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Betting on Pennsylvania Students
Pennsylvania’s governor is proposing a scholarship program for in-state college students for a third time. The stakes haven’t changed, but neither has the opposition from the horse-racing industry, whose revenues would partly fund the program.
Capital Campaign Watch: Colgate, LaGuardia CC, Monmouth (Ill.), Penn State, U of Evansville
Starting Off Colgate University launched a campaign to raise $1 billion. The university has already raised $410 million. University of...
Rising Freshmen’s Concern With College Costs Has Limits
Students would give a lower rank to a college if it cut nonacademic amenities to save money, survey finds.
New Programs: Communication and IT, Criminology, Health and Social Change, Fashion Media, Cybersecurity, Digital Media and Film, Event Leadership
Alma College is starting a low-residency M.S. in communication and information technology. Bloomfield College is starting a B.A. in criminology...
Marymount California University Will Close
Decision comes two days after a proposed merger with Saint Leo University was called off.
Changes in 2 Loan Programs
Education Department plans to forgive 40,000 student loans immediately and place 3.6 million borrowers three years closer to debt forgiveness. Reaction is mixed.
Small College Bets Big on Professional Schools
Lyon College is partnering with a private funding group to open veterinary and dental schools in Arkansas. It’s an untested strategy that the college believes will work.
The Hope Center’s Revolving Door
Temple University hires outside counsel to investigate Sara Goldrick-Rab’s Hope Center. Numerous former and current employees say it’s about workplace climate complaints, but Goldrick-Rab says she requested the inquiry.