Inside Higher Ed's News
Earlier News
October 9, 2020
Missouri Valley College students with mental health conditions such as anxiety and depression want to attend classes fully online to cope with the pandemic. College officials say the students aren't eligible for such accommodations. Experts say the students are legally entitled to them.
October 9, 2020
Female academics saw their own experiences in the vice presidential debate's gendered and racialized dynamics.
October 9, 2020
Three North Carolina colleges sent students home only weeks after in-person instruction began. They're still footing the bill for testing, PPE and other COVID-19 prevention measures.
October 9, 2020
Author discusses his book on how to leave an academic career. He provides advice based on his own experience.
October 9, 2020
New England conference cancels its winter sports season, and West Chester abandons spring sports. Some colleges resume in-person instruction as others suspend it. And a journal cites COVID-19 policy for taking a side in November.
October 9, 2020
J. B. Buxton, founder of Education Innovations Group, in North Carolina, has been named president of Durham Technical Community College, also in North Carolina.
October 8, 2020
Many colleges created dashboards showing their COVID-19 infection and testing data. But a lack of standards for testing and reporting has made for varying levels of transparency.
October 8, 2020
As states begin slashing budgets, some free college programs are feeling the sting.
October 8, 2020
Princeton settles with federal government in pay gap case and will pay more than $1 million to female faculty.
October 8, 2020
The average amount of loans that bachelor's degree graduates hold has been relatively flat the past few years. But there's still much work to do, experts say.
October 8, 2020
Universities without plans for women may find themselves unable to obtain research grants.
October 7, 2020
Some institutions have begun to cancel diversity, equity and inclusion programs in response to a Trump order. Critics say the order is censorship.
October 7, 2020
After the coach of the nationally acclaimed debate team at California State University, Fresno, was unexpectedly reassigned last fall, members of the team quit in protest. Coaches at other colleges and leaders of national debate organizations have come to his defense.
October 7, 2020
Over 10 percent of on-campus students at Georgia College and State University have had COVID-19. Epidemiologists and university officials say it's not as bad as it sounds.
October 7, 2020
Financial fallout from the pandemic will continue to hit colleges for years, experts say.
October 7, 2020
Two-thirds of colleges have no clear testing plan or test only "at-risk" students; Florida State's president tests positive; one campus shuts down and others shift to virtual learning.
October 7, 2020
Alvernia University is starting majors in electrical, industrial and mechanical engineering.
Boston College is starting a part-time executive Ed.D. in higher education.
October 6, 2020
University of New Hampshire suspends professor amid investigation into whether he trolled people online, pretending to be “The Science Femme, Woman in STEM.”
October 6, 2020
Enrollment and financial projections for part of the deal came in lower than expected, university's president said.
October 6, 2020
With little internet access and disproportionate impacts from COVID-19, tribal colleges had to redesign everything they do in the spring.
Pages
Topics
Featured Colleges
Popular Right Now
Colleges cancel diversity programs in response to Trump order
Author discusses his book on leaving academia
Female academics saw their own experiences with #manterrupting in this week's vice presidential deba
Live Updates: Latest News on Coronavirus and Higher Education
Trump's claim about saving HBCUs was false, but his administration has largely backed sector
Students in great need of mental health support during pandemic
University of New Hampshire suspends professor amid investigation into online persona
10 strategies to support students and help them learn during the coronavirus crisis (opinion)