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Western Oregon University Adopts New Grading System
D and F grades will be replaced with “no credit” and will not affect students’ GPAs. University leaders say it will raise retention rates; critics say it may lower academic rigor and lead to grade inflation.
2024 Begins With Wave of Job Cuts
Financial issues caused the University of New Hampshire to seek deep job cuts and even prompted a hiring freeze at the wealthy University of Chicago.
Education Department to Fix FAFSA Formula Error
Voices of Student Success: Supporting Belonging and Campus Engagement of Latino Students
A new limited series of The Key, Voices of Student Success, launches with a conversation between Student Success reporter Ashley Mowreader and Adelí Durón, director of the Latinx Resource Center at UC Irvine.
Arizona State, Northwestern, Yale Face Investigation for Alleged Bias
Virginia Commonwealth’s News Release Battle—With Itself
The university’s public affairs school published poll results criticizing university leaders, who then insulted the poll’s methodology. The school fired back.
Listen: Resources for Latino and Hispanic Student Success
The inaugural director of the Latinx Resource Center at the University of California, Irvine, discusses her role and larger initiatives at the institution to support the retention and engagement of Hispanic students.
Enrollments Rise After Pandemic-Related Declines
Undergraduate enrollment is up again, according to new data. Community colleges focused on vocational training in particular made major gains last fall.