Reported by Higher Ed Dive, our institutions put a massive focus on online pedagogy training this past year. But if we’re moving back to in-person next year, can we stop?

Reported by Higher Ed Dive, a new survey from Maguire Associates suggests that a majority of first-year college prospects would still prefer fall classes be held face-to-face. And nearly half of transfer students still want in-person instruction this fall, after only 70% self-reporting to being comfortable with remote learning technology.

Reported by Inside Higher Ed, despite a very difficult enrollment year in the aggregate for higher education, many of the most selective institutions had their highest app years ever.

Reported by Higher Ed Dive, more than just fingers-crossed wishful thinking, New Jersey has developed a partnership with non-profit course provider, Modern States, to provide “freshman year for free”, allowing students to complete the self-pased courses and then receive a free CLEP voucher to take the College Board exam for mastery credit.

Reported by Higher Ed Dive, Florida’s legislature has approved a bill requiring their state’s public colleges to administer an annual survey designed to gauge student and staff perceptions regarding their own freedom of expression.

Reported by Higher Ed Dive, nearly 70% of faculty within Pennsylvania’s state system don’t approve of the plan to consolidate their six institutions into two, despite enrollment within the six having trended downward over the past decade.

Reported by Higher Ed Dive, a new EAB survey shows that 80% of high school seniors have now completed the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). But of those 20% who haven’t, the share of those being low-income students is double that of high-income students.

Reported by Higher Ed Dive, prior to the pandemic, many experts were predicting an onslaught of college closures. And despite one of the roughest enrollment years in recent history due to the pandemic, less than a dozen nonprofit institutions have closed their doors in the past year. But with three more liberal arts colleges closing this spring, including Becker College, Mills College, and Concordia College New York, those prognostications are coming out again.

Reported by EdSurge, the flipped classroom assumes we live in a world where information is abundant and largely free. And in that world, our professors need not be the gatekeepers of the knowledge itself, but of the application and learning processes.

Reported by Higher Ed Dive, cybersecurity targets on colleges have become increasingly aggressive, with attacks having doubled between 2019 and 2020, costing colleges nearly a half million dollars on ransom pay out on average.