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A new report details disparities in academic outcomes for Black community college students.

Abel Antonio Chávez, vice president for enrollment and student success at Western Colorado University, has been selected as president of Our Lady of the Lake University, in Texas. Charles L. Karr, interim president of the University of Alabama in Huntsville, has been appointed to the job on a permanent basis.

The Ford Fellowship program for diverse scholars is ending after nearly six decades. Experts worry it will leave a big hole in the funding landscape for underrepresented would-be professors.

As Supreme Court prepares to consider affirmative action, and as new systems challenge traditional admissions, what do admissions directors think?

Altmetrics track how scholarly works are discussed, shared, read and reused online. Such real-time feedback may especially matter for underrepresented and early-career researchers, though the metrics have limitations.

Limited access to active learning spaces may disproportionately hurt historically excluded groups, and institutions should build more of these spaces in the name of equity, according to a new study. Where does higher ed stand on next-generation learning spaces?

The longtime employee worked her way up from a temporary maid to executive assistant in the president’s office.

Michigan State trustees are trying to push the president out for reasons that remain unclear. Meanwhile, the president and trustees are trading accusations on alleged Title IX missteps.

Forgiven debt will be taxed in Arkansas, California, Indiana, Minnesota, Mississippi, North Carolina and Wisconsin unless lawmakers in those states change the laws.