This week in college admissions, the University of California system reaches record enrollment levels, Chinese schools rise in global rankings, universities struggle to comply with new ADA regulations, and Congress rejects Trump’s plan to slash education funding.
The University of California system reached record enrollment levels this year, with over 300,000 students enrolled. About two-thirds of these students come from California, an increase over previous years. The enrollment growth occurred despite financial challenges, including federal funding cuts and higher operational costs.
Chinese universities are climbing in global research rankings, while Harvard has fallen to third on the list of most productive research universities in the world. Harvard is the only U.S. institution in the top ten, while seven of the top ten are now Chinese universities, a major shift from the early 2000s.
New federal regulations are aimed at reducing the barriers faced by students with disabilities in higher education, but universities are struggling to comply. The regulations are focused on making online content accessible to students with disabilities, and require PDFs to be accessible to screen readers and sound clips to be paired with transcripts. However, the government has not provided any funding to help schools comply.
Congress has released a bipartisan education budget proposal that rejects many of the Trump administration’s budget cuts. The proposal would keep funding for many student support and educational access programs that the White House proposed cutting, as well as increasing funding for the Education Department.
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