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Christian College Sues to Keep LGBTQ+ Housing Policy

September 8, 2021
College of the Ozarks argues that the Biden administration’s interpretation of the federal fair housing law forces the college to “open female showers, restrooms, and dorm rooms to biological males who assert a female gender identity.”

The Debate Over Instructional Spending Policies

September 8, 2021
A report by the Veterans Education Project argues using instructional spending ratios to measure quality puts nontraditional institutions at a disadvantage -- but others argue that’s not what the metric is for.

Colleges Ramp Up Internship Resources

September 8, 2021
Career centers are developing new virtual programming to help students make up for the internships they lost to the pandemic.

A Long-Standing Push

September 8, 2021
Colleges are trying to recruit women for training and apprenticeship programs that prepare them for male-dominated fields. Progress is slower than advocates hoped.

Tenure Awarded… at U of Scranton, U of Texas at San Antonio

September 8, 2021
University of Scranton Peter Andersen, management, marketing and entrepreneurship Michael Landram, health and human performance Wendy Manetti, nursing Katherine Stumpo, chemistry University of Texas at San Antonio Yongcan Cao, electrical and computer engineering Eunhee Chung, kinesiology Jeffrey Howard, public health Chiung-Yu Hung, biology Murtuza Jadliwala, computer science Poonam Khanna, management Palden Lama, computer science

At a College Wounded on 9/11, Memories Endure 20 Years Later

September 7, 2021
Borough of Manhattan Community College lost eight students and alumni plus a building in the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks. On the 20th anniversary, lessons reverberate amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Colleges Go Online to Avoid COVID-19

September 7, 2021
Eastern Gateway CC, La Salle U and U of Dallas shift to online courses; Lehigh and St. Lawrence give faculty members the right to shift online; and U of Hawai‘i at Hilo gives faculty members the right to go hybrid.

‘Enough Is Enough’

September 7, 2021
Upset by rising COVID-19 numbers, UNC Chapel Hill students sign an open letter demanding the administration enact stricter vaccination and testing policies.

A Leg Up for Diverse Adult Learners

September 7, 2021
A new initiative will focus on developing adult-friendly pathways at predominantly and historically Black community colleges to increase their completion rates.

How Online Learning Fits in This Fall

September 3, 2021
Colleges are taking different approaches in terms of how they’re using online learning in the second fall with COVID.

Students Share Optimism, Nerves About In-Person Semester

September 3, 2021
Incoming first-year students and returning seniors share their thoughts about being on campus this fall.

Brandman University Becomes UMass Global

September 3, 2021
Massachusetts university system will align with adult-serving online institution in California, aiming to create a major national player in online learning.

British Universities Become ‘More British’

September 3, 2021
In wake of Brexit and the coronavirus pandemic, British students make up 89 percent of those at British universities.

Are Amherst’s COVID Policies Too Strict, or Just Smart?

September 2, 2021
Students object to the college’s policies limiting off-campus activities, and a debate ensues over whether the policies overreach or are appropriately cautious.

The Grass May Be Greener for Women in Industry

September 2, 2021
The pay gap between men and women in academic science is bigger than it is in industry, according to a new analysis of federal survey data. What might it take to close that gap?

Board Leaves Its President in Limbo

September 2, 2021
The North Idaho Board of Trustees expanded its power and subsequently repealed a mask mandate put in place by the community college’s president.

‘No Study Without Struggle’

September 2, 2021
Author discusses book on higher education history and settler colonialism.

New Presidents or Provosts: Bastyr U, Bennington College, California Institute of Integral Studies, Dutchess CC, Fox Valley Technical College, Hiram College, Northern State U, U of New Mexico Taos, U of Texas Austin, U of Washington Bothell

September 2, 2021
S. Brock Blomberg, president of Ursinus College, in Pennsylvania, has been appointed president of the California Institute of Integral Studies. Devin A. Byrd, vice president for academic affairs at Saybrook University, in California, has been chosen as president of Bastyr University, in Washington State.

A Triple Crisis

September 1, 2021
Some California community colleges, already struggling with enrollment declines and the fallout from the pandemic, now face new challenges caused by the wildfires.

An ‘Expectation, No Exceptions’ on Masking

September 1, 2021
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University strengthens its masking policy one day after a department chair quits over it. The professor says the policy update still leaves professors on the hook for enforcement, with no clear recourse.  

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