AGP Executive Report
Last update: 6 hours agoCollege Affordability: A new survey finds only 1 in 3 parents can fully fund a child’s four-year college, with families covering just 31% of costs on average and worrying more about debt after graduation than about taking on debt themselves. Campus Building & Learning Spaces: Oxford Brookes University’s Headington Hill Teaching Building and Workshop won a major RICS award, praised as a “living laboratory” for teaching and research. Policy & Student Health: Canada’s MAID committee recommends excluding people whose sole condition is a mental disorder, while schools and student services continue to grapple with health and wellbeing supports. Research Funding & Partnerships: California’s ballot measure would authorize $8.4B in bonds for immunology research, and Penn LDI renewed a major gift to evaluate home-based care models for chronic disease. AI, Skills, and Work Readiness: Educators report graduates are less prepared for work than a decade ago, and new research flags millions of U.S. jobs as vulnerable to AI-driven change. STEM and New Tech in Universities: UNH and Integer Technologies expand ocean-acoustic research for Navy unmanned systems, while Rutgers will use a new PowerBuoy system for ongoing marine monitoring. Equity in Sports Access: A UWC-led study finds disadvantaged communities face systemic barriers to organized sports, limiting pathways to elite competition.
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