Reported by Education Dive, high school seniors across Washington are receiving financial aid reminders from a new chatbot launched this past fall.

Reported by Education Dive, Georgetown University announced they will divest from fossil fuel companies within a decade.

Reported by EdSurge, more than 40 colleges have made statements that they are not and won’t use facial recognition technology on their campuses. Whereas, many universities are actively utilizing facial recognition technology for meal payment, dorm security, and other privacy applications.

Reported by Inside Higher Ed, a new study published in Educational Researcher showed that high school GPA is a 5x stronger predictor of college success and graduation than an ACT score.

Reported by Education Dive, dual enrollment options designed to improve college affordability are underrepresented by the very students these programs were most designed to serve, with a new report from Wheelhouse showing that only 27% of black students and 30% of Hispanic students taking advantage of these programs, compared to 38% of white and Asian students.

Reported by Education Dive, colleges are awarding slightly more certificates and associates degrees (1.95 million) per year as they are bachelor’s degrees (1.92 million).

Reported by The Chronicle of Higher Education, some professors of Gen Ed requirements know that many of their students “have” to be there vs. “want” to be there. So they’ve discovered that the best way to turn the “haves” into “wants” is to give their students control of the syllabus.

Reported by The Chronicle of Higher Education, Andre Audette from Monmouth College uses their introductory American politics course to win over students still searching for their career path.

Reported by Education Dive, by 2030, some 144,000 state residents qualified to attend a public California university will be turned down due to capacity limitations.

Reported by Education Dive, The University of North Texas has partnered with Coursera to provide an adult online completion degree, a bachelor of applied arts and sciences through one of seven concentrations.