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A new working paper suggests male enrollment fell significantly at community colleges during the pandemic because they disproportionately enroll in hands-on technical courses more difficult to offer online.

Some institutions that began the semester online are now pushing their return-to-campus dates further out in response to Omicron, citing spiking numbers and breakthrough infections.

The university and its graduate assistant and undergraduate student workers agree to a deal to end work stoppage.

The number of Chabad centers on college campuses has skyrocketed since 2000, attracting students from a range of Jewish backgrounds and providing another avenue for Jewish student life.

The University of Memphis wants to give faculty members grants to incorporate equity and social justice into courses to reflect the institution’s commitment to those issues. Conservative lawmakers are having none of it.

Creighton University is starting a doctor of physical therapy program at its Phoenix health sciences campus. University of St. Francis, in Illinois, is starting an online master of social work.

With the Omicron variant of COVID-19 raging, a majority of institutions are putting their trust in vaccines and tried and true mitigation strategies to bring students back to campus this semester.

The chancellor of Northeastern University described in-person learning as “the gold standard,” sparking outcry from administrators of online education who strongly disagree.

Citing low enrollment, the University of Nebraska at Kearney plans to cut its philosophy major, following the recommendation made by a state board. Students and faculty are fighting to save the program.