{"id":87026,"date":"2023-05-15T20:36:17","date_gmt":"2023-05-16T00:36:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=87026"},"modified":"2023-05-16T14:27:53","modified_gmt":"2023-05-16T18:27:53","slug":"microcredentials-can-make-a-huge-difference-in-higher-education-riggs-several-other-items-re-he","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2023\/05\/15\/microcredentials-can-make-a-huge-difference-in-higher-education-riggs-several-other-items-re-he\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Microcredentials Can Make a Huge Difference in Higher Education&#8221; [Riggs], education debt swells, + several other items re: HE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newthinking.com\/innovation\/microcredentials-can-make-a-huge-difference-in-higher-education\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Microcredentials Can Make a Huge Difference in Higher Education<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; from newthinking.com by Shannon Riggs<br \/>\n<em>The Ecampus executive director of academic programs and learning innovation at Oregon State University believes that shorter form, low-cost courses can open up colleges to more people.<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>That so much student loan debt exists is a clear signal that higher education needs to innovate to reduce costs, increase access and improve students\u2019 return on investment. Microcredentials are one way we can do this.<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2023\/05\/12\/as-supreme-court-weighs-biden-forgiveness-plan-student-debt-swells.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>As the Supreme Court weighs Biden\u2019s student loan forgiveness, education debt swells<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; from cnbc.com by Jessica Dickler<\/p>\n<p><strong>KEY POINTS<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>As the Supreme Court weighs President Joe Biden\u2019s student loan forgiveness plan, college tuition keeps climbing.<\/li>\n<li>This year\u2019s incoming freshman class\u00a0can expect to borrow as much as $37,000 to help cover the cost of a bachelor\u2019s degree, according to a recent report.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>College is only getting more expensive. Tuition and fees plus room and board at four-year, in-state public colleges rose more than 2% to\u00a0$23,250, on average, in the 2022-23\u00a0academic year; at four-year private colleges, it increased by more than 3% to $53,430, according to\u00a0the\u00a0College Board, which tracks\u00a0trends in college pricing and student aid. <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Many students now borrow to cover the tab, which has already propelled collective student loan debt in the U.S. past\u00a0$1.7 trillion.<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/milkeninstitute.org\/panel\/14458\/access-outcomes-and-value-envisioning-future-higher-education\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Access, Outcomes, and Value: Envisioning the Future of Higher Education<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; from milkeninstitute.org with Jeff Selingo, Gene Block,\u00a0Jim Gash, Eric Gertler, and Nicole Hurd<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Leaders of colleges and universities face unprecedented challenges today. Tuition has more than doubled over the past two decades as state and federal funding has decreased. Renewed debates about affirmative action and legacy admissions are roiling many campuses and confusing students about what it takes to get accepted. Growing numbers of administrators are matched by declining student enrollment, placing new financial pressures on institutions of higher learning. And many prospective students and their parents are losing faith in the ROI of such an expensive investment and asking the simple question: Is it all worth it? Join distinguished leaders from public and private institutions for this panel discussion on how they are navigating these shifts and how they see the future of higher education.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chronicle.com\/article\/what-the-new-u-s-news-law-school-rankings-reveal-about-the-rankings-enterprise\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>What the New \u2018U.S. News\u2019 Law-School Rankings Reveal About the Rankings Enterprise<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; from chronicle.com by Francie Diep<\/p>\n<p><em>Excerpt <span style=\"color: #800000;\">(emphasis DSC):<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">This year\u2019s lists also offer a hint of how widespread the rankings revolt was. <strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Seventeen medical schools and 62 law schools \u2014 nearly a third of the law schools\u00a0U.S. News\u00a0ranks \u2014 didn\u2019t turn in data to the magazine this year.<\/span> <\/strong>(It\u2019s not clear what nonparticipation rates have been in the past. Reached by email to request historical context, a spokesperson for\u00a0U.S. News\u00a0pointed to webpages that are no longer online.\u00a0U.S. News\u00a0ranked\u00a0law\u00a0and\u00a0medical\u00a0schools that didn\u2019t cooperate this year by using publicly available and past survey data.)<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/postsecondaryvalue.org\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-87027 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/PostsecondaryValueCommission-May2023.jpg\" alt=\"Are today\u2019s students getting ahead, getting by, or even falling behind when it comes to their post-college earnings? The Equitable Value Explorer, an innovative diagnostic tool that puts the commission\u2019s work into action, is helping to answer that question.\" width=\"906\" height=\"510\" srcset=\"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/PostsecondaryValueCommission-May2023.jpg 906w, https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/PostsecondaryValueCommission-May2023-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/PostsecondaryValueCommission-May2023-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 906px) 100vw, 906px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.highereddive.com\/news\/idr-income-driven-repayment-vulnerable-borrowers-report\/650220\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Report: Many borrowers who could benefit from income-driven repayment don\u2019t know about it<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; from highereddive.com by Laura Spitalniak<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dive Brief:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Student loan borrowers who would stand to benefit the most from income-driven repayment plans, or IDRs, are less likely to know about them, according to a new report from left-leaning think tank New America.<\/li>\n<li>Around 2 in 5 student-debt holders earning less than $30,000 a year reported being unfamiliar with the repayment plans. Under a proposed plan from the U.S. Education Department, IDR minimum monthly loan payments for low-income earners, such as this group, could drop to $0.<\/li>\n<li>Just under half of borrowers in default had not heard of IDRs, despite the plans offering a pathway to becoming current on their loans, the report said. Only one-third of currently defaulted borrowers had ever enrolled in IDR.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em>Addendum on 5\/16\/23:<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Embedded post\" src=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/embed\/feed\/update\/urn:li:share:7063857260275367936\" width=\"504\" height=\"590\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Microcredentials Can Make a Huge Difference in Higher Education &#8212; from newthinking.com by Shannon Riggs The Ecampus executive director of academic programs and learning innovation at Oregon State University believes that shorter form, low-cost courses can open up colleges to more people. 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