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University of Michigan requests injunction to stop the strike by graduate student workers, who are asking for a 60 percent raise in minimum salaries and improvements in benefits for transgender, international and parenting members.

Advocates for students say accessing SNAP benefits will be more difficult once the pandemic health emergency ends and that broader reforms to the program are needed.

The University of Dayton joined forces with Sinclair Community College to create a more accessible route to degree completion, offering 100 degree paths. The effort has a 96 percent graduation rate.

Several lawmakers suggested that Congress could take action to better protect free speech on college campuses—but how they would do so is unclear.

Hofstra University strongly opposes a proposed casino and entertainment project near its campus on Long Island. Two other colleges in the area say the development would open up new career opportunities for students.

In the recent Student Voice survey, students cite teaching style as a major barrier to their academic success. Research points to active learning as a solution, but experts on pedagogy and identity offer some major caveats for professors looking to mix up their instructional approaches.

Damián J. Fernández, president of Eckerd College, in Florida, has been named president of Warren Wilson College, in North Carolina. Todd Pfannestiel, provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at Utica University, in New York, has been chosen as president there.

Preliminary data from the National Student Clearinghouse show flat enrollment across all sectors of higher education. Enrollment rises at community colleges and in certificate programs, while bachelor's-degree-seeking students dip. 

Higher education associations want the Education Department to repeal the entire free inquiry rule put in place by the Trump administration.