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A Building by Any Other Name
The Black Lives Matter protests inspired activists to demand the removal of controversial names from campus buildings. Many universities have established practices to guide them.
Opinion
Mispricing Tuition
Charging history or English majors lower tuition in line with lower labor costs could attract back students who have been abandoning the humanities, Fidel J. Tavárez writes.
A Big Payout for a Fired President
In 2015 College of DuPage trustees fired the president, refused to pay a $763,000 severance and dared him to file a lawsuit. He did. Now the college is settling for $4 million.
Capital Campaign Watch: Murray State, Northern Kentucky
Starting Out Murray State University has launched the public phase of its Centennial Campaign to raise $100 million. The university...
New Programs: Engineering, Food and Agribusiness, Physical Therapy
Bridgewater College will start a major in engineering next year. State University of New York at Morrisville has announced a...
U.S. Appeals Court Blocks Debt-Relief Program
Eighth Circuit panel unanimously imposes preliminary injunction, ruling that states have standing and that the policy’s potential impact on state finances could be “irreversible.”
Florida Supreme Court to Hear Campus Shutdown Case
The University of South Florida asked the court to dismiss a lawsuit alleging breach of contract for COVID shutdowns. Its case rests on a broad interpretation of “sovereign immunity.”
How Colleges Measure and Prove Their Value
With public doubts escalating about whether going to college is “worth it,” campus leaders and policy analysts discuss steps institutions are taking to show how they help students and society.