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Sara Weissman

@SaraWeissman

Reporter at @insidehighered. Runs on coffee. Covering post-traditional students and the institutions that serve them + religion and higher ed.

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Professors and students want Georgia State University to keep its college-in-prison program open. The institution’s leaders say new federal standards make it too costly to do so. insidehighered.com/news/students/…

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An instructor called a student's unborn child 'a parasite' and denied her time to pump breast milk. Now the student is getting her final semester at Hinds Community College reimbursed under a agreement to resolve an OCR investigation into the college.

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AND she does it all while spending every night carrying furniture around for like three hours straight because I forced her to stage manage a musical for me :') absolute legend

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The number of students earning college degrees fell for two consecutive years after at least seven years of slight increases National Student Clearinghouse data show. Sara Weissman 's analysis is here insidehighered.com/news/students/…

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Fewer people are earning degrees for the second year in a row, but certificates are having a moment, according to a new report from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center. insidehighered.com/news/students/…

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The House HE subcommittee is hearing testimony today from NASFAA, National College Attainment Network (NCAN) leaders, Mark Kantrowitz & Rachelle Feldman, vice-provost of enrollment UNC-Chapel Hill about the FAFSA fiasco. We've got Katherine Knott 🤷‍♀️(on bsky.social) in the room and giving us live updates. Follow along insidehighered.com/news/governmen…

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Tennessee State University's Board of Trustees has been replaced by the governor's picks. Some supporters of the university say it's a worrying move and could have implications for other HBCUs as well. insidehighered.com/news/instituti…

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Pitzer student activists say the Israel study abroad program cut was an ideological move long in the making. College officials say the academic boycott had nothing to do with it. insidehighered.com/news/global/st…

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Pizer College has said it dropped its University of Haifa program due to low enrollments . But pro-Palestinian student groups have celebrated the move, seeing it as the culmination of years of advocacy to end the collaboration Sara Weissman reports insidehighered.com/news/global/st…

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A former professor’s sex discrimination lawsuit against Moody Bible Institute was recently allowed to proceed by a federal appeals court. The case could have bigger implications for religious colleges. insidehighered.com/news/instituti…

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A Washington, D.C. conference brought together university leaders eager for answers on promoting civil discourse amid ongoing student protests over the Israel-Gaza war. insidehighered.com/news/students/…

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Some HBCU advocates say Biden's outreach to and support for the institutions hasn’t gone unnoticed, and his efforts may bring him one step closer to winning over Black and youth voters come election time. Others say he has his work cut out for him. insidehighered.com/news/instituti…

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A sting operation by a Florida college illustrates how increased institutional reliance on third-party, web-based proctoring services present new, high-tech opportunities for college students to cheat – and to be blackmailed.
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Fallout from the suicide of a Lincoln Univ. of Missouri administrator continues. Some alumni and students are angry the univ. prez was reinstated after being put on leave amid allegations that he bullied the administrator. An external review cleared him.
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An investigation cleared Lincoln University’s president of charges he’d bullied an administrator who died by suicide. Some alumni and students object to his return. insidehighered.com/news/workplace…

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Davenport University is producing online degree programs with courses that alternate between English and Spanish each week to teach students professional proficiency in both languages in their fields. insidehighered.com/news/diversity…

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Bethune-Cookman University's former alumni association has been dissolved after a two-year legal fight that has left alumni smarting. insidehighered.com/news/instituti…

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