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The Economic Returns of a Rural Education
A recent report argues rural-serving institutions offer meaningful benefits to their students, including quicker times to degree and lower prices.
More Than Half of Recent 4-Year College Grads Underemployed
A new report found that many recent graduates don’t land jobs that require a degree.
College Reinstates Professor Who Allegedly Preached in Class
A Texas community college has reinstated an adjunct biology instructor it fired after reportedly receiving complaints of “religious preaching, discriminatory...
Opinion
The Black History Higher Ed Needs Now
In higher ed today, the wisdom of marrying the labor and racial justice movements is once again apparent, Karin Alejandra Rosemblatt writes.
California State Union Approves Tentative Deal, Despite Dissent
Members of the union representing roughly 29,000 California State University faculty members, librarians and others have approved the tentative agreement...
Catholic University Fires Instructor Over ‘Abortion Doula’ Speaker’s Comments
The instructor was fired after a doula spoke in her class about clients having abortions. Antiabortion activists celebrated, while academic freedom advocates were horrified.
Kentucky University Leaders Defend Diversity, in Differing Ways
The leaders of Kentucky’s two largest public universities have, with differing degrees of directness, spoken out in recent days about...
Opinion
What’s Lost in Dismantling DEI Offices
Colleges should back up their diversity commitments in their organizational structures, Eugene T. Parker III writes.