257 articles by Laura Spitalniak

• New College of Florida settles disability complaint with Education Department

  Oct. 2, 2023

• This week in numbers: Education Department announces long awaited gainful employment rule

  Sept. 29, 2023

• North Carolina takes last of governor’s higher ed appointment power

  Sept. 26, 2023

• Mississippi auditor calls for defunding college programs he deems tax burdens

  Sept. 22, 2023

• Florida public universities to weigh anti-trans bathroom rule

  Sept. 22, 2023

• WVU to reduce library budget by up to $800K

  Sept. 20, 2023

• Vermont State Colleges System chancellor to resign in December

  Sept. 19, 2023

• Texas A&M system offers DEI ban guidance

  Sept. 19, 2023

• WVU board approves dramatic academic cuts to address $45M deficit

  Sept. 15, 2023

• Federal judge rules DACA unlawful — again

  Sept. 14, 2023

• Cal State approves 6% annual tuition increases for five years

  Sept. 13, 2023

• Ohio Republicans to push revised bill limiting college DEI and faculty strikes

  Sept. 13, 2023

• California law clears path for UC Berkeley student housing project beset by legal challenges

  Sept. 11, 2023

• Is the political climate in southern states driving a faculty exodus?

  Sept. 8, 2023

• Cal State would face new sexual harassment reporting requirements under recently passed bill

  Sept. 5, 2023

• Alderson Broaddus files for bankruptcy in preparation for closure

  Sept. 1, 2023

• Georgia public colleges put end to required DEI statements in hiring

  Aug. 31, 2023

• Accreditors are in the perfect position to support diversity, New America says

  Aug. 28, 2023

• 1 in 4 students never finish their college applications. Why?

  Aug. 24, 2023

• 2 more University of Wisconsin campuses weigh layoffs and furloughs

  Aug. 23, 2023

• University of Michigan graduate workers vote to tentatively approve contract

  Aug. 22, 2023

• University of Michigan offers striking graduate employees ‘last, best and final’ deal

  Aug. 21, 2023

• WVU must involve faculty when making academic cuts, AAUP says

  Aug. 18, 2023

• North Carolina restricts transgender college athletes in veto override

  Aug. 17, 2023

• New College group sues Florida over law restricting instruction

  Aug. 16, 2023

• University of Chicago to pay $13.5M to settle allegations of financial aid price-fixing

  Aug. 14, 2023

• New College trustees take steps to dismantle gender studies program

  Aug. 11, 2023

• WVU to combine agriculture and extension programs amid $45M budget deficit

  Aug. 11, 2023

• Gallup: Women undergraduates more stressed out than men

  Aug. 10, 2023

• Asian American students face tougher admissions odds than their White peers, study says

  Aug. 8, 2023

• More than 408K unauthorized immigrants are enrolled in US colleges

  Aug. 4, 2023

• Florida ed commissioner says AP Psychology can be taught after all

  Aug. 3, 2023

• Calbright receives first-time accreditation

  Aug. 3, 2023

• $10K for a leave of absence? Middlebury offers deal to free up dorm space

  Aug. 2, 2023

• Texas A&M picks new interim president for flagship amid turmoil

  July 31, 2023

• Michigan State faces new lawsuit over handling of Larry Nassar case

  July 31, 2023

• Gainful employment plan could lead to more loans fully repaid

  July 28, 2023

• Persistence rate in fall 2022 returned to pre-pandemic normal

  July 27, 2023

• Cal State objects to 7 proposed four-year degrees at community colleges

  July 26, 2023

• Michigan free community college program to extend to 350,000 more residents

  July 25, 2023

• What colleges should consider when picking a telehealth vendor

  July 20, 2023

• GOP leaders warn companies against race-conscious practices in light of Supreme Court ruling

  July 14, 2023

• House Republicans push for more investigations into higher ed’s ties to foreign money

  July 13, 2023

• Johnson University will close its Florida campus next June

  July 12, 2023

• Inflation will continue to batter colleges through fiscal 2024, Moody’s predicts

  July 12, 2023

• Calvin University to acquire Compass College of Film & Media

  July 7, 2023

• Wisconsin governor vetoes plan to combine university system campus, technical college

  July 6, 2023

• Alliance University to close in August

  July 5, 2023

• Gen Z values education — but doesn’t think a four-year degree is the only option

  June 30, 2023

• ‘Unrelenting demands and stressors’: College leaders discuss mental health in academia

  June 28, 2023

• AAUP opposes ‘Stop WOKE Act’ in federal court brief

  June 27, 2023

• Florida sues Education Department over accreditation

  June 23, 2023

• Florida university system seeks to add classics test as admissions qualifier

  June 23, 2023

• Cal State workgroup unveils plan to close Black students’ achievement gaps

  June 22, 2023

• Duke will cover tuition for Carolina students from low- and middle-income households

  June 20, 2023

• Here’s what data credential providers should publish to promote student equity

  June 16, 2023

• Senate Republicans roll out proposal to reshape higher ed loan system

  June 15, 2023

• University of Arkansas to dissolve its DEI department

  June 15, 2023

• Colleges must take ‘student-centered approach’ to prison education, report says

  June 12, 2023

• An Ohio experiment boosted graduation rates and earnings for community college students. Here’s how.

  June 12, 2023

• How colleges can make faculty mental health a priority

  June 9, 2023

• COVID-19 made 26% of high school seniors rethink where to go to college, survey finds

  June 8, 2023

• Online-only community college students less likely to interact with instructors and peers, survey finds

  June 7, 2023

• Senate bill would block accreditors from weighing DEI, affirmative action policies

  June 6, 2023

• Women presidents on the rise at R1 institutions, report finds

  June 1, 2023

• Alabama passes law restricting transgender athletes’ participation in college sports

  May 31, 2023

• Two-thirds of adults don’t think the Supreme Court should rule against race-conscious admissions, poll finds

  May 31, 2023

• Cal State’s revenue only covers 86% of costs — and the gap is widening

  May 26, 2023

• White House calls on colleges to act against antisemitism

  May 25, 2023

• Undergraduate losses slow — but enrollment is still well below pre-COVID levels

  May 24, 2023

• Ohio Senate bill restricting DEI, tenure advances over widespread objections

  May 17, 2023

• Medaille University to close amid falling enrollment and layoffs

  May 15, 2023

• Florida bans DEI spending at all public colleges

  May 15, 2023

• Report: Many borrowers who could benefit from income-driven repayment don’t know about it

  May 15, 2023

• How much public support does Biden’s debt forgiveness proposal have?

  May 12, 2023

• California becomes battleground over bachelor’s degrees at community colleges

  May 11, 2023

• Minnesota could make college free for families earning under $80K

  May 9, 2023

• Virginia Republicans request higher ed, DEI spending study on public colleges

  May 9, 2023

• Democratic lawmakers call on federal government to scrutinize University of Phoenix

  May 5, 2023

• USC graduates sue over online social work program, alleging false advertising

  May 4, 2023

• Higher ed can help more young adults get good jobs by age 30, report finds

  May 3, 2023

• ‘Stigma is still killing students’: Inside a student-driven program to prevent HIV at HBCUs

  May 2, 2023

• College closures hurt students’ odds of returning to higher ed, earning a credential

  April 28, 2023

• Directly engage men student-athletes in sexual assault prevention efforts, advocates say

  April 27, 2023

• 2U’s first quarter revenue down 6% from prior year

  April 27, 2023

• UNC-Chapel Hill faculty criticize boards, state lawmakers over infringements on academic freedom

  April 26, 2023

• Federal judge throws out Florida faculty’s challenge to ‘viewpoint diversity’ surveys

  April 26, 2023

• More students are stopping out but fewer are reenrolling

  April 25, 2023

• Use open educational resources to hit DEI goals, AAC&U says

  April 20, 2023

• Wealthier students, those at private schools list more extracurriculars on college applications

  April 19, 2023

• Harvard, MIT partner on new educational nonprofit funded from edX sale

  April 19, 2023

• Rutgers, Chicago State reach end of strike sagas

  April 17, 2023

• Two New York institutions permanently shift to test-optional admissions

  April 14, 2023

• Can colleges balance ChatGPT’s influence with ethics curriculum?

  April 13, 2023

• Rutgers faculty go on unprecedented strike

  April 10, 2023

• Medaille to become part of Trocaire, with both colleges citing enrollment issues

  April 7, 2023

• 2U sues Education Department over third-party guidance

  April 6, 2023

• University of Vermont failed to investigate allegations of antisemitism, Ed Department finds

  April 3, 2023

• Louisiana bill would impose annual reviews on tenured faculty

  April 3, 2023

• Lindenwood University acquires Michigan-based for-profit vocational college

  March 31, 2023

• Ed Department directs colleges to get eligible students on SNAP before expansion expires

  March 30, 2023

• Higher ed groups, conservative lawmakers condemn potential religious freedom rollback

  March 29, 2023

• Community college enrollments show uptick in spring 2023

  March 29, 2023

• University of Arizona missed chances to stop professor’s fatal shooting on campus, review finds

  March 28, 2023

• Contingent faculty jobs are still the standard, AAUP report finds

  March 28, 2023

• Tennessee legislature passes bill banning TikTok from college campuses

  March 24, 2023

• How colleges can reduce credit friction for transfer students

  March 24, 2023

• Proposed bill would quash Vermont university’s plan to cut library collection

  March 23, 2023

• To stem Black student attrition, higher ed needs to make decisions with these learners in mind

  March 22, 2023

• Colleges want to expand continuing education but don’t devote resources, survey says

  March 22, 2023

• Pearson to sell online services, including OPM business

  March 21, 2023

• Calbright doubles enrollment in a year, passes 2,000 student mark

  March 21, 2023

• How colleges can help Black students gain professional social capital

  March 20, 2023

• Undergraduate credentials earned hit four-year low in 2021-22 academic year

  March 16, 2023

• Just over 1 in 10 faculty say their college has set classroom ChatGPT guidance, survey finds

  March 15, 2023

• Shuttered for-profit college firm to pay $28M settlement over closures

  March 13, 2023

• Texas bill would overhaul community college funding

  March 10, 2023

• Loan servicers charged late fees, interest after on-time payments, federal agency finds

  March 9, 2023

• Legislators urge Education Department to expand race, legacy data in admissions

  March 8, 2023

• Performance-based funding linked to higher SAT scores in bottom quarter

  March 8, 2023

• SoFi sues Biden administration over student loan moratorium

  March 7, 2023

• Fewer than half of alumni of online for-profits report being very satisfied

  March 7, 2023

• College politically engages students, but doesn’t make them more liberal

  March 3, 2023

• How colleges can incorporate DEI values into physical spaces

  March 3, 2023

• Nondegree providers face high costs, challenges standing out in a crowded space, report finds

  March 3, 2023

• Most students interested in study abroad pick a college based on where they can travel

  March 1, 2023

• ABA will have members vote on test-optional proposal — again

  Feb. 17, 2023

• Colleges weren’t COVID-19 superspreaders. Campuses were linked with lower county case rates, research finds.

  Feb. 16, 2023

• Charitable dollars for higher ed increased 12.5% in FY22

  Feb. 15, 2023

• Temple University comes down hard on graduate students who are striking

  Feb. 9, 2023

• 1 in 5 Black students feel discriminated against in their postsecondary programs

  Feb. 9, 2023

• What can work colleges teach the rest of higher ed?

  Feb. 6, 2023

• Adult degree attainment rose across the board in 2021

  Jan. 31, 2023

• Student evaluations skew against faculty in the gender minority — whether women or men

  Jan. 30, 2023

• What helps students receiving counseling stay in college?

  Jan. 26, 2023

• College student, employee mental health worsened last year, survey finds

  Jan. 18, 2023

• Federal judge dismisses lawsuit seeking to end Title IX exemptions for religious colleges

  Jan. 18, 2023

• 36% of higher ed supervisors are looking for other work, study finds

  Jan. 17, 2023

• Nearly 2 in 5 recent graduates said their colleges didn’t prepare them mentally to transition to a workplace

  Jan. 13, 2023

• Universities are failing to capture the value of their data, research finds

  Jan. 12, 2023

• Massachusetts Senate leader calls for free community college

  Jan. 6, 2023

• Are college e-scooter bans an overreaction to safety concerns?

  Jan. 5, 2023

• Fix HBCU underfunding with bipartisan legislation, report says

  Dec. 21, 2022

• How can colleges adapt their financial aid offices for prison education programs?

  Dec. 20, 2022

• Colleges’ expenses rose 5.2% in FY22, the biggest increase since 2001

  Dec. 15, 2022

• Text communication isn’t enough to improve nontraditional students’ enrollment and outcomes, paper suggests

  Dec. 13, 2022

• Why do top universities produce more research than others? Their people have more labor backing them up.

  Dec. 8, 2022

• Michigan State trustee resigns over transparency, Title IX concerns

  Dec. 1, 2022

• Penn State will work to re-merge its law schools

  Nov. 30, 2022

• TL;DR: Women prefer text contributions over talk in remote classes

  Nov. 25, 2022

• ABA proposal to end admissions testing requirements passes next hurdle

  Nov. 18, 2022

• Department of Justice identifies suspect in most of this year’s HBCU bomb threats

  Nov. 18, 2022

• How library collections can help colleges diversify

  Nov. 16, 2022

• Roughly a third of medical schools have DEI incentives for employees, report finds

  Nov. 14, 2022

• How higher ed can engage veterans — from a university president who is a veteran

  Nov. 11, 2022

• Off-campus students lack equitable access to broadband, researchers say

  Nov. 10, 2022

• Researchers must better explain their findings and counter misinformation, survey suggests

  Nov. 8, 2022

• How can colleges better serve students with autism?

  Nov. 4, 2022

• Intensive advising program sees early success at New York 2-year college

  Nov. 3, 2022

• Two-thirds of colleges plan to grow efforts to reach foreign students and expand their global presence

  Nov. 3, 2022

• 80% of professors at Ph.D.-granting universities attended the same handful of colleges

  Nov. 2, 2022

• University of Minnesota board’s vice chair gives up leadership role after suggesting campus is ‘too diverse’

  Oct. 26, 2022

• Colleges are becoming less affordable for Pell Grant recipients, report finds

  Oct. 26, 2022

• How a “magical alignment” let one university quickly launch widespread student equity measures

  Oct. 21, 2022

• Community college students need help meeting basic needs

  Oct. 19, 2022

• Most Americans oppose laws that restrict faculty speech, poll finds

  Oct. 17, 2022

• How college leaders can create a culture shift to stop burnout

  Oct. 14, 2022

• Top law schools have been slow to add women faculty members, research finds

  Oct. 11, 2022

• How one higher education conference prioritized pandemic safety

  Oct. 10, 2022

• Why a state flagship will encourage all 30,000 of its students to open investment accounts

  Oct. 7, 2022

• Florida colleges work to recover from Hurricane Ian

  Oct. 5, 2022

• What colleges can learn from COVID-19 relief to improve other emergency aid programs

  Oct. 5, 2022

• LGBTQ students with campus mental health services have lower suicide attempt rates, survey finds

  Sept. 29, 2022

• The sale of student lists exacerbates inequity in the admissions process, reports say

  Sept. 23, 2022

• Arizona shuts down Aspen University nursing program

  Sept. 21, 2022

• Florida’s state university system picked its next chancellor. He’s a Republican lawmaker with ties to the governor.

  Sept. 15, 2022

• What colleges should do to keep degrees from being segregated

  Sept. 15, 2022

• Attempt to oust President Samuel Stanley thrusts Michigan State back into turmoil

  Sept. 14, 2022

• U.S. News rankings don’t ding colleges for lacking SAT and ACT data in nod to test-optional growth

  Sept. 12, 2022

• Colleges prepare to expand programming when Pell Grants are reinstated for prison education in 2023

  Sept. 8, 2022

• Over 1 in 20 students at a state flagship are caregivers, researchers found. They face these challenges.

  Sept. 8, 2022

• Expand post-baccalaureate offerings to help diversify faculty, researchers say

  Sept. 1, 2022

• Tenure-track faculty are likely to have parents who went to grad school — a trend that hasn’t changed for 50 years

  Aug. 31, 2022

• Florida senator, a DeSantis ally, has clear path to become next leader of the state’s university system

  Aug. 29, 2022

• Biden administration moves to solidify DACA in federal regulations

  Aug. 25, 2022

• Higher ed leaders praised the White House’s debt forgiveness plan — as a good start

  Aug. 24, 2022

• Stop requiring diversity statements when hiring, academic freedom group says

  Aug. 23, 2022

• Are no-interest loans a simple fix to the student debt crisis?

  Aug. 23, 2022

• Improve training and men’s social connections to combat campus sexual assault, report suggests

  Aug. 22, 2022

• How colleges can help neurodivergent students succeed

  Aug. 19, 2022

• Vaccination, other precautions successfully limited campus COVID-19 spread, study says

  Aug. 17, 2022

• Colleges increase staff for event planning, tutoring as in-person focus returns, report finds

  Aug. 12, 2022

• Nondegree pathways interest employers and Gen Z — but they still view them as too risky

  Aug. 9, 2022

• $6B borrower defense settlement gets tentative OK, but colleges can intervene

  Aug. 5, 2022

• College vaccine mandates saved lives, report finds

  Aug. 4, 2022

• 3 in 5 higher education employees feel unheard at work, survey says

  Aug. 4, 2022

• What to know about Opportunity Insights’ new economic mobility data

  Aug. 3, 2022

• Public trust in colleges lags among Gen Z

  Aug. 2, 2022

• Republicans press Defense Department on plans for cutting ties with Confucius Institutes

  July 27, 2022

• These policies can rescue stranded credits and help colleges retain students

  July 20, 2022

• Faculty members support open access, don't trust research fraud protections, survey finds

  July 14, 2022

• Faculty focus on belonging can improve student experiences and grades, report finds

  July 13, 2022

• 2 in 5 Utah college students experience food insecurity, survey finds

  July 11, 2022

• 92% of NAIA members want psychiatry resources for athletes, survey says

  July 11, 2022

• Researchers could only collect asset manager diversity data for 16 of 50 wealthy colleges

  July 7, 2022

• Asian American and Pacific Islander enrollment plummeted at California's community colleges

  June 30, 2022

• Persistence rates rose last fall but didn't reach pre-pandemic levels, report finds

  June 28, 2022

• Higher ed leaders decry the overturning of Roe v. Wade

  June 27, 2022

• Colleges use teletherapy to support students outside of the academic year

  June 27, 2022

• Full-time faculty wages fell 5% after inflation, AAUP says

  June 22, 2022

• Second Chance Pell helps deliver degrees to over 9,000 incarcerated students

  June 16, 2022

• ACE, higher ed groups oppose paying student-athletes as employees

  June 14, 2022

• Federal action didn't prompt accreditors to boost student outcomes, research suggests

  June 7, 2022

• How graduate programs can cater to Gen Z students

  May 19, 2022

• Students, higher ed leaders diverge on post-COVID priorities

  May 17, 2022

• Permanently expand SNAP benefits to college students, researchers say

  May 12, 2022

• 'Pandemic classes' graduate in person this year as colleges seek to reconnect

  May 10, 2022

• Defense research funding for HBCUs, minority institutions lags, report says

  April 29, 2022

• Higher ed faces shrinking workforce and pay increases outpaced by inflation

  April 27, 2022

• 3 in 4 think race shouldn't factor into college admissions decisions, survey finds

  April 27, 2022

• Ed Dept expands Second Chance Pell program for third time

  April 26, 2022

• Progress on academic pay equity between genders stalls, report finds

  April 22, 2022

• How Valerie Ashby plans to succeed outsized figure Freeman Hrabowski as head of UMBC

  April 22, 2022

• Stress prompts 76% of 4-year college students to weigh leaving, survey finds

  April 20, 2022

• Ombuds offer colleges conflict resolution in a contentious time

  April 19, 2022

• How can college trustees oversee equitable student success?

  April 1, 2022

• Emergency microgrants help students graduate quicker, with less debt

  March 31, 2022

• Student affairs workforce faces retention issues, report says

  March 30, 2022

• Nearly a third of women working for colleges say gender hurt their careers

  March 29, 2022

• 3 higher ed takeaways in Biden's $88.3B education budget for fiscal 2023

  March 28, 2022

• Med schools skew toward high-income students no matter their race

  March 22, 2022

• Colleges seek better ways to rename buildings

  March 22, 2022

• Why Chatham University brought back tenure 17 years after getting rid of it

  March 17, 2022

• AAUP strikes deal with AFT in bid to boost organizing power

  March 7, 2022

• Colleges offer counseling, resources to students following invasion of Ukraine

  March 3, 2022

• AFT: Pandemic worsened adjunct faculty's struggles with low wages, job insecurity

  March 2, 2022

• Advocates call for reform of federal student loan default system

  Feb. 24, 2022

• Colleges saw an increase in 2021 charitable contributions

  Feb. 23, 2022

• Colleges with public health programs more likely to use remote learning in pandemic

  Feb. 22, 2022

• Morgan State, Southern Poverty Law Center leaders testify on bomb threats against HBCUs

  Feb. 17, 2022

• As bomb threats keep targeting HBCUs, 64 higher ed groups tell Congress to act

  Feb. 15, 2022

• What can institutions do to get ahead of a fast-changing higher ed market?

  Feb. 14, 2022

• Public colleges offer highest chance of positive ROI to students, report finds

  Feb. 9, 2022

• Direct admissions show early success boosting enrollment in Idaho

  Feb. 4, 2022

• CUNY program suggests ways data can help transfer students

  Feb. 2, 2022

• California offers students $10,000 toward college for 450 hours of service work

  Jan. 27, 2022

• Iowa regents vote to no longer require SAT or ACT scores from applicants

  Jan. 12, 2022

• California governor proposes almost $40B for higher ed, sets long-term goals

  Jan. 11, 2022

• U of Southern California, U of Arizona require surgical or higher-grade masks

  Jan. 7, 2022

• Government encouraged to step up on college accountability

  Jan. 5, 2022

• Arizona scholarship to start covering tuition for low-income students attending 4-year universities

  Dec. 21, 2021

• Donor-advised funds boom likely benefited HBCUs

  Dec. 20, 2021

• Colleges take precautions as omicron spreads

  Dec. 16, 2021

• Northeast Ohio colleges aim to tackle 'stranded credits' in a bid to reenroll students

  Dec. 14, 2021

• APLU report calls for innovation and flexibility in student programming

  Dec. 10, 2021

• 42% of stopped-out young adults cited financial reasons for leaving college, survey finds

  Dec. 2, 2021

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  March 25, 2020