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Untangling the Web: How to Monitor the Risks of Online Education
With a necessary migration emphasizing the long-standing need for better information collection and transparency in online higher education, this report surveys the current landscape of online education and identifies critical problems and widespread questions about how a rapid shift online impacts quality.
Colleges' Compliance With and Use of Federal CARES Act Emergency Grants: A Look at 100 Colleges
In the face of a global health and economic crisis, Congress quickly provided colleges with resources to support students facing unexpected costs stemming from sudden campus closures. This analysis finds that many colleges are not compliant with requirements to post information about how resources are being spent.
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New data show that the average student debt for college graduates continues to climb but at a slower pace. Nationally, about two in three (65 percent) college seniors who graduated from public and private nonprofit colleges in 2018 had student loan debt. These borrowers owed an average of $29,200. (Student Debt and the Class of 2018)
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Facing an unprecedented moment in #highered, colleges have closed campuses & moved classes online amid #COVID19. A new report released today explores the pressing need for better information collection and transparency for online ed. Read it here: https://t.co/CuZCCqzZpf https://t.co/8PDdQyK3kl
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Regularly refreshed with TICAS' work related to the coronavirus and college affordability, includes current fact sheets, statements, and our coalition work.
Unprecedented Mass Migration Increases Risk of Online Education
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Unprecedented Mass Migration Increases Risk of Online Education
Facing an unprecedented moment in higher education, colleges and universities have closed campuses nationwide and moved online amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Moreover, one lasting effect of the…
