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Common App: Interest in selective schools soars among international and first-gen students
The increase comes as the majority of the roughly 900 colleges using the service have waived standardized testing requirements.
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Florida governor pushes for oversight of colleges' ties to foreign entities
Ron DeSantis, a Republican, is promoting legislation requiring schools to disclose gifts from sources outside the U.S. worth $50,000 or more.
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What colleges should know about the coronavirus variants
Infectious disease and public health experts discuss whether institutions should step up safety measures in response to the new strains.
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Senate confirms Miguel Cardona as Education Secretary
The Connecticut public schools chief lauded community colleges and career and technical training during his earlier confirmation hearing.
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House passes relief package that would send $40B to colleges
The measure also overhauls the 90/10 rule and requires states to maintain their levels of education spending.
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Higher Learning Commission may be the next regional accreditor to expand service area
The accreditor, which historically has overseen colleges in the middle of the country, may allow qualifying schools to skip candidacy status.
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Colleges renew focus on appeals for more financial aid
Institutions are seeing more of these requests during the pandemic, and the Education Department is encouraging officials to address them.
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Anti-affirmative action group sues Yale over its use of race in admissions
Students for Fair Admissions is also asking the Supreme Court to take up a similar complaint against Harvard.
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OpinionPresident Speaks: A case for income-share agreements at colleges
Clarkson University, in New York, offers the financing option to around two dozen students a year along with additional academic and career support.
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University research budgets face potential roadblocks ahead: report
Ithaka S+R details how the pandemic has upended research and what can be done to help.
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Congress is deciding the future of the 90/10 rule. Here's what you need to know.
The relief package lawmakers are considering includes a measure that would further restrain how much federal aid for-profit colleges can receive.
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Ransomware and data breaches lead cyberthreats at colleges, report says
New research shows large universities and small community colleges alike have weak spots in their security defenses.
UPDATED: Feb. 25, 2021 at 4:42 p.m. -
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Census: Degree attainment was climbing pre-pandemic
Equity gaps persist, however, according to a new report looking at the share of adults with at least a bachelor's degree over a 15-year period.
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2U partners with tuition benefits platform Guild
The move gives the online program manager and its partner universities access to a new pool of potential students.
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Vermont State Colleges merger plan moves forward
The system will pursue "significant administrative consolidation" as part of a proposal to unite its three residential colleges.
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Q&ACan community colleges grow revenue without sacrificing their missions?
Author and consultant Carrie Kisker discusses how design thinking principles can help schools forge a new path.
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New Hampshire governor's budget pitch would send millions of dollars less to colleges post-merger
Chris Sununu, a Republican, has said his proposal to combine the state's two- and four-year networks would help students access classes.
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ColumnOne college is donating to charity in admitted students' honor. Will it get them to enroll?
We're kicking off our new column on creative recruitment strategies with a look at how the U of Puget Sound is appealing to a socially conscious generation.
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What financial aid offices need to know about legislative changes ahead
The government spending package signed late last year expands access to federal aid for many students, but some could require more support.
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College endowment spending rose but returns lagged in fiscal 2020: report
Seven in 10 institutions spent more from their endowment last year, according to the latest annual data from NACUBO and TIAA.
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Biden pares back Trump apprenticeship program
The administration is asking the Labor Department to end a system that shifted oversight of programs from the federal government to colleges and employers.
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Nonprofit taps 7 rural colleges to improve student success
Achieving the Dream will help the schools develop reforms and examine whether the efforts improved learner outcomes.
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OpinionPresident Speaks: How higher education can avoid leaving the humanities behind
The president of Bennington College shares ideas for how universities contending with big budget cuts could work with liberal arts colleges.
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As coronavirus cases persist, colleges lock down campuses
The directives are meant to curb the disease's spread. In the fall, they signaled some institutions were about to send students home.
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The pandemic is weighing on students' mental health: survey
The Center for Collegiate Mental Health at Penn State used data from 47,000 students to examine where the crisis is hitting the hardest.
