Reported by EY, the ‘ZOOM College’ many students experienced last year wasn’t revolutionary. It didn’t feel like the future. For many students, it felt slightly worse.

Reported by Inside Higher Ed, charitable donations to colleges and universities increased 7% last year to $52.9 billion dollars, led by no-strings attached donations from MacKenzie Scott totaling nearly $7 billion dollars.

Reported by Inside Higher Ed, even the KU University Senate agrees with the elimination of 28 of the 42 programs on the cutting line, since they are largely inactive, but is pushing back on the other 14 that would impact currently enrolled students and faculty.

Reported by EdSurge, while higher ed enrollment has suffered in America during the pandemic, it virtually shut down 82% of enrolled students in sub-saharan Africa without internet access, where remote learning was not a mere annoyant learning curve, but a massive luxury unable to be realized.

Reported by Business Standard, while our business schools became more online-friendly since the pandemic out of necessity, the question becomes, why should we go back once we can?

Reported by Higher Ed Dive, Don Kilburn, the CEO of UMass Online, claims we are beyond the experiment phase. That online is clearly the way forward for adult learners. And that our focus must become on excellence of delivery.

Reported by Inside Higher Ed, while higher ed’s enrollment woes continued last year, the average college endowment increased 35% from the fiscal market’s bull run, to an average of $1.1 billion dollars.

Reported by CNN, Yale University's “happiness” course, officially titled “The Science of Well-Being” is the highest enrolled course in the history of the institution. And during a global pandemic that has been extraordinarily rough on our mental health, this free course is filling a big need.

Reported by The Hechinger Report, higher ed’s value is indeed in question, so much so that higher ed enrollment is down 1 million students since the start of the pandemic. And while the labor shortages of the last year have meant these students have been able to find open opportunities in the workforce today, a majority of high-paying jobs are still largely locked for them.

Reported by Higher Ed Dive, while only 1 in 3 college presidents are women, recent research from the College and University Professional Association for Human Resources finds that female senior leaders are paid more at these institutions with female presidents.