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November 12, 2021
Iowa State’s Faculty Senate approved a compromise on a diversity requirement to comply with a new state law against the teaching of “divisive concepts.” Some say it’s time to move forward, but other professors say this is no victory.

November 12, 2021
Eastern Gateway Community College offered free courses to union members, and enrollment skyrocketed. But the institution’s accreditor put the college on probation, saying the rapid growth hurt the education offered.

November 12, 2021
Institutions with pet-friendly policies are seeing an uptick in students bringing dogs, cats, hamsters, reptiles and more to campus. Students say the animals help them cope with anxiety and stress.

November 12, 2021
A research center focuses on how institutions, including colleges, betray their constituents—and how institutions can act with courage instead.

November 12, 2021
Bradley J Andrews, president of Southwestern College, in Kansas, has been selected as president of Brevard College, in North Carolina.

November 11, 2021
Rutgers University at Camden arts and sciences professors want to know why their beloved dean was fired abruptly. They didn’t get much of an explanation during a meeting with their chancellor, making an already rocky relationship worse.

November 11, 2021
FAFSA verification can be burden students and institutions alike. College access advisers and financial aid administrators say data sharing and changing how the Education Department selects students for verification could provide relief.

November 11, 2021
New technology is allowing colleges and universities to integrate disparate student services, such as academic advising and mental health services, in one unified system.

November 11, 2021
President cuts federal science budget by 90 percent. Researchers fear a brain drain.

November 10, 2021
Students at the University of Illinois at Chicago escalate their calls for a law professor accused of racism to be fired, now that he’s scheduled to return to the classroom. The professor says he’s caught up in something that isn’t really about him.

November 10, 2021
Accreditor places Southwest Baptist University on probation, finding the board’s actions raised questions about its ability to act in the best interest of the institution and that the climate for academic freedom had been eroded.

November 10, 2021
Latinx students in California are enrolling at higher rates than ever before but still face stubborn equity gaps in academic outcomes.

November 10, 2021
Podium Education partners with institutions to give undergraduates hands-on technological experience in digital marketing, coding and data analytics.

November 10, 2021
Starting Out Our Lady of the Lake University, in Texas, is starting a campaign to raise $55 million by 2023. The university has already raised $46 million. University of Louisiana at Lafayette has launched a campaign to raise $500 million by 2025. The university has raised $304 million to date. Raising the Goal

November 9, 2021
Higher education thought leaders and colleges are working together to create a three-year bachelor’s degree program that will offer all the value of a four-year degree—for less cost.

November 9, 2021
New research argues that increases in GPAs are responsible for the rise in college completion rates since the 1990s.

November 9, 2021
Long Beach City College created designated parking on campus where unhoused students can sleep safely in their cars overnight. Some observers worry the plan is shortsighted and sends the wrong message.

November 9, 2021
A new draft of the National Collegiate Athletic Association constitution ‘embraces’ compensation for athletes’ names, images and likenesses and promises to give each division the power to govern itself.

November 9, 2021
Community College of Denver is launching a bachelor of applied science degree in cannabis science and operations. Front Range Community College, in Colorado, is starting an associate of engineering science degree.

November 8, 2021
U of Florida says three professors can now testify as experts in an elections lawsuit, and accept customary payment for their time. The professors are suing the university anyway. UF’s faculty union describes a larger pattern of apparent political interference in academic matters.

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