This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Writing for EdSurge, one professor at The Ohio State University laments that her colleagues in higher education haven’t been partaking in the discussion over open educational…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take · BBC News reports that Prime Minister Theresa May announced that the student loan repayment threshold has risen. Around 600,000 students will benefit from this new policy. …
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Recently, three panelists gathered in San Francisco to discuss college affordability and financial aid. EdSurge provides a recap on the event and the insight the panelists provided…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Walmart’s new college assistance program chose three institutions where employees can enroll to get an associates or bachelor’s degree in business. Those three universities are the University of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The author explains the differences between merger models in the context of higher education institutions. More and more colleges and universities are looking to consolidate in order…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Walmart recently announced a new benefit for associates: education. According to Greg Foran, CEO of Walmart, the new education benefit is designed to knock out barriers of enrollment…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Walmart is now offering tuition assistance to their employees and will start to cover college expenses for employees who want to pursue an associates or bachelor’s degree in business…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As you read this, there are students nationwide struggling with depression, anxiety or another mental health condition. Some will only contemplate suicide; others will act on those thoughts. Mental illness…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The Hechinger Report raises concerns about the nearly one million low-income students around the country who are eligible for financial aid but don’t receive it because…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • For-profit college conversions to nonprofit entities faced heavy criticism from opponents at a hearing of a U.S. Department of Education advisory council, although advocates assert that these schools…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The Carnegie Corporation of New York, Ford Foundation, MacArthur Foundation, Rockefeller, Hewlett, Mellon, and Kresge Foundation all forged a partnership for Higher Education in Africa. The MacArthur…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • On average, only 26 percent of all university students typically volunteer. University of Maryland’s Do Good Institute ecently published a report on the gap in volunteers of…