Texas colleges are thinking about how to prepare students for a changing workforce and an already overburdened faculty for new challenges in the classroom.
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UT-Austin reverts to requiring standardized test scores for admissions
The University of Texas at Austin will once again require applicants to submit standardized test scores, beginning with applications to enroll in the fall of 2025. The university suspended the testing requirement in 2020 because of limited access to testing during the COVID-19 pandemic. Critics of testing requirements have said they foster inequities because students […]
Posted inIndianapolis
‘I don’t feel old here’: At Ivy Tech, retired seniors can take classes for free
Retirees also bring life experiences that make the campus community ‘culturally richer.’
Posted inEl Paso
UTEP to use faculty survey results to enhance campus’ AI strategy
A University of Texas at El Paso team plans to conduct a survey this spring and act on the data to offer UTEP instructors the necessary help to address the growing capabilities and complexities of artificial intelligence, including ChatGPT. Jeff Olimpo, director of the campus’ Institute for Scholarship, Pedagogy, Innovation and Research Excellence, said the […]
Posted inTampa Bay
Florida replaced sociology with an early U.S. history course. Here’s a closer look.
Academics say it’s a solid course for college and university students, but they wish the state didn’t downgrade sociology.
Posted inMississippi
Universities closure bill expected to die, but will proposed ‘efficiency’ task force keep issue on the table?
If her bill becomes law, a 10-member task force would review a range of factors, including IHL’s funding formula and enrollment and graduation rates.
Posted inIndianapolis
‘A huge relief:’ How Martin University’s free child care center supports student parents
Martin University’s drop-in child care program has been helping student parents since 2015.
Posted inHigher Ed in Prisons
An engineer bought a prison laptop on eBay. Then 1,200 incarcerated students lost their devices.
Students said they were given little information about when and if the devices would be returned, and many wondered if they’d lose access to the work they saved.
Posted inTexas
Texas Tech suspends professor over Israel-Hamas war comments
The university said it is investigating whether the professor’s comments, which it described as “hateful, antisemitic, and unacceptable,” found their way into the classroom or work environment.
Posted inCalifornia
Getting paid to go to school? California’s community colleges try it out
As California’s cost of living goes up, community college has become unaffordable for many students. As part of a $30 million pilot program, some California community college students will get paid by the hour to attend school and do homework.