Leaders from 2U, Global Citizen Year, Minerva, and Pearson reveal which elements of the higher-ed ecosystem are getting stronger and which are poised to collapse. For Fast Company’s Shape of Tomorrow series, we’re asking business leaders to share their inside perspective on how the COVID-19 era is transforming their industries. Here’s what’s been lost—and what More Info »
Revenue shortfalls from tuition and student housing are the greatest challenges colleges now face, according to a new survey of higher education leaders. Already, universities have furloughed thousands of employees and announced revenue losses in the hundreds of millions. Sharp enrollment declines due to the pandemic have taken a severe financial toll on many colleges More Info »
With some colleges and universities planning to continue online learning into the spring, students are now looking at over a year of learning from home. How will their well-being and academics be affected? Winter break and the start of next term are fast approaching. At this point, most colleges that have announced their plans for More Info »
Liberal arts departments, graduate student aid and even tenured teaching positions are targets as the coronavirus causes shortfalls. Ohio Wesleyan University is eliminating 18 majors. The University of Florida’s trustees this month took the first steps toward letting the school furlough faculty. The University of California, Berkeley, has paused admissions to its Ph.D. programs in More Info »
Tim Yates advises on how colleges should consider asset allocation, endowment spending and development programs over both the short and long term. Despite the fall semester looking much better than the worst-case scenarios contemplated in early summer, higher education in America continues to grapple with the enormous challenges that the COVID-19 pandemic has posed. In More Info »
At Bunker Hill Community College, most students ride the T to campus. Not this semester. “I have asthma. I was afraid that I might catch [the coronavirus]. My anxiety was really bad,” said Cindy Morales of Dorchester, who took the Red and Orange lines to Charlestown for a few in-person nursing classes. She struggled to More Info »
We break down where proposed legislation stands and what colleges should know about the aid available to them now. It’s been nearly seven months since Congress passed the only major coronavirus aid legislation yet, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act. Since then, lawmakers have introduced several proposals, but none have found bipartisan More Info »
The colleges with the most cumulative cases of COVID-19 show no signs of shutting down. Some of their critics find themselves burned out and resigned. When some colleges announced this summer that they would be reopening in person, there was backlash. Critics said university administrations were being careless, deluding themselves and setting up the conditions More Info »
The Department of Education’s webinar provided some helpful additional context and explanation regarding the October 30 HEERF institutional reporting requirements. In our October 8, 2020 blog post, we provided a summary of the recent Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund (HEERF) guidance issued by the Department of Education regarding the uses of the HEERF institution funds More Info »
No tricks, a major deadline looms for postsecondary educational institutions just before Halloween. The first round of quarterly reporting for the institutional portion of the Higher Education Emergency Relief (HEERF) Grant is due October 30, meaning institutions cannot delay in preparing and posting their reports. Check out this rundown concerning the basics of this reporting, More Info »