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Boom Time for Maine’s Community Colleges
Enrollment in the state's two-year system hit an all-time high this fall, despite national declines and the state’s aging population. What’s their secret?
Funding Student Success: Investing in Experiential Learning
Kutztown University in Pennsylvania will receive $2.2 million over five years from the Department of Education to promote engagement and retention for underrepresented minority and low-income students.
Colleges Confounded by Flood of Borrower-Defense Claims
The Education Department is working to clear a backlog in applications for debt relief through its borrower-defense program. Colleges aren’t sure how to respond to notifications of the claims.
Inequity in High Standardized Test Scores
Students whose families were in the top socioeconomic quintile of Americans were seven times likelier than those from the bottom...
Program Innovation: Preregistration to Help Alleviate Student Stress, Confusion
Staff at Ithaca College created schedules for all incoming first-year students, hoping to make the process easier for students from all backgrounds and ease the transition to higher education.
Board Fight at Michigan State Draws Governor’s Attention
Governor Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan weighed in Monday on a dispute roiling Michigan State University’s Board of Trustees, in which...
Middle East Fallout on Campuses: Vermont Speech, Dueling Open Letters
Fallout from the war between Israel and Hamas continues to reverberate across college and university campuses. Here are the latest...
Students From Minoritized Groups Less Confident of Peer Support After Sexual Assault
Students who belong to minoritized groups feel less confident than those from non-minoritized groups that they’d receive support from peers...