Admissions association will help lead test-optional enrollment study

A $1.4 million Gates Foundation grant will fund a NACAC-driven project examining enrollment patterns at 150 four-year colleges. 

By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • April 20, 2022

Florida bid to change public colleges' accreditors, add post-tenure review becomes law

Gov. Ron DeSantis signed legislation Tuesday setting up a potential showdown with federal rules governing accrediting agencies.

By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • Updated April 22, 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

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

The results from a Gallup and Lumina Foundation poll should be a call to action for higher education leaders, one expert said.

By Laura Spitalniak • April 20, 2022

OER adoption has the power to give students agency, report argues

Instructors using open education resources increased student choice in assignments and made courses more inclusive, Achieving the Dream found.

By Natalie Schwartz • April 20, 2022

Ed Dept reviews payments for student loan forgiveness to fix 'forbearance steering'

Changes mean 40,000 borrowers will see their loans forgiven and 3.6 million will have past payments count toward debt clearance, officials said Tuesday.

By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • April 19, 2022

Ombuds offer colleges conflict resolution in a contentious time

Ombudspeople provide employees with resources outside of the traditional HR hierarchy and improve workplace health, advocates say.

By Laura Spitalniak • April 19, 2022

For-profit coding school BloomTech sued over alleged misrepresented job placement rates

The boot camp, formerly known as Lambda School, has been dogged by allegations it doesn't deliver the education or careers it promises.

By Natalie Schwartz • April 18, 2022

Colleges twist in the wind with foreign gift requirements in limbo

Higher education is struggling to understand its current legal requirements, even as Congress debates changes to those laws.

By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • April 14, 2022

How a recent policy shift at the Ed Department could affect for-profits

For-profit colleges worry recent regulatory actions will discourage investment in the sector, but policy advocates want the federal agency to be even stricter.

By Natalie Schwartz • April 13, 2022

Mizzou students with no admissions test scores had similar retention rates, GPAs versus peers

Experts weren't surprised by grade and persistence metrics coming in slightly lower, because students without SAT or ACT scores likely faced barriers.

By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • April 12, 2022

More than 200 colleges have open seats for fall 2022, NACAC says

Admissions trade group releases annual database early for the second straight year, citing high interest.

By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • April 12, 2022

DoorDash launches DashPass for Students

The $4.99 monthly subscription gives U.S. college students access to free delivery from grocers, convenience stores and restaurants.

By Julie Littman • Updated April 12, 2022

Rhode Island bills would tax private colleges' endowments, properties

Municipalities could impose up to a 2% tax on endowments, which would benefit K-12 school districts. Property taxes would go to local general funds.

By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • April 11, 2022

What 7 experts want included in Biden's new Title IX regulation

We asked lawyers, academics and a college president what they want to see from the rule governing campus sexual misconduct.

By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • April 8, 2022

UNC system extends test-optional admissions through fall 2024

North Carolina governing board cited a desire for institutions to remain competitive with peers that have also suspended SAT and ACT requirements.

By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • April 7, 2022

University of Arizona Global Campus shouldn't get federal student aid after court ruling, groups say

A dozen groups and policy advocates argue a $22M court ruling against UAGC's former owner for misleading students should end its Title IV access.

By Natalie Schwartz • Updated April 7, 2022

15 Republican attorneys general urge Ed Dept to halt Title IX rule change

The attorneys general are threatening to take legal action if the Biden administration issues a regulation protecting transgender students.

By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • April 7, 2022

California weighs $100M for community college cybersecurity amid application fraud

The funding would partly go toward hiring cybersecurity staff after the system was flooded with fake student applications last year.

By Natalie Schwartz • April 6, 2022

Georgia passes law banishing free speech zones

These areas of public campuses designated for protest and other forms of expression quickly fell out of favor in the last several years.

By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • Updated May 4, 2022

Battle heats up over 'viewpoint diversity' survey in Florida public colleges

A faculty union encourages a boycott of the voluntary questionnaire after a federal judge allows it to go ahead.

By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • April 4, 2022

University of Arizona Global Campus loses access to GI Bill benefits

Experts warn of mass student exodus if the university doesn't soon regain access, even as it offers grants to affected students.

By Natalie Schwartz • April 4, 2022

President Speaks: I lead a university becoming a polytechnic. It's possible thanks to public investment.

Tom Jackson Jr. discusses how Cal Poly Humboldt is using $458 million to expand its academic offerings and meet the state's STEM shortages. 

By Tom Jackson Jr. • April 4, 2022

27 senators call on Cardona to change policies on student debt bankruptcy claims

Too often, borrowers must show "a certainty of hopelessness" to have their loans cleared, the lawmakers argue.

By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • April 1, 2022

How can college trustees oversee equitable student success?

Governing boards must actively work to ensure fair student outcomes, say two leaders at the Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges.

By Laura Spitalniak • April 1, 2022

Lincoln College, a predominantly Black institution, to close in May

The 157-year-old private nonprofit in Illinois said the pandemic and a cyberattack exacerbated existing enrollment challenges.

By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • March 31, 2022