Reporters at Open Campus’s 21 partner newsrooms have covered developments and highlighted barriers in states including Colorado, Indiana, North Carolina, Mississippi, and Texas.
Colleen Murphy
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Everyone’s talking about Flock cameras. Here’s what to know.
Some colleges are re-upping their Flock contracts. Others are ending them amid data-sharing and privacy concerns.
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Open Campus is partnering with Bridge Michigan on higher ed coverage
This is Open Campus’s 21st partner newsroom and the sixth in the Great Lakes region.
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Dual enrollment has boomed. Now what?
Dual enrollment has its challenges, a research brief argues. Few states fund it sufficiently. Equity gaps persist. And too many credits lead nowhere.
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Higher ed is under an ‘accountability umbrella,’ with federal aid newly tied to what graduates earn
Our new tool lets users compare earnings outcomes of certificate programs around the country. Two higher-ed experts share their takeaways from the data.
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Workforce Pell is here. States are racing to catch up.
Eventually, 100,000 students annually could receive the funds for short-term training programs.
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Tenure under attack
The number of professors with tenure has been on the decline for decades. Legislators and university systems are accelerating that trend, weakening tenure protections.
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Community colleges reporter recognized for policy-changing coverage
Adam Echelman, who writes about the state’s community colleges and workforce, was honored for his coverage of a sweeping fraud scheme.
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The college students facing an unexpected eviction threat
Student parents in their mid- to late-30s are about twice as likely to face an eviction filing as their peers who aren’t in school.
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There’s a shortage of nurses. And there’s a shortage of faculty to train new ones.
The new borrowing limits for graduate school could make both problems worse.