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While Democrats agreed with the Biden administration’s proposed approach to closed-college loan discharge reform during a hearing, Republicans were interested in pursuing other solutions.

Lawmakers hear testimony from players, coaches and administrators as they consider establishing federal rules to govern college athletics.

John Eastman, legal architect of “Stop the Steal,” and Claremont Institute pull out of political science meeting after their panels were moved online. The group threatens legal action, but many political scientists say Eastman has no place among them.

College rejects demands that the controversial bioethicist be denied a forum.

Kutztown University didn’t grant any remote teaching requests this term, not even to an immunosuppressed professor with a new heart. The case raises more questions about “blanket” accommodation bans. 

Battered by enrollment declines and lost academic momentum among low-income students, colleges across the country are ramping up their off-campus outreach efforts in the wake of the pandemic.

Aaron Baute, vice president of business, logistics and supply chain at Ivy Tech Community College, in Indiana, has been named chancellor of its Lafayette campus. Alberto Jose Cardelle, provost and vice president for academic affairs at Fitchburg State University, in Massachusetts, has been appointed president of the State University of New York at Oneonta.

If they want to cash in on the Democrats’ free community college plan, some states will need to increase funding for higher education by more than 40 percent.

Proposed rule seeks to “preserve” the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program and “fortify” it against legal challenges. Does it?