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FAFSA Fiasco Forces Cuts at Small Colleges

Many small private colleges are surviving quarter to quarter, narrowly avoiding sweeping budget cuts. The bungled FAFSA rollout pushed some over the edge.

Marijuana No Longer Banned for Some NCAA Athletes

The NCAA has removed marijuana from its banned drugs list for Division I college football championships and postseason, Spectrum News...

FAFSA Chaos Had Bigger Impact on Minority Students

The botched rollout of the new Free Application for Federal Student Aid disproportionately affected low-income Black and Latino students, according...
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Funding Student Success: Summer Bridge for Adult Learners

A recent award to Wichita State University will be applied to a pre-orientation program for adult learners to support their transition to higher ed.

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Law School Accreditor Rewriting Diversity and Inclusion Standard

A group of Republican attorneys general says the revised standard would violate the Supreme Court’s ban on race-conscious admissions. Critics say the AGs are “willfully misinterpreting the law.”

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Student Fathers: ‘Invisible of the Invisible’ on Campus

While all student parents face challenges finishing college, student fathers stop out at higher rates than mothers.

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Higher Ed Has Questions for Biden and Trump

As the president and former president face off in their first debate, we asked some of the sharpest minds in academe: What would you ask if CNN handed you the microphone? We got an earful.

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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.