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👩🎓 Higher Ed Jobs Roundup 🚨 👉 Director, Advocacy & Engagement, EdTrust 👉 Education Program Specialist, U.S. Department of Education 👉 Multiple, Complete College America Find these openings and more! https://lnkd.in/eKjtSi-T

In his latest, Ben Cecil shares strategies for talking about three hottest (and most polarizing) issues in higher ed: 1️⃣ Is college worth it? 2️⃣ Is student debt cancellation actually popular? 3️⃣ Are colleges really “woke” indoctrination centers? More here:

Our latest installment of AcadeMIX Upshot shows a college completion gap between in-person/hybrid enrollment and exclusively online programs. What can we do to close the gap? ➡Require transparent reporting of costs and revenues among exclusively online programs ➡ Regulate non-profit institutions’ use of online program managers (OPMs) ➡ Increase institutional wraparound services for students in exclusively online programs ➡ Consider clear and elevated accreditation standards for exclusively online degree programs Read the full report to learn more: https://lnkd.in/eemgdTFS

🚨 Higher Ed Policy Jobs Alert 🚨 ➡️ Intake and Engagement Associate, Project on Predatory Student Lending ➡️ Digital Marketing and Marketing Operations Associate, APIA Scholars ➡️ Policy and Advocacy Director, Higher Education and Workforce, Young Invincibles. ➡️ Vice President, Research (Postsecondary education: affordability and education-to-career guidance), Strada Education Foundation Find these higher ed policy jobs and more at HigherEdPolicyJobs.org!

Is higher education still worth it? Trust in the system is down, but a four-degree is valuable. Catch Senior Education Policy Advisor Ben Cecil in Inside Higher Ed on the nuance of the hottest debate in higher ed 👇 https://lnkd.in/eu2juXuK

Due to scientific and technological advancements, the economy of the future will increasingly require professionals with advanced degrees, but graduate costs have increased 233% since 2000. The current trajectories of cost and debt put graduate education out of reach for too many students. Grad PLUS loans are an important resource for many graduate students who may not otherwise have access to private lending. But they can also be a source of excessive debt—limited only by the cost of attendance, an amount that universities set with few incentives to rein in costs. Minimizing the risks to borrowers will require closer regulatory scrutiny and greater transparency about graduate program outcomes. Without clear information about degree programs’ debt and earnings outcomes, prospective students are unable to make informed choices about their graduate education and future careers, and policymakers are unable to hold graduate programs accountable for leaving program completers in precarious financial positions. Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce's new report, “Graduate Degrees: Risky and Unequal Paths to the Top,” supported by Arnold Ventures, proposes improvements to transparency and accountability in graduate education through a new regulatory framework for Grad PLUS loan eligibility, which would enable high-value programs to continue operating while putting the brakes on runaway costs and borrowing. https://bit.ly/3NaFnzn

50% of schools in Tier 1 of the Economic Mobility Index are Regional Public Institutions. Learn more in Chazz Robinson’s latest blog on https://lnkd.in/ekVpFkU7.

"For higher education to be the catalyst for economic mobility that it should be, we need to focus on access and value." Did you catch Michelle Dimino in Scott Pulsipher's latest newsletter? Check it out ⬇ https://lnkd.in/eCPiupeJ

#CalState universities are prominently featured in recent college rankings from The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Monthly, Third Way and Forbes, reinforcing the power of a CSU degree to change the trajectory of students’ lives forever. 🙌 🎓 🎉