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Persistence and Retention Rates Exceed Pre-Pandemic Levels

New data show the highest persistence and retention rates in a decade, with Black students at public four-year colleges boasting especially high year-over-year increases.

House Republicans Propose Budget Cuts for Education Department

House Republicans want to keep funding flat for the Pell Grant program and the Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights...

What’s Missing in Award-Winning LGBTQ Children’s Books: Academic Minute

Today on the Academic Minute: Wendy Keyser, professor of English at Fitchburg State University, explores whether LGBTQ children’s books tell...

Hudson Valley Community College Fires President

Hudson Valley Community College has fired President Roger Ramsammy “with cause” following a human resources complaint that was filed against...

Eastern Nazarene College to Close

Eastern Nazarene College, a private, nonprofit Christian liberal arts institution in Massachusetts, said late Tuesday that it would close and...
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Should 2 North Carolina HBCUs Merge?

Saint Augustine’s board chair alleges that local business leaders are trying to force a merger with nearby Shaw. His claims come as alumni call for the board’s removal.

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A Dean Called for Silencing Harvard’s Faculty Critics. He’s Been Roasted.

Lawrence D. Bobo’s argument that professors should face sanctions for inciting “external actors” to “intervene” at the university has been roundly lambasted. But it tapped into an ongoing debate: When is outside intervention warranted?

Photo illustration of the United States showing the 10 states where the new Title IX regs are currently blocked from taking effect.

Title IX Legal Challenges Target LGBTQ+ Protections

Judges have temporarily blocked the new Title IX regulations in 10 red states so far. Experts expect a long legal fight that could end at the Supreme Court.