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Universities of Wisconsin to Close a Branch Campus and Move 2 Online
This is the latest shift as the state system faces ongoing enrollment declines at most of its 13 community colleges.
Graduate Applications Up, but Enrollment Falls
Enrollment fell by 4.7 percent in 2022, with particularly steep drops for doctoral programs at top research universities—a possible sign that higher ed’s enrollment crisis is reaching the graduate level.
Cal Poly Pomona Provost Abruptly Terminated
With little explanation, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, sacked Jennifer Brown after 18 months as provost. Now she’s appealing the decision.
Presidents Can’t Win
Statements on the Israel-Hamas war draw criticism from all sides. Should commenting on complicated geopolitical events be part of a college leader’s mandate?
Paying Undergrad Mental Health Workers
Students have long played a role in supporting their peers’ mental health on campus. Now some are getting paid for their work—and helping to meet the growing demand.
Hopeful and Troubling Trends in Noncredit Ed
Rutgers University research center reports take a hard look at noncredit programs at community colleges.
Presidents Break With Supreme Court on Affirmative Action
Most college and university presidents disagree with the decision on race-conscious admissions and think it will reduce diversity in higher education—just not at their institutions, a new survey finds.
Middle East Tumult Reverberates on U.S. Campuses
Donors pull funds at Harvard, Penn administrators under fire, incidents at Drexel and conflicting petitions over a Columbia professor.