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August 10, 2021
Experts' fears that state higher education funding would decline this fiscal year have largely abated.

August 10, 2021
Colleges and universities are paying off millions in unpaid balances owed to them by students. But advocates for reducing student loan debt say clearing these arrears puts only a small dent in students' overall debt loads

August 10, 2021
The bipartisan infrastructure bill extends a temporary program providing subsidies to Pell Grant recipients for high-speed internet service.

August 10, 2021
Online course company will increase percentage of revenue it shares with university partners as they add degree programs or increase their enrollments.  

August 10, 2021
Diné College is offering a new Native American studies minor. Gardner-Webb University has started a B.S. in homeland security administration. Palm Beach Atlantic University is starting a Ph.D. in practical theology.

August 9, 2021
While the announcement was generally met with praise, it was accompanied by continued calls for the Biden administration to do more to address the student debt crisis.

August 9, 2021
Colleges and universities increasingly want their students and employees to get the jab. Cases involving vaccines within the University of California and other institutions begin to define the legal terrain.

August 9, 2021
As the Delta variant spreads, faculty and students re-up their advocacy for campus vaccine requirements.

August 9, 2021
John Katzman's online program company has become an alternative to online degree enablers. Now it wants to similarly challenge major providers of free and low-cost non-degree courses and credentials.

August 6, 2021
Study finds that students in online courses fail to complete them and get lower grades than peers learning in person. Several experts question the paper’s design and findings, especially related to the pandemic.

August 6, 2021
Facebook claims the researchers’ data collection methods violate its terms of service. The recent action highlights the increasingly fraught relationship between colleges and universities and the big tech companies they research.

August 6, 2021
Florida State’s creative writing program wanted one professor but hired two. The fact that they were both disabled was something of an afterthought, but the professors say the move matters -- and follows years of activism on the part of disabled scholars.  

August 6, 2021
Vaccines and other public safety measures continue to be in flux at colleges across the country as the Delta variant spreads, positive cases rise and political and legal battles continue.

August 6, 2021
Despite uncertainty about vaccination rates, government says universities should encourage but not require them.

August 5, 2021
A new report examines the strengths and weakness of statements made by college leaders after the killing of George Floyd -- and the actions that followed.

August 5, 2021
Women -- especially women of color -- and graduate students and postdocs are more likely to think they don’t belong in fields perceived to value genius over training, study says.

August 5, 2021
Messages are being sent to lawmakers daily, and #DoublePell posts can be found all over social media. But the campaign is just getting started.

August 5, 2021
Colleges and universities are beefing up their mental health services ahead of the fall semester as the uncertain trajectory of the pandemic continues to affect students.

August 5, 2021
Bernell Hirning, regional associate vice president at National University, in California, has been appointed president of Williston State College, in North Dakota. James (Greg) Hodges, vice president of academics and student success services at Patrick Henry Community College, in Virginia, has been promoted to president there.

August 4, 2021
Penn State stays the course in recommending but not requiring COVID-19 vaccines, amid growing faculty and student calls for a mandate -- and days after a student death.

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