The Latest
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Gainful employment and financial value transparency reporting deadline delayed to Jan. 15
The second extension of the due date comes after lawmakers argued that colleges haven't had enough time to comply amid financial aid tumult.
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Columbia College Chicago looks to cut 10 programs, consolidate others
The private institution is trying to pare 58 undergraduate majors down to 40 and stem its bleeding budget.
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UNC System colleges eliminate 59 DEI-related positions
All 17 of the network’s colleges had until the beginning of this month to comply with the system ban on diversity, equity and inclusion jobs and offices.
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Student protests have had little impact on job recruiting at college campuses, poll finds
Student activism “overwhelmingly does not factor into hiring decisions,” the CEO of the National Association of Colleges and Employers said.
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20 senators ask Cardona to delay gainful employment, financial value transparency deadline
The bipartisan group of lawmakers asked the U.S. Department of Education to push the reporting due date from next month to July 2025.
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College enrollment rate improved among high school class of 2022, report finds
Those graduates enrolled in college within one year at higher rates than the prior cohort, the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center found.
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2U emerges from Chapter 11 bankruptcy
The online program manager has reorganized as a private company after shedding over $500 million of debt in bankruptcy.
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Wittenberg University to cut 5 majors, 40 employees
The Ohio-based nonprofit is eliminating staff and faculty roles as it tries to balance its budget by fiscal 2027.
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Brown University trustee resigns over upcoming divestment vote
Joseph Edelman, a hedge fund manager, called the institution's decision to hold the October vote a "stunning failure of moral leadership."
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UPenn, UT Austin produce the most CFOs
A report on C-suite trends looks at the undergraduate educational backgrounds of finance chiefs at Fortune 500 and S&P 500 companies.
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Attacks on higher ed could portend Southern ‘brain drain,’ AAUP says
Almost half of surveyed members saw a decline in applications for faculty positions, and more than a quarter reported seeking jobs elsewhere.
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University of Dayton to shed faculty, weigh program cuts
The private institution has avoided deficits and steep enrollment declines, but wants to maintain ‘relative institutional strength.’
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Cal State San Bernardino braces for budget cuts amid $1B system deficit
With cuts and delays in state higher ed funding, the campus is grappling with a “devastating” budget crisis, its president said.
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Brown University reports drop in diversity among incoming students
Its share of freshmen from underrepresented groups fell by 9 percentage points after last year’s U.S. Supreme Court ban on race-conscious admissions.
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Q&A
Higher ed construction pendulum back in full swing
Messer’s Nick Proffitt sees burgeoning demand in the sector, from student housing to athletic and academic buildings.
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Deep Dive
What Kamala Harris’ presidential nomination could mean for HBCUs
The candidate’s status as a Howard University alum could spotlight the role historically Black colleges and universities play in preparing future leaders.
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University of Iowa employee bilked nearly $1M from campus machine shop, audit finds
A manager of the shop used staff and equipment to do work on behalf of a business he owned, according to a state auditor report.
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Rider University cuts student newspaper budget amid wider reductions
The New Jersey-based private nonprofit has been struggling with declining enrollment and is trying to shrink operating deficits.
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Common App to expand direct admissions effort
The online portal will offer proactive acceptance letters from 116 colleges during the 2024-25 application cycle.
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Oakland University averts faculty strike with tentative deal
With negotiations in mediation and a potential work stoppage looming, the Michigan institution agreed to raises for faculty over the next five years.
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Project Kitty Hawk is trying to reenroll students who left the UNC System. Is it working?
It’s been over a year since the nonprofit ed tech company launched to bring back students who left before completing their credentials.
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How Boston University manages the disposal chaos of move-out season
One of the largest universities in Massachusetts diverted an estimated 113 tons of material from disposal as students left in May.
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Two Michigan universities face potential faculty strikes
Unions at Oakland University and Western Michigan University are pushing their institutions for better compensation amid an uptick in labor stoppages across industries.
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Education Department sued over race-based criteria for McNair grants
Young America's Foundation, a conservative activist group, argued that the program’s eligibility requirements violate the Constitution.
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Knoxville College takes a step toward accreditation nearly 30 years in the making
The historically Black institution, which lost accreditation in 1997, filed an application with Transnational Association of Christian Colleges and Schools.