Beer producers team with colleges to boost game attendance

Colleges are adding alcohol to stadium menus, a move they hope will reduce alcohol-related issues and drive revenue for football programs.

By Hallie Busta , Jessi Devenyns • Aug. 20, 2019

Trans, genderqueer students more likely to experience mental health issues

A new report shows gender-minority students are four times as likely as cisgender students to screen for at least one mental health issue.

By Hallie Busta • Aug. 20, 2019

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Enrollment and Retention

A look at the pandemic's continuing impact on enrollment and how colleges can ensure students stay on course.

By Higher Ed Dive staff

To create a 'culture of giving,' colleges go after small donations

Acknowledging little gifts often beget bigger ones, institutions are strategically soliciting smaller contributions from students and young alumni.

By James Paterson • Aug. 20, 2019

Personalized messaging is key to scaling nudges, report finds

A new study of two efforts to prompt 800,000 students to apply for financial aid sheds light on the challenge of scaling the outreach method.

By Hallie Busta • Aug. 19, 2019

How colleges can hone their response to ‘flashpoints’ on campus

We spoke with EAB's Jane Alexander to learn where colleges go wrong when addressing crises at their institutions and what they should do instead.

By Natalie Schwartz • Aug. 19, 2019

Google adds community colleges to higher ed search feature

The new functionality arrives as college application season gets underway and students turn to consumer tools and rankings to inform their choices.

By Hallie Busta • Aug. 16, 2019

Online programs fueling boot camp sector's growth in 2019

The programs are increasingly partnering with companies and colleges, with the latter often including credit-bearing options.

By Hallie Busta • Aug. 16, 2019

President Speaks: How can small, lesser-known colleges stay relevant?

Partnering with local companies to expand access to higher ed and support the workforce can help, writes the president of Michigan's Cleary University.

By Jayson Boyers • Aug. 16, 2019

Gen ed startup partners with university to offer transfer credit for online classes

Outlier.org will launch with credit-bearing intro courses in psychology and calculus priced at $400 and marketed as transferrable to other colleges.

By Hallie Busta • Aug. 15, 2019

Inclusive activities helped one campus change minds about mental health

Programming to reduce the stigma of mental illness correlated with improved attitudes, finds a new study that suggests colleges can lead a broader shift.

By Hallie Busta • Aug. 15, 2019

California creates higher ed advisory council

The state, which has lacked such a group since 2011, expects it will help coordinate capacity, transfer and other goals across its three college systems. 

By Shailaja Neelakantan • Aug. 14, 2019

Report: 'Hypercompetitive' higher ed market will limit revenue growth

A focus on cost containment at regional public and private colleges could spur more consolidation, Moody's analysts note.

By Hallie Busta • Aug. 14, 2019

With cuts reduced, U of Alaska opts out of financial exigency

Slashing the cuts by nearly 50% and phasing them in over three years allows the system to restructure "more methodically," said its president, Jim Johnsen.

By Hallie Busta • Updated Aug. 22, 2019

Higher ed groups push back on calls to monitor Chinese students and scholars

The FBI's advisory contributes to "a climate of fear and mistrust," said Lynn Pasquerella, president of the Association of American Colleges & Universities.

By Shailaja Neelakantan • Aug. 13, 2019

Is time up on standardized tests for college admissions?

More institutions aren't requiring applicants to submit ACT and SAT scores, but their reasons for doing so and how they are assessing students instead vary.

By Wayne D'Orio • Aug. 13, 2019

By moving to the cloud, Loyola University Maryland achieved impressive cost savings.

Loyola conducted a 360-degree audit and efficiency analysis of the institution’s IT organization and processes to determine whether resources were producing the right results.

Aug. 13, 2019

Does free college come with trade-offs?

A new report from the American Enterprise Institute examines the relationship between government subsidies and higher ed attainment and resources.

By Shailaja Neelakantan • Aug. 12, 2019

How to bring structure to nondegree credentials

Researchers from Rutgers University offer a broad framework for how colleges can ensure their shorter-term credentials bring value to students.

By Hallie Busta • Aug. 12, 2019

College presidents sharpen focus on mental health, survey finds

Leaders of more than 400 colleges say the issue has grown as a priority in the last few years, and nearly three-fourths are putting more resources toward it.

By Hallie Busta • Aug. 12, 2019

Morehouse taps donors to help graduates pay off student loans

The historically black men's college isn't the only one to tap donors to help reduce their students' costs.

By Shailaja Neelakantan • Aug. 9, 2019

Will U of Alaska's plan to merge its universities work?

The system has proposed consolidation in the face of a 41% cut in state support, but observers say it will likely encounter steep challenges in doing so.

By Natalie Schwartz • Aug. 9, 2019

Faculty diversity continues to lag that of undergraduates, report finds

Slightly more than half of undergraduates are white while three-fourths of faculty members are, according to data analyzed by the Pew Research Center.

By Natalie Schwartz • Aug. 9, 2019

Summer Reading: The rise of the microcredential

Short, nondegree credentials are garnering interest from colleges, but a lack of consistent data and their limited transferability could prevent wider adoption.

By Hallie Busta • Aug. 9, 2019

Remedial courses may not be ‘primary barrier’ holding students back, study finds

The analysis of a prerequisite remediation program in Tennessee comes amid renewed support for integrating remedial and credit-bearing curriculum.

By Shailaja Neelakantan • Aug. 8, 2019

Walden U gears up for 'competitive' US market

Meanwhile, its parent company, Laureate Education, is focusing its efforts on expanding online and throughout Latin America.

By Hallie Busta • Aug. 8, 2019