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Navient Reaches $1.85B Settlement With States
Thirty-nine state attorneys general announced a settlement with Navient over the servicing of student loans. “For too long, Navient contributed...
UVA Provost to Become 9th President of UPenn
M. Elizabeth Magill, executive vice president and provost of the University of Virginia, has been nominated to serve as the...
Iowa Becomes Test Optional in Public University Admissions
The Iowa Board of Regents voted this week to become test optional in admissions at the state’s three public universities...
Supreme Court Blocks OSHA Vaccine Mandate
The Supreme Court on Thursday blocked an Occupational Safety and Health Administration rule mandating that large employers require employees get...
Louisville Backs Off Punishing Online Teaching
The University of Louisville has backed away from a policy of saying it will punish professors who teach online rather...
Preventing Morphine Addiction and Curbing the Opioid Epidemic
The opioid epidemic has been overshadowed by the pandemic but is still ongoing. In today’s Academic Minute, Oliver Civelli of...
Sticking With In-Person Classes as COVID Spikes
Successful mitigation measures allow colleges to bring students back to campus, even as COVID-19 cases are taking off. Strategies vary by campus, with some efforts limited by governing boards.
Enrollment Marches Downward
Nearly one million fewer students have enrolled in higher education since the beginning of the pandemic. The losses have been felt across all types of institutions and in almost every state.