Sure, online education can help scale higher ed. But when will it finally personalize it?

Reported by Inside Higher Ed, the promise of online education has always been broader than merely teaching more students at once. We’ve used like predictive. Adaptive. Personalized. But are we finally getting there?

What can we learn from other countries’ “free college” initiatives?

Reported by Education Dive, a new study from the American Enterprise Institute suggests some potential unintended consequences of free college. Specifically in these international use cases, you find a high correlation between an increase in federal subsidies and lower admission rates.

Who owns mental health services on campus?

Reported by Education Dive, a recent American Council on Education survey of more than 400 college presidents provides some interesting answers regarding their perceptions of higher ed progress on mental health issues and services.

Faculty diversity is still trailing student diversity trends.

Are nutrition benefits a college completion strategy?

Reported by Education Dive, The College Student Hunger Act of 2019 is a legislative attempt to expand the existing Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, otherwise known as SNAP.

Reported by Education Dive, with the aviation industry experiencing a shortage of skilled workers, more and more airlines are working directly with universities to create customized academic pathways and apprenticeship programs.

Reported by Inside Higher Ed, the promise of competency-based education is that freed from the credit hour, students would be able to progress through the curriculum as fast as their mastery allowed, saving time and tuition dollars.

Reported by Inside Higher Ed, many colleges still retain “plateau tuition” policies, meaning that a student taking 18 credit hours a semester pays no more than a student taking 12 credit hours.

Long-term thinking can be paralyzing. We definitely need to have the future in mind when making decisions. But we also need to be aware of the slow pace of mass behavioral change. Local still matters, and will for a long while.

Reported by Education Dive, while some colleges are trying to do a better job proving the market value of their degrees vs. the alternative of merely a high school diploma, some are working to incorporate personal financial education into their service offerings.