Reported by Inside Higher Ed, while last year marked a massive uptick in online education, what about online textbooks? A full 62% of faculty used ebooks this past academic year, up from 53% the year prior.

Reported by Inside Higher Ed, while enrollment revenue suffered significantly across higher ed this past academic year, most college endowments also didn’t benefit from the tech stock market rally from last year, since higher ed endowments are more broadly invested in bonds and other asset classes that didn’t perform quite as well.

Reported by Inside Higher Ed, a new study out of the University of Augsburg and the University of Manheim surveyed faculty attitudes going into their transition to remote instruction, and compared it against student ratings of their teaching quality.

Reported by Inside Higher Ed, the University of Wisconsin System is planning to hold 75% of their classes on-campus in person this fall, down only slightly from the 80% that were held in-person pre-pandemic.

Reported by Inside Higher Ed, while many colleges brand themselves as the place where students learn autonomy and self-discovery, the “hands-off” implication of that story may be precisely the wrong message for first-generation students who may need more help finding themselves in a place where they don’t have first- or second-hand knowledge of the ecosystem.

Reported by Inside Higher Ed, in the past 2 years, Duolingo has gone from their English language test being accepted by dozens of institutions up to more than 3,000 colleges today.

Reported by EdSurge, students used to having built-in proctors with their in-person classes are now experiencing new opportunities and temptations to cheat they may never have had before.

Reported by EdSurge, most colleges are great at asking alumni for their money, but not themselves – for mentorship, advice and experiential learning opportunities. And yet, it’s hard to know which would actually be more valuable.

Reported by EdSurge, you may remember Yik Yak’s short-lived life on college campuses back between 2014-2017

Reported by EdSurge, new Burning Glass data has found a decreasing number of entry-level jobs that required a degree. Therefore, these new college graduates are sidelined along with workers who have much more experience than they do.