Education

[ad_1] House Republicans’ latest plan to improve the student loan system focuses on helping defaulted borrowers get back on track and adjusting income-driven repayment plans. North Carolina representative Virginia Foxx, the Republican who chairs the House education committee, sponsored the Federal Assistance to Initiate Repayment (FAIR) Act along with Utah representative Burgess Owens and Michigan …

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[ad_1] Average annual spending on college course materials fell to a decade low of $285 in the 2022–23 academic year, Student Watch found, according to a press release from the Association of American Publishers. That marks a 57 percent decline since 2012–13. “We’ve noticed a really consistent decrease in student course material spending over time,” said …

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[ad_1] University of Washington postdoctoral researchers and research scientists and engineers announced Thursday that they have paused their strike after reaching tentative agreements with the institution that would grant significant raises, among other things. The strike began June 7. In an email, the university said, “We are pleased to have reached agreements with the postdocs and …

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[ad_1] In fall 2012, Unity College had fewer than 600 students. Now, a decade and a name change later, Unity Environmental University counts more than 7,500 students. Administrators attribute the explosive enrollment growth to a hard online pivot centered on high-demand environmental programs. Unity began rethinking its offerings in 2012, leading to the launch of …

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[ad_1] A couple of posts earlier this week generated some thoughtful responses. The one about vocations brought a wonderful story from a reader whose daughter nearly married a boyfriend of whom the mother disapproved because the boy was in a vocational program. She wanted her daughter to marry someone who went to college. Before the …

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[ad_1] A little over 10 years ago in this space, I wrote a manifesto in the form of a list against the use of algorithmic grading of human writing. The occasion was the announcement that MOOC provider edX had created what they were calling a “workable model” for automated grading. I was skeptical about the model’s …

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