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In a cease-and-desist letter, the board threatens legal action if the alumni group continues to publish “misleading or defamatory statements” about the college.

Julie Byerley, vice dean for academic affairs at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine, has been chosen as president and dean of the Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine, in Pennsylvania.

The shortage of financial aid employees is especially worrisome given that the Department of Education is now planning to beef up its enforcement of federal student aid program rules.

Student voting reached a record high in 2020. Now organizations hope to keep the momentum going for 2022 with new tools designed to boost participation among all racial and ethnic groups.

More universities announce employee vaccine mandates to comply with Biden order mandating vaccination against COVID-19 for employees of federal contractors. But with the deadline for vaccination fast approaching, some universities are still studying the order or determining next steps.

Calbright College enrollment numbers include students who have been inactive for months. College leaders say their method for counting enrollments is standard. Some current and former employees disagree.

The Biden administration and congressional Democrats cut the Build Back Better Act in half, leaving many higher education investments behind but boosting the maximum Pell Grant and funding for HBCUs and other minority-serving institutions.

Creating programs to educate students about the dangers of culturally insensitive Halloween costumes.

Embracing digital transformation, ensuring faculty have the necessary digital fluency to engage students, and embracing a blended campus that melds digital and in-person learning are among the Educause top 10 IT issues in higher education.