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Quick Takes

Why Community College Students Stop Out

Community college students stop out for a confluence of reasons, some that could be better prevented by colleges, according to...
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Quick Takes

HBCUs Gifted Nearly $300M in MacKenzie Scott’s Latest Donation Flurry

Five historically Black colleges and universities have recently announced gifts of $50 million or more in unrestricted funds from billionaire...
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Institutions Religious Colleges

Faith-Based Institutions Navigate Trump’s Higher Ed Policy Changes

Religiously affiliated colleges are facing the blowback of seismic higher ed policy shifts under Trump. They’re making careful decisions about how to advocate for themselves.

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Quick Takes

Johns Hopkins: No Cost for Undergrads With Family Income Below $100K

Johns Hopkins University announced Thursday that it’s eliminating tuition, fees and living expenses for its Homewood campus undergraduates whose families...
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Admissions Traditional-Age

California State University Embraces Direct Admissions

After a successful pilot, California is joining a growing group of states to extend proactive college acceptances to qualified students without having them apply. One scholar says the practice may become the “new norm.”

UC Berkeley law school dean Erwin Chemerinsky at his home in Oakland, Calif., on Tuesday, January 19, 2021. He is an older white man with white hair wearing glasses and a dark sweater over a collared shirt, standing in front of a tree.
Business Financial Health

Berkeley Law Dean Urges Supreme Court to Be ‘Guardrail of Our Democracy’

Erwin Chemerinsky capped this week’s APLU conference by explaining higher ed’s financial vulnerabilities that the Trump administration is exploiting and arguing that the high court needs to “check” the president.
Quick Takes

Texas Gov. Orders Financial Investigation of Texas Southern

Texas governor Greg Abbott and lieutenant governor Dan Patrick have ordered an investigation of Texas Southern University, a historically Black...
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Institutions Community Colleges

Community College Leaders Ask Carnegie to Pull Its New Classification

Carnegie’s new Student Access and Earnings Classification has stirred up controversy among community college advocates. Carnegie is standing by its approach.