Short Takes

CUPA-HR released a new report that provides insight into faculty by instructional program, tenure type, and rank.

A survey piloted across 12 colleges and universities captured faculty perspectives on students’ mental and behavioral health.

In partnership with Hanover Research, the Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) fielded a survey to executives and hiring managers, capturing their perspectives on workforce preparedness and experiences valued for hiring decisions.

A new brief from Ithaka S+R draws attention to the ways federal policies can expand access to selective postsecondary institutions for lower-income students.

A new report from the Samuel Dewitt Proctor Institute at Rutgers University focuses on leadership skills needed in today’s society.

The Association of International Education Administrators (AIEA) released preliminary results from a survey of Senior International Education Officers (SIOs) and shared a snapshot of leadership positions in the field of international education.

Using data from 419 first-year students at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, researchers estimate that moderate-severe anxiety increased from 18.1 percent before the pandemic to 25.3 percent within four months after the pandemic began.

A new report from the Center for Postsecondary Research at Indiana University utilized data from the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) to examine trust in various aspects of higher education among college students.

The Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE) released a white paper that echoes calls for comprehensive and accurate data on American Indian and Alaska Native students.

A new practice brief from Rutgers Graduate School of Education in The Samuel DeWitt Proctor Institute for Leadership, Equity, and Justice centers the experiences of queer Latinx undergraduate students to explore solutions towards a sense of belonging. 

A recently released survey from YouthTruth, finds that, since the beginning of the pandemic, one out of every four high school seniors have changed their plans for after high school.

In their newest publication, the Institute for Higher Education Policy (IHEP) explores reverse transfer as a means for providing associate degrees to students who stop-out of four-year college programs.