The University of Utah believes income-share agreements may expedite time to graduation.

Reported by Education Dive, university officials found that many of their students were taking longer to graduate out of reluctance to take out large loans.

Will Pell grant expansion provide aid for short-term training programs?

Reported by Education Dive, the JOBS Act was introduced in Congress, which would expand Pell Grants to be used in training and certificate programs as short as eight weeks long (down from 15 weeks and 600 clock hours today).

Associates degrees in the liberal arts have doubled since 2000.

Reported by Education Dive, a new study from the Community College Research Center shows that contrary to the assumed death of the liberal arts, more and more students are choosing associates degrees in the humanities. And this could prove great for employers claiming that our graduates possess a lack of social literacy and communication skills.

How will a $183.8 million investment injection into apprenticeship training affect higher ed?

Reported by EducationDive, twenty three institutions and university systems received apprenticeship funding from President Trump’s 2017 executive order to expand apprenticeships.

Reported by The Chronicle of Higher Education, Carrie Anne Platt spent three days shadowing undergraduate students, and was reminded of the “overwhelmed” nature of being a student.

George Mason University has developed a cloud computing bachelor’s degree in partnership with Amazon Web Services.

Reported by Education Dive, along with Northern Virginia Community College, George Mason has created a seamless path to a four-year bachelor’s degree preparing students for their cloud computing career. This program includes curriculum that prepares students to earn additional credentials from Amazon directly, such as the AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner credential.

If only 5% of students qualify for your state’s “free college” program, is it doing what you had hoped?

Reported by Education Dive, while 19 states now offer some sort of free college program, some states’ eligibility restrictions, including an unwillingness to pay for housing or transportation costs, keep these programs away from the very students they were designed to help most.

What could a live-work space mean for your institution?

Reported by EdSurge, The University of Utah’s new learning, making, and living space, Lassonde Studies, combines 400 student residencies with a 20,000 square foot maker’s area.

Will online IP rules become a competitive advantage for some institutions?

Reported by Inside Higher Ed, for your faculty who write textbooks, the IP is often clear. The textbook is theirs. But the online course they design? Who owns those materials?

May the best male win.

Reported by Inside Higher Ed, while a 2012 study revealed significant gender bias in hiring within biology and physics departments, a more recent study unfortunately shows more of the same. With these studies, resumes were submitted for roles with identical qualifications, yet with different first and last names.