Reported by Education Dive, a recent survey from Ithaka S+R indicated that roughly 50% of the 15,000 students surveyed were looking for more communication from their financial aid offices.

Reported by Education Dive, if out-of-state enrollment plummets, the biggest student outsourcer states may end seeing massive enrollment improvements, including New Jersey, Alaska, Hawaii, Illinois, and Maryland.

Reported by Education Dive, a lack of governmental funding, enrollment pressure, affordability concern and a growing volume of student mental health issues was already creating incredible difficulty before a global pandemic came in to add chaos to an existing crisis.

Reported by EdSurge, researchers from MIT just completed what may be the largest research study regarding behavioral nudges and their impact on online student success, which included nearly 250,000 students.

Reported by Inside Higher Ed, Siena College did a test run of 3 socially distanced fall learning options for us, including a face-to-face collaborative classroom, a lecture course, and an outdoor seated collaborative class – all of which seated students 6 feet apart with some students attending via ZOOM as well.

Reported by Forbes, 20% of Harvard’s incoming class have chosen to defer their enrollment and forgo their undergraduate education option this year.

Reported by EdSurge, with so many colleges going test-optional after digging into their data, the question is whether the data is good enough now to create the requirements for us?

Reported by EdSurge, higher ed’s online student retention rate is historically between 5 and 35% lower than our in-person retention rates.

Reported by Inside Higher Ed, for those institutions who do open their traditional doors this fall, the isolation of the new in-person experience may be overwhelming.

Reported by Inside Higher Ed, a reversion to physically distanced classrooms may cause some faculty to revert back to the traditional lecture who may have been experimenting with active learning experiences.