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Minority, Low-Income Freshmen Not Filling Out FAFSA
Study by EAB of 500,000 admitted students to four-year colleges raises equity concerns on coming academic year.
Magical Thinking
How are we dealing with the pandemic? In today's Academic Minute, the University of Florida's Trysh Travis discusses why positive...
‘Unacceptable’: The Story Behind the Admissions Scandal
New details emerge on the scandal.
New International Students Barred From All-Online Classes
New U.S. immigration guidance clarifies that new international students -- unlike continuing international students -- cannot come to American colleges to take a "100 percent" online course load this fall.
Stay or Leave?
Students considering sitting out the fall semester because of the pandemic risk losing guaranteed on-campus housing when they return to colleges with strict leave-of-absence policies.
UVA Reverses Tenure Denial
The University of Virginia last week reversed its negative tenure decision concerning Paul Harris, an assistant professor of human services who studies identity development in Black male student athletes and underrepresented students' college readiness. Harris, who is Black, appealed the tenure denial earlier this year, citing procedural errors.
HBCUs Grapple With Disparities
As the pandemic and its financial implications refuse to yield, lesser-known historically Black colleges and universities face pressure to bolster their fundraising efforts.
COVID-19 Roundup: Outbreaks and iPads
Two colleges report outbreaks and a third reports its president hospitalized. Duke adjusts plans. Washington State U will go online while Cornell limits student move-in to two suitcases and a backpack. Bowdoin will issue iPads.