2+ day, 6+ hour ago   (213+ words) Join leaders from WGU and MDC Online to explore how intentional AI adoption is impacting teaching and learning. AI is changing higher education, but the most successful institutions aren't simply adopting new tools—they're rethinking how they design programs, courses…...

3+ day, 37+ min ago   (492+ words) Anxiety about job prospects and heavy reading loads have led to dramatic declines in humanities majors since 2012, according to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. In 2025, colleges and universities awarded the lowest number of humanities bachelor’s degrees since 1991. Humanities…...

4+ day, 38+ min ago   (623+ words) Ethan Sawyer began his coaching business in 2012 and keeps close track of admission writing prompts. Despite yearly fuss over changing prompts, he says the college essay of today is much the same as it was over a decade ago. Sawyer…...

4+ day, 14+ hour ago   (101+ words) Learn how institutions can respond to rapid tech change while preserving assessment integrity & the student experience. How can higher education bridge the gap between rigorous, thoughtful academic governance and the fast-moving reality of AI evolution? Can't attend the webinar? You…...

5+ day, 38+ min ago   (812+ words) A new Uwill survey finds they’re twice as likely as college seniors to use AI for emotional concerns, offering a glimpse at what colleges could face next. Only 19 percent of students surveyed said they felt very or extremely prepared for…...

5+ day, 38+ min ago   (297+ words) New federal data shows that about 53 percent of college students have taken an online course since 2022, compared to 36 percent in 2019. For-profit and public nonprofit colleges have the biggest share of online learners. The surge in online enrollment forced by the…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (33+ words) Nineteen higher education organizations, including several accreditors, are backing the American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers’ new campaign calling on the higher education community to change how it evaluates prior learning....

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (497+ words) New data from Common App’s responsibilities and circumstances question—added for all applicants last year—allows students to share the range of extracurricular tasks they perform beyond sports, clubs and volunteer work. Common App users can now report outside responsibilities…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (287+ words) How much are we to blame for the lack of public trust in higher education? This is all to say, when the Vandy/Wash U report came out, I hoped it might kick off a much-needed conversation about the lasting…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (340+ words) If ever there was a most important era in which we must emphasize discourse with our students, it is today. We are in the midst of major changes in our culture and society as a whole. I have had a…...