College leaders call out racial inequities as protests roil the nation
Dive Brief: College leaders affirmed the need for continued work to address systemic racial inequity as protests over the death...
Day: June 3, 2020
Consumer advocates ask FTC to probe income-share company Vemo
Dive Brief: Two consumer advocacy groups filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission against income-share company Vemo Education, alleging...
Teacher survey: Meeting students’ needs, lack of PD among distance ed challenges
Dive Brief: Educators for Excellence’s recently released Voices from the (Virtual) Classroom survey indicates distance learning creates many obstacles for...
Remote assessment alternatives can go beyond measuring progress
Dive Brief: Educators may need to change how they assess students during the use of distance learning as a result...
Educators call for schools to be ‘safe havens’ against racism
Education leaders and organizations joined others Monday in condemning a Minneapolis police officer’s killing of a black man last week...
UK universities outline plans for the next academic year
Universities UK published a set of guidelines this week for universities as they emerge from lockdown, in an effort to...
Projects cap school year disrupted by coronavirus and defined by remote learning
Ashley Jenkins’ kindergartners were just about to receive a visit from a petting zoo when their school closed because of...
UK and Australia suggest clarity is coming on PSW rules
In the UK, where PSW is slated to come into effect in “summer 2021”, Vivienne Stern, director at UUKi, confirmed...
US lawmakers urge support for Optional Practical Training program
An extension of an international student’s visa, OPT allows graduates to work in an area related to their study for a total...
Modelling shows the Australian unis sector may lose $16 billion by 2023
The new four-year modelling underlines the sustained effect of Covid-19 on university finances in the years to come, with UA...
