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Graduate receiving a diploma, close-up of hands

March 17, 2023
The number of undergraduate degree earners fell last year for the first time since 2012. Is it a bump in the road or a harbinger of a changing higher ed landscape?
A bronze bull statue at the University of South Florida

March 17, 2023
A panel of federal judges is keeping in place a block on Florida’s Stop WOKE Act while appeals progress.
A pro–free college demonstrator's sign says, "Education should not be a luxury," in front of the steps of Congress.

March 17, 2023
Free community college is back in President Biden’s budget. Although Congress is unlikely to support the full $90 billion, experts hope for a smaller budget item to provide free programs for about 90,000 students a year.
City College students stand with their arms crossed behind their classroom desks, wearing puffy jackets and masks to a night class.

March 17, 2023
City College of San Francisco students, faculty and staff members are fed up with cold classrooms. Trustees called on administrators to address long-neglected maintenance issues and aging heating systems after some campus buildings went months without heat.
Students are shown sitting at a table having a discussion.

March 17, 2023
Oregon State University, Cascades, will this fall launch Cascades Edge, a career-prep initiative that continuously provides professional development to students.
Wake Forest academic coaches are shown sitting together in the space of the Center for Learning, Access and Student Success.

March 17, 2023
Wake Forest University academic coaches assist students in organizing academic deadlines from their syllabi.

March 17, 2023
Cinnamon Piñon Carlarne, associate dean for faculty and intellectual life at Ohio State University’s Moritz College of Law, has been named president and dean of Albany Law School, in New York.
Peter Chung, an older man with graying hair, faces a screen showing a blueprint.

March 16, 2023
An entrepreneur’s for-profit education company promised to save an evangelical liberal arts college with online enrollments. Now critics are blaming it for pushing the college to the brink of closure.
A bird's-eye view of the St. John's campus.

March 16, 2023
Linked Minnesota Catholic institutions are downsizing languages and other humanities offerings amid declining enrollment.
Someone in a black puffer coat holds a sign covering their face, the sign says "we want to stay." They are surrounded by other protesters with signs.

March 16, 2023
UMass Amherst plans to “transfer” over 100 advancement jobs to its private foundation. Officials say they’re protecting employee pensions; the staff union is crying foul.
The cover of Black and Queer on Campus by Michael Jeffries

March 16, 2023
Author discusses his new book about students who face multiple forms of discrimination.
The Times Higher Education logo, with a red T, a purple H and a blue E.

March 16, 2023
Open-access Swiss publisher raises eyebrows by massively expanding publication schedule.
A small globe with showing North and South America is encircled by a stethoscope.

March 16, 2023
Humanities scholars at Wheaton College in Massachusetts will develop 10 exportable curricular modules on such topics as genetics and race.
Two students looking at a mobile phone.

March 16, 2023
Financial aid, academic counseling and other student-facing departments at Moorpark College adopt two-way text messaging to send reminders—eliminating some of the need for email communication.
Shai Reshef, a light-skinned man with very short hair, speaks to a group of mostly Asian women.

March 15, 2023
This free, nonprofit, online university breaks rules, harnesses bots and seeks to serve the world. But its effort to seek new accreditation raises thorny higher ed innovation questions.
Mystery shopper in a hat with a magnifying glass and packages - stock illustration

March 15, 2023
Advocates see the use of secret shoppers—or undercover agents—to go after colleges that may be lying as long overdue and a signal the Education Department is taking responsibility for its role as financial regulator.
Four students in a snowy forest.

March 15, 2023
Most women’s colleges don’t allow transgender men to enroll. But students at Wellesley are pushing for that to change—and for administrators to recognize those who already attend.
A colorful Georgia O'Keeffe painting of a mountain, featuring bands of color on the slope.

March 15, 2023
A plan by Valparaiso University to sell valuable artworks, including one by Georgia O’Keeffe, is being opposed by some students and faculty members.
Multiethnic millenial friends doing homework in university park

March 15, 2023
Georgia Institute of Technology gathers student feedback on general education assessment to better understand how they frame and grasp learning outcomes.
Multiracial group of friends taking selfie pic outside

March 15, 2023
Higher education professionals can prevent loneliness, and improve retention and engagement among students, using some key strategies.

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