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Earnings Test Gets Mixed Reviews in Public Comments

Representatives for religious colleges and beauty schools argued the metric could have devastating consequences for their institutions. Others say accountability is necessary.

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Portland State Moves Toward Layoffs, Despite Faculty Calls for Pause

The university, one of multiple financially struggling Oregon public institutions, hemorrhaged enrollment during the pandemic. Its president has proposed department eliminations and other cuts, drawing ire from unions.

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Education Department Reallocates Minority-Serving Institution Funds Again

The U.S. Department of Education announced Thursday that it’s reallocating funds for minority-serving institutions to the Strengthening Institutions Program, a...
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Oregon Considers Ending Free College

The state agency overseeing the promise program argues it hasn’t yielded the outcomes they hoped for. But community college advocates aren’t ready to see it end.

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California Community Colleges Make Progress in Curbing Financial Aid Fraud

New data shows that California community colleges have made progress in combating fraudulent students who scam the campuses for financial...
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Opinion

What Hampshire’s Closing Tells Us About the Need for Experimental Colleges

Hampshire stood out in a higher ed sector characterized by conformity.

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Oakland City U ‘Suspending’ Undergrad Classes; Online Grad Courses Continue

An Indiana Christian institution that said last week unnamed donors could save it from closure and pay its unpaid workers...
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Warned of Layoffs, Oakland City U Workers Now Aren’t Getting Paid

The Indiana General Baptist institution says it’s working with donors to both pay employees what they’re owed and keep the university open.