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Days of Reckoning

Recent closures make it more likely a trend of private college consolidation has started. Institutions feeling particular pressure are small colleges, those in the Midwest and Roman Catholic institutions located away from Catholic population centers.

Taxing T-shirt Revenue

Senate Republicans’ plan would tax colleges on royalties from licensing income and create regulation for business activity unrelated to core mission.

Another Small Private College Will Close

St. Gregory’s, an Oklahoma institution founded in 1875, will cease operations at the end of the semester.

The Racist Tweet That Won't Go Away

In September, a student at Monroe Community College posted a racist tweet. It’s November, and the faculty union and the administration are still in conflict over the institution’s response.

It’s a Tough Job, but Somebody’s Got to Do It

Neither Penn State nor Johns Hopkins’s Peabody Institute enjoyed particularly strong shared governance within the last decade. Recent reform efforts hold promise.

Faculty Balk at Westminster Layoff Notices

An international buyer intends to employ faculty and staff in the future, but Rider issued the layoff notices in case the deal falls through.

Jerry Falwell Jr.’s Parable of Talents

Falwell calls Liberty University the Fox News of academia. But where is one of President Trump’s staunchest supporters taking the university he and his family built?