Reported by EdSurge, while one promise of online education has always been that of scale, many institutions find online learning infrastructure more expensive to build and maintain than their in-person learning environments, all while keeping capped class sizes to ensure more personalized student attention. As such, only 20% of institutions surveyed charge less for their online courses as they do for their in-person modality.

Reported by EdTech Magazine, Bellevue College uses a strengths-based approach to help students on the autism spectrum navigate online learning. IT teams work to keep in mind communication differences - that they might only be hearing or seeing 10% of what the student meant to say.

Reported by UPCEA, University of North Carolina System President Peter Hanz declared a new commitment to adult learners, as part of the state’s goal to have 2 million working-age North Carolinians with a post-secondary degree or credential by the year 2030.

Reported by EdSurge, one big downside of online-only education is the isolation involved. Despite the resources and effort colleges offer their online students, these resources often go underutilized, and the student feels truly on their own. For the highly self-motivated student, there may not be a problem. But for a whole lot of students, it is.

Reported by EdSurge, it’s the employees most used to working within change that most employers find the most valuable. Therefore, is a transfer student transcript a wonderful signal of flexibility, thoughtfulness, and adaptability? New research from The Ohio State University suggests that transfer students were 77.5% more likely to develop innovation capacities.

Reported by Inside Higher Ed, two foundations are providing first course free for New Hampshire high school graduates at any of the state’s seven community colleges this fall.

Reported by Inside Higher Ed, while 60% of colleges and universities plan on maintaining test-optional admissions next year, some are moving right back to their pre-pandemic admission considerations. For instance, the University System of Georgia announced their plans to resume test score admission requirements beginning Spring 2022 and beyond.

Reported by Inside Higher Ed, test-optional admission decisions are up drastically due to the pandemic, with 20% of students nationally currently sitting on a wait list. This number is even greater for students of color, at 29%.

Reported by UNCF, the best-selling author’s podcast, Revisionist History, is specifically digging into the U.S. News & World Report rankings this season. Questioning whether or not the publication’s popular ranking system is helpful for anything beyond determining and sort-ranking which institutions selectively admit more students of higher academic and affluent standing vs. actually create social mobility jumps in the students they do admit.

Reported by EdSurge, Husson University is one of the first in the country to offer an extended reality degree program, designed as a cross-curricular program, incorporating the fields of augmented reality, visual design, and coding.