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Whether in person or virtual, colleges and universities try to make this year's commencements joyous.

Bentley University is starting a bachelor of arts and a bachelor of science in diversity, equity and inclusion. Colgate University is starting a minor in global public and environmental health.

As colleges consider how to incorporate new CDC guidance for vaccinated individuals into their planning, some lift mask mandates. Others say not so fast.

Lafayette College steps out of the box by choosing College Advising Corps leader as its next president. The hire comes as the private college seeks to ramp up financial aid and grow its student body.

Colleges grapple with resuming study abroad -- and with how to incorporate new State Department travel warnings about COVID-19-related risks into their planning.

Thomas LeBlanc will retire at the end of his five-year contract in 2022 after taking criticism related to diversity on campus and plans to shrink the student body, but support for his handling of the pandemic.

Congressional committees are once again accepting proposed earmarks from lawmakers, and reforms to the controversial practice could be in higher education’s favor.

New report recommends investigating structures impeding success among students of color before throwing money at problems -- and also says more research and research funding are needed.

John Chenoweth, dean of the College of Business and Economics at the University of Wisconsin Whitewater, has been appointed provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs there. Linda Doyle, professor of engineering and the arts at Trinity College Dublin, in Ireland, has been named provost there.