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It’s not unusual for senators to hold up the confirmation of presidential nominees -- but it is unusual when the holdup comes from a member of the president’s own party.

The unabashed “Ivy League alternative,” birthed from an investor-backed start-up, gains a very traditional stamp of approval.

Seven of the appropriations bills approved by the House committee include funding that would go directly to colleges and universities.

The California Community Colleges system will require students to take an ethnic studies course. The new policy follows legislation that established a similar requirement at the California State University system last year.

Alison Byerly, president of Lafayette College, in Pennsylvania, has been appointed president of Carleton College, in Minnesota. Amy K. Donahue, vice provost for academic operations at the University of Connecticut, has been named provost and chief academic officer at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, also in Connecticut.

Eloy Ortiz Oakley, chancellor of the California Community Colleges system, will temporarily serve as a special adviser in the U.S. Department of Education. The move was applauded by higher education leaders.

Survey reveals what education policy makers working on behalf of students need to know about solutions that students support for making college more affordable and equitable.

President Biden has pledged to appeal a federal judge’s ruling against the program that shields young undocumented immigrants from deportation.

Colleges that are requiring COVID-19 vaccinations try to get a handle on current vaccination rates in advance of deadlines for students to submit documentation.