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FreeArticle
Community & Government Resources

Trump Moves to Cut Off Student Loans for Tons of Degrees (The New Republic)

A New Republic post on a federal rule tying student-loan eligibility to the earnings of graduates from a degree program.

Why I recommend it: The New Republic limits free articles per month on some pages.

#student-loans#higher-education#policy
newrepublic.comAdded Sep 29, 20260 opens
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Technology & Ethics

ShinyHunters Targets Education Sector with Oracle PeopleSoft Exploit

Google Threat Intelligence and Mandiant document a May–June 2026 ShinyHunters campaign exploiting CVE-2026-35273 in Oracle PeopleSoft Environment Management. The report says Google notified more than 100 potentially exposed organizations, 68% in higher education, and provides investigation, remediation, and hardening guidance.

#cybersecurity#threat-intelligence#oracle#peoplesoft#vulnerability#incident-response#higher-education#security-advisory
cloud.google.comAdded Sep 27, 20260 opens
FreeArticle
College & Training Programs

Three-Year Bachelor's Degrees — Jobs for the Future

JFF's explainer on three-year bachelor's degree programs: how schools are redesigning degrees around fewer credits and clearer career outcomes, which accreditors have approved them, and what the model could mean for cost and time-to-degree.

Why I recommend it: Worth reading before you or someone you advise commits to a four-year price tag. JFF is a workforce nonprofit with its own agenda around shorter pathways, so treat the optimism as advocacy — but the accreditation facts and school examples check out.

#article#reading#education#college#degree#training#career#free#students#affordability#higher-education#future-of-work
jff.orgAdded Sep 24, 20260 opens
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Community & Government Resources

Gallup-Lumina State of Higher Education 2026

A survey of more than 14,000 US adults on whether college is affordable and worth it. Only one in four adults without a degree think quality, affordable education is within reach.

Why I recommend it: Solid data if you're deciding whether a degree or a shorter credential makes sense for you.

#higher-education#college-cost#credentials#survey#research#2026
gallup.comAdded Sep 23, 20260 opens
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Career & Professional Optimization

The Three Stats to Know This Academic Year (replay)

A 58-minute recorded webinar for college career-services staff and advisers, run by Jobscan with Jeremy Schifeling of The Job Insiders, on three labour-market numbers worth building this year's student advising around — including hiring data and H-1B sponsorship patterns.

Why I recommend it: Free to watch with no sign-up, recorded live on 22 September 2026. Be straight with yourself about what it is: a raw, unedited replay shared on a private Descript link by the host, which means it can be taken down at any time, and it is a webinar run by a company that sells resume-scanning software, so expect the product to appear. I could not read the full transcript, so I am not repeating the three figures here — watch it and check each number against its named source before you quote it to a student. Jeremy Schifeling also published a free H-1B sponsor-finder tool alongside the event.

#advising#career-services#h1b#higher-education#hiring-trends#international-students#job markets#labor-market-data#webinar
share.descript.comAdded Sep 22, 20260 opens
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Technology & Ethics

On EdTech Newsletter — Phil Hill & Associates

Market analysis of education technology and the higher-education business: online program managers, learning platforms, enrollment trends, microcredentials, and the labor-market outcomes of degrees. Written by Phil Hill, a long-standing independent analyst of the sector.

Why I recommend it: Freemium: a good share of posts are free to read and there is a paid tier for the deeper market analysis. Useful if you are weighing whether a bootcamp, online degree or microcredential is worth the money — this is one of the few places that reports on the finances behind those programs rather than their marketing.

#edtech#higher-education#market-analysis#labor-market#microcredentials#newsletter
onedtech.philhillaa.comAdded Sep 22, 20260 opens
FreeDocument
Technology & Ethics

CRA Best Practice Memos

Free reports from the Computing Research Association on evaluating computing researchers, undergraduate AI education, hiring and tenure practices, and building research capacity.

Why I recommend it: Useful if you are heading into academia or research hiring — it spells out how committees are told to evaluate people.

#academic#ai#ai-education#careers#higher-education#hiring#job markets#mentoring#policy#regulation#reports#research
cra.orgAdded Sep 17, 20260 opens
FreeArticle
Technology & Ethics

The Education Crisis

Ed Elson's Simply Put essay on how AI, cost and weakening returns on a degree are reshaping education and the entry-level job market.

Why I recommend it: Useful context if you are deciding whether more school is the answer. It argues the credential is worth less than the proof of work.

#ai#analysis#career-change#economy#education#entry-level#future-of-work#higher-education#job markets#labor-market#policy#regulation
edwardelson.substack.comAdded Sep 17, 20260 opens
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Career & Professional Optimization

Broaden Your Research Impact With Open Educational Resources

Times Higher Education Campus guide on using open educational resources to widen the reach of your research and teaching, with practical steps for licensing, sharing and measuring impact.

Why I recommend it: Publishing openly is one of the cheapest ways to build a public track record — this lays out how to start.

#academic-careers#free-resource#higher-education#open-educational-resources#professional-development#publishing#reference#research#research-impact#teaching#visibility
timeshighereducation.comAdded Sep 16, 20260 opens
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Career & Professional Optimization

Principles for Quality Education-to-Career Guidance

Strada Education Foundation's five principles for career guidance that actually leads to good jobs: centered on outcomes, driven by student agency, foundational and universal, rooted in relationships, and informed by data. Free download, endorsed by dozens of national education and workforce organizations.

Why I recommend it: If you advise students or run a program, these five principles are the cleanest checklist for whether your coaching is working.

#advising#career-coaching#career-guidance#career-readiness#free#higher-education#job markets#research#strada#student-success#workforce-development
strada.orgAdded Sep 16, 20260 opens
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Technology & Ethics

Campus Technology

A free news site covering technology in higher education: AI policy on campus, learning platforms, IT leadership and student success tools. Useful if you work in or want to work in education technology.

Why I recommend it: Handy for spotting which universities are hiring around AI and learning technology.

#ai#campus#career-in-tech#edtech#education-technology#free#higher-education#it-leadership#news#regulation#technology-policy
campustechnology.comAdded Sep 16, 20260 opens