Institutions

University boots law dean from post after less than two years, suggesting he’s a better faculty member than a key fundraiser. The law faculty is livid.

A national online course-sharing consortium for community colleges aims to expand access to online learning. It’s also an attempt to relieve budgetary and enrollment pressures after a particularly challenging year.

A disproportionate drop in Black students enrolled in college prompted Illinois higher education leaders to propose increased state support for and shifts in how higher education is promoted and delivered to students of color.

Historically Black colleges and universities could receive grant funding to improve infrastructure on their campuses under a bill introduced in Congress with Democratic and Republican support.

Community colleges need to look very closely at such programs to assess how well they fit within their equity missions, writes Jim Jacobs.

We must create a new community-based, equity-focused agenda for community colleges, Karen A. Stout writes.

A new initiative aims to bring back 4,000 students who stopped out of private historically Black colleges and universities and guide them to graduation with one-on-one coaching. Public HBCUs are doing similar outreach to students, especially those who left during the pandemic.

A new report highlights how adult learners, low-income students and students of color are concentrated in colleges with fewer resources, and how they are disadvantaged by numerous other disparities.