Michigan State trustee resigns over transparency, Title IX concerns

Pat O'Keefe called for information about the firing of a former business dean and the selection of the university's interim president.

By Laura Spitalniak • Dec. 1, 2022

Purdue University reinstates admissions test requirements for fall 2024

Like many colleges, the public institution waived SAT and ACT mandates amid the pandemic. It joins MIT bucking a trend of remaining test-optional.

By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • Dec. 1, 2022

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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

Stanford University investigates its president over research misconduct accusations

A major academic journal is also reviewing one paper President Marc Tessier-Lavigne helped author.

By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • Nov. 30, 2022

Penn State will work to re-merge its law schools

Maintaining two separately accredited schools is not the best use of resources in a competitive landscape, according to the university's president.

By Laura Spitalniak • Nov. 30, 2022

Why doesn’t the Education Department collect racial data on college applicants?

A new report calls for gathering deeper information on other admissions factors, too, like institutions’ legacy preferences and early decision programs.

By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • Nov. 29, 2022

College completion rates stall at 62.3%, report finds

The latest rate, which is essentially the same as the prior year’s figure, masks concerning declines among White, Black and Latinx students.

By Natalie Schwartz • Nov. 29, 2022

Cornell, University of Chicago law schools stick with U.S. News rankings

The decisions in part stem rankings' bleeding after others pulled out. Cornell dean asks what leaving lists based on public data will actually accomplish.

By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • Nov. 29, 2022

Zovio sells last remaining business, Fullstack Academy, to boot camp provider

Fullstack will now be owned by Simplilearn, but it will keep its branding, leadership and employees. 

By Natalie Schwartz • Nov. 28, 2022

Research shows deep class and wealth divisions between faculty and broader society. Can colleges change that?

Amid worries that faculty backgrounds limit what gets taught and researched, some critics say upper-class faculty are a feature of the system, not a bug.

By James Anderson • Nov. 28, 2022

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

While all students liked having a live chat option, women were more likely to say the feature made it easier for them to participate.

By Laura Spitalniak • Nov. 25, 2022

UC Berkeley agrees to make online content accessible to settle Justice Department lawsuit

The university’s videos, podcasts and MOOCs are inaccessible to people with hearing, vision and manual disabilities, the agency says. 

By Natalie Schwartz • Updated Nov. 25, 2022

For-profit Pittsburgh Career Institute closes suddenly, citing ACICS shutdown

The institution said the Education Department’s decision to pull its accreditor’s recognition led to its demise.

By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • Nov. 23, 2022

Biden extends student loan payment freeze as debt forgiveness program stalls in court

The Education Department said if litigation isn't resolved, the moratorium will end June 2023.

By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • Nov. 22, 2022

Education Department shouldn’t have OK’d federal aid for 5 for-profits on Sweet v. Cardona list, advocacy group says

Student Defense argues the department should have cut off student aid for the five institutions, which include the closing Pittsburgh Career Institute. 

By Natalie Schwartz • Nov. 22, 2022

What changed in 2 years since Grinnell said it would try no-loan financial aid

Fewer students need to work on campus, the Iowa institution says. The no-loan policy comes as applications have spiked and its admit rate falls.

By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • Nov. 22, 2022

Number of college applicants sending admissions scores hasn’t rebounded, report says

Data from the Common App shows far fewer students are providing entrance exam scores than before the coronavirus pandemic.

By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • Nov. 21, 2022

More law schools reject U.S. News list, but publication pledges to keep ranking ‘regardless of whether schools agree’

Berkeley, Columbia and Georgetown law schools joined a roster of institutions rejecting the rankings that started Wednesday with Yale and Harvard.

By Rick Seltzer • Nov. 18, 2022

ABA proposal to end admissions testing requirements passes next hurdle

The change would not take effect until fall 2025 if it wins final approval in a vote scheduled for February.

By Laura Spitalniak • Nov. 18, 2022

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

The alleged perpetrator, a minor, will be brought up on charges unrelated to the threats against HBCUs, according to the FBI.

By Laura Spitalniak • Nov. 18, 2022

Federal judge temporarily halts enforcement of Florida’s Stop WOKE Act in public colleges

The law stops faculty from discussing certain race-related topics, a prohibition the judge called “dystopian.”

By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • Nov. 17, 2022

Yale, Harvard law schools drop out of U.S. News rankings, saying they undermine legal profession’s tenets

The Ivy League schools’ rejection adds fuel to an already-raging debate about the rankings' validity.

By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • Nov. 16, 2022

Common App expands program that offers automatic admission to students

Fourteen colleges are now participating in the pilot, which comes as direct admissions grows in popularity.

By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • Updated Nov. 17, 2022

How library collections can help colleges diversify

Academic libraries can lead institution-wide DEI goals through material acquisition and improved accessibility, according to a new report.

By Laura Spitalniak • Nov. 16, 2022

Florida public university leaders object to proposed tenure rules tied to controversial state law

Officials criticized the draft policies for lacking due process and said they would in essence destroy tenure.

By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • Nov. 16, 2022

Less than half of students whose colleges abruptly close go on to enroll elsewhere

College closures are most likely to affect for-profit college attendees, according to an analysis of 140,000-plus students. 

By Natalie Schwartz • Nov. 15, 2022