Trends and Events Archives - Online Colleges

15-Year-Old Becomes Youngest Student to Attend Clark Atlanta…

A Tennessee 15-year-old is one of Clark Atlanta University’s youngest students ever, according to a university press release. Emory Pruitt Emory Pruitt enrolled at the Historically Black university for fall 2020, having graduated high school…

UN Climate Change Learning Partnership

Environment and Climate Change

The One UN Climate Change Learning Partnership, also known as UN CC:Learn, is a collaborative initiative of 36 multilateral organizations working together to help countries build the knowledge and skills they need to take action…

California May Join List of States With “Student…

Politics and EducationDecember 14, 2020

California may be about to become the newest in a growing number of states to have passed a “Student Borrower’s Bill of Rights.” About 3.2 million Californians currently owe a total of $133 billion in…

The Impending Skills Gap in Healthcare

Politics and EducationDecember 13, 2020

Normally, healthcare workers — nurses, therapists, etc. — will complete classroom as well as in-person practical clinical training as part of the education required to practice their specific profession. During the onset of the Covid-19…

Essays on how to better serve students from…

COVID-19 and EducationOctober 15, 2020

Last month Inside Higher Ed wrote about how the pandemic and recession were impacting the education and work of eight students from underserved backgrounds. We followed up later with a virtual event featuring three of…

Student artists exhibit their final shows online – in…

Art and Design

Most universities and colleges have cancelled or postponed this year’s final degree shows as a result of Covid-19, to the frustration of art students who have worked toward them for years. Many have turned to…

‘People thought I was too young to protest’:…

Body Electric

A decade ago, students protested over austerity. Now they’re campaigning against racism, climate breakdown and equalityIn June, Simukai Chigudu stepped up on a plinth in front of thousands of people blocking the streets outside Oriel…

Is This College? Students and Professors Reflect on…

Body Electric

College classes are back in session around the country, or at least something that resembles them.The word “weird,” was how several professors and students described their classes during the first week of this pandemic semester.At…

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