Government

Students in prison will be able to access the Pell Grant when new rules take effect this summer as part of a revised pilot program.

Projecting an enrollment nosedive, West Virginia University is preparing for a lean future. Some call it an act of surrender, while others say it’s a prudent choice to be replicated elsewhere.

Terry Hartle, longtime lobbyist, discusses partisanship, public concerns about value and ideological imbalance, and more.

Vanderbilt’s chancellor thinks academic leaders should stay out of politics—but the ongoing assaults on rights and freedoms emanating from the Tennessee Legislature show the limits of that stance, Brian L. Heuser writes.

Lawmakers and higher ed leaders are facing off over the proposed state budget. With COVID funds drying up and enrollment dwindling, it’s a battle likely to play out in other states, too.