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Freeman A. Hrabowski III, president emeritus of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, and Ted Mitchell,  president of the American Council on Education (ACE), former U.S. undersecretary of education, and president emeritus of Occidental College (CA), write:  The phone calls and texts are coming regularly. People who once aspired to become college presidents or provosts are now asking, “Should I still pursue this goal?” Many currently serving as presidents or chancellors are wondering, “How long can I continue?” And in the past months, significant numbers of college leaders have, in fact, left. Indeed, news media outlets have been rife with articles bearing headlines like “Who Wants to Be a College President?”, “You Could Not Pay Me Enough to Be a College President,” and “Wanted: New College Presidents. Mission: Impossible.”
 

First, the bad news: College seniors are facing tough competition for jobs after graduation. Now, some good: Many companies are still hiring. And unlike recent years, when numerous employers wrapped campus hiring in the fall, this year lots of businesses are recruiting into spring and summer, according to college career officers.
College seniors who’ve locked in jobs after graduation say they did so by going above and beyond, tapping unexpected connections, industries and tactics to secure their roles. That’s a change from years when companies fought each other to snap up campus talent. Companies are expecting to hire about 2% fewer graduating seniors this year, according to a survey of more than 250 employers by the National Association of Colleges and Employers.

President Joe Biden’s ambition to flood K-12 schools with tutors and mentors is facing challenges. Billions of dollars in federal stimulus funds for academic programs are running out. And a potentially massive source of classroom help — college kids — is proving tough to tap. The Education Department has asked that higher education institutions pay their students with Federal Work-Study funds to tutor younger kids. But policy wonks agree bureaucratic and logistical hurdles make it tough to scale a novel solution to an urgent problem, almost two years after the White House marshaled a call to do just that.

More than two-thirds of college students believe universities should protect free speech — even if the speech extends to physical threats or inciting violence, according to a new Axios Vibes survey by The Harris Poll.
The stunning finding reveals a desire to push the limits of free expression on campus. It hints at deep divides over how to advocate for Palestinian civilians while protecting the safety of Jewish students.

The U.S. Department of Education continues to lag on finalizing two key Title IX proposals anxiously awaited by district leaders for over three years — and now policy experts say it’s likely the department will finalize both this spring, after the department’s latest self-imposed deadline of March. The broader Title IX proposal released in June 2022 would protect LGBTQ+ students under the federal anti-discrimination law for the first time. It would also change Title IX implementation in a way that public education experts say make it more practical for schools, including shortening investigation and resolution timelines. The second proposal, released nearly a year later in April 2023, would create a framework for transgender students’ participation on sports teams aligning with their gender identities.