Reported by Higher Ed Dive, for the college who historically made their class through ACT list buys, direct mail, and lots of travel and events, this year is an entirely new learning curve.

Reported by Higher Ed Dive, while The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have not yet recommended universal testing, the American College Health Association now recommends colleges and universities should test both students and employees twice a week to manage control over the virus on campus.

Reported by Higher Ed Dive, this approach has helped Cleveland State Community College increase their retention rate by 8.5% since 2015. This includes structured program mapping and advising support to help students understand exactly what courses they need to take to stay on track, expediting time and cost to completion, and improving retention in the process.

Because reported by Higher Ed Dive, higher education has a serious trust issue. With more and more prospective students questioning the price, questioning the value, and questioning whether or not to enroll at all.

Reported by Higher Ed Dive, undergraduate enrollment dropped 3.6% year-over-year, a difference of more than 560,000 students, including a whopping 327,500 fewer first-year students, a 13.1% decrease from the prior year.

Reported by Higher Ed Dive, companies like StraighterLine, Outlier, and Coursera have also made venture capital fundraising waves recently to provide students with gen ed classes pre-approved as transfer courses to prominent institutions.

Reported by EdSurge, more than 2,000 parents have signed a letter urging McGraw-Hill to end their relationships with proctoring software company, Proctorio.

Reported by Higher Ed Dive, The University of Vermont is reporting that 27 of their academic programs are on the chopping block due to budget fallouts.

Reported by Higher Ed Dive, more than 80 member companies including Walmart and General Motors have signed onto Business Roundtable’s new career pathways initiative, specifically designed to improve equity and diversity in the workplace.

Reported by Higher Ed Dive, The California State University system has formally announced their plans to be largely in-person next fall, despite being primarily online this spring, hoping to provide students with enough heads-up to be confident in their enrollment decisions as they begin to make them.