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House Hearing Puts Med Schools in DEI Hot Seat
Republicans grilled administrators from medical schools at UCLA, UC San Francisco and the University of Illinois over their admissions policies and curricula. Democrats dismissed the hearing as political theater.
An Enrollment Reprieve for Rabbinical Schools
For years, major rabbinical schools saw head counts dwindle. Now some are welcoming large incoming classes after creating new pipelines to the rabbinate.
Yale Confirms Negotiations With DOJ Over Admissions
Western Governors President on the State of Online Ed
Scott Pulsipher explains why Western Governors is expanding and why he thinks competency-based education will continue to grow.
ED Encouraged Institutions to Limit Graduate Loans. They Don’t Want To.
Colleges are debating whether they should limit lending to students in certain programs that are currently considered “professional” by the Education Department.
PASSHE Commits to Covering Remaining Tuition for Low-Income Students
College Associations Say Expanded List of Professional Degrees Is ‘Incomplete’
Several health-care degrees like advanced nursing, physician assistants and occupational therapists were added, but others, like master’s in social work and education, were not.
How Far Can One Supreme Court Ruling Stretch?
The Trump administration is using the ban on affirmative action in admissions to crack down on anything related to ethnicity or race in higher ed. Will it try the same tactic with last week’s Supreme Court ruling on transgender athletes?