During the competitive season, many college athletes find themselves miles away from campus with extra time on their hands. Davidson College staffers now add career development opportunities while these students are on the road. Many college athletes spend countless hours on and in planes, trains and automobiles traveling to and from matches, tournaments and preseason trainings. A career services staff member at Davidson College in North Carolina got creative with offering professional development opportunities for athletic teams, traveling alongside players and coaches to provide resources on the road.
When Francesca Gino, a rising academic star, was accused of falsifying data — about how to stop dishonesty — it didn’t just torch her career. It inflamed a crisis in behavioral science.
Millions of Americans with federal student loans must start making payments again. Given the huge scale of student loan debt in the US — 40 million people collectively owe more than $1.6 trillion — there are concerns that discretionary consumer spending will take a hit. The issue is sure to play a role in the 2024 political campaign season, as many young voters fault Republicans and a conservative-majority Supreme Court for stymieing attempts by President Joe Biden, a Democrat, to ease the debt
The affected institutions include Christian Brothers, Delta State, Lane Community College, St. Norbert and Shepherd. Numerous colleges and universities, public and private, announced in recent days that they face significant budget deficits that will require cuts to programs and employees. Many of the institutions appear to have been motivated by fall enrollment numbers that did not meet their expectations, in most cases representing a failure to recover from record low enrollments during the pandemic. Others cited the lingering effects on enrollment and budgets from COVID-19, exacerbated by the end of federal relief funds. The affected institutions include:
A new report from Naspa: Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education examined the two groups’ perspectives on factors that influence and hinder campus inclusion.
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