Reported by Inc., Google has released several new certificate programs on the Coursera platform, including data analytics, UX design, and project management.

Reported by Higher Ed Dive, the latest count from non-profit Credential Engine puts the number of unique credentials, including degrees, certificates and badges students can earn in the U.S. over a million. Of these, more than 550,000 are from non-academic non-degree granting organizations, providing badges, certs, or apprenticeships.

Reported by Higher Ed Dive, a new working paper from College Crisis Initiative (C2i) out of Davidson College shows a significant correlation between those private nonprofit colleges with large international student populations and their propensity to open in-person this past fall.

Reported by Higher Ed Dive, Mackenzie Scott, former partner of Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, gave $800 million of gifts in total to 42 different colleges and universities last year, many of those ones often overlooked by mega-donors – more than half which were historically black colleges.

Reported by Forbes, Brandon Busteed, President of University Partners at Kaplan is not only pitching but questioning why elite universities haven’t gotten here already.

Reported by Higher Ed Dive, the hybrid-flexible model allows students to participate online or in-person as they please, per their schedule and preference.

Reported by Higher Ed Dive, a recent survey from College Pulse shows that only 7 out 10 undergraduates believe that their college can force them to get vaccinated in order to attend. And with 1/3 of all students surveyed concerned about the vaccine’s safety, will enough students be willing to get the vaccine in order to make a mandate unnecessary?

Reported by Higher Ed Dive, Florida International University President Mark Rosenberg’s pandemic playbook became one of flexibility and creativity.

Reported by Higher Ed Dive, the institutions with the strongest brand marketing presence pre-pandemic may not have translated to a digital-exclusive pandemic environment.

Reported by Inside Higher Ed, a new report by the Center for Collegiate Mental Health, which includes survey data from 50,000 students who visited 1 of 143 campus counseling centers during the previous academic team, shows that 33% of these visitors sought support related to COVID-19.