    Lawsuit targets Illinois college scholarships aimed at increasing teacher diversity

    “Illinois can offer assistance to young, aspiring teachers, but not when they exclude a significant number of applicants based on their skin color,” said Pacific Legal's attorney Erin Wilcox in a statement on Tuesday.