search
Times Higher Education
Trends
- 1
Times Higher Education has announced the results of its World University Rankings 2027. The annual league table compares thousands of universities worldwide on measures including teaching, research, citations, international outlook and industry income, and is closely watched by institutions, students and governments. Universities that rise or fall sharply typically draw attention from academics and higher education commentators as the rankings influence reputations and recruitment.
- 2Higher education was never built for nontraditional students●Higher education was never built for nontraditional students like me
A Washington Post opinion piece argues that American higher education was designed around traditional students who enroll straight from high school and study full-time, leaving older, working, and parenting students underserved. The author, describing their own experience as a nontraditional student, contends that scheduling, costs, and support structures still fail those who come to college later in life, and calls for institutions to rethink how they serve them.