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College Graduates Optimistic About Future Despite Mounting Loan Debt & Housing Costs [INFOGRAPHIC]

Cengage sponsored a survey conducted by Wakefield Research to explore the opportunity environment for graduates across 17 indicators, including economic, employment, social and personal well-being. The findings revealed that students are largely...
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Demand for “Uniquely Human Skills” Increases Even as Technology and Automation Replace Some Jobs [INFOGRAPHIC]

Reading Time: < 1 minuteDespite the rise in automation and technology in the workforce, employers are looking for candidates with “uniquely human skills” or soft skills—and these skills are in high demand. A survey of...

College Students Consider Buying Course Materials a Top Source of Financial Stress [INFOGRAPHIC]

Reading Time: < 1 minutePurchasing textbooks and course materials is a top source of financial stress for college students, and lack of access and affordability of these materials is hurting their academic performance, according to...
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Digital Learning Pulse Survey: Immediate Priorities—A Snapshot of Higher Ed’s Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic [INFOGRAPHIC]

Reading Time: < 1 minuteA survey conducted by Bay View Analytics, in partnership with Cengage, explored U.S. higher education’s response to COVID-19 as well as the industry’s immediate priorities in the wake of the pandemic....
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College Course Materials: Are Students Spending Less?

Over the past six years, student spending on course materials has declined 35–39 percent, according to new reports from Student Watch and Student Monitor, two organizations that research college student spending and...
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The Emergency Pivot to Online Learning in Higher Ed [Infographic]

Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe emergency pivot to online learning has impacted many campuses and created uncertainty for institutions across the country. To salvage the semester, 97% of institutions called upon faculty with no prior...
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Student Internships: Alive but Ailing During the Pandemic

Janet Mizrahi is a continuing lecturer of professional writing at the University of California, Santa Barbara. She is also an author at BizCommBuzz.   As if our students don’t have enough to...
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6 Higher Education Trends from the Last Decade

As educators forge ahead into the new year, we’ve compiled a quick review of some of higher education’s biggest trends from the last decade. These six overarching themes and topics remain relevant...
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