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A Year of Investigations, Punishments and Arrests of Scholars

Dozens of faculty members and grad student workers have faced discipline from colleges, universities and police since the Oct. 7 Hamas attack. Some have now returned to work. Others lost their jobs.

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How Colleges Are Bridging FAFSA Filing Gaps

Financial stress is one of the top reasons students stop out of college, and recent challenges with FAFSA filing may have exacerbated the issue. To mitigate these obstacles, institutional leaders have established proactive strategies to ensure students can navigate the FAFSA.

2 U.S. Scientists Win Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

Two American scientists have won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery of microRNA “and its...
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September College Cuts Include Jobs, Programs and Athletics

Facing multimillion-dollar budget deficits, some colleges announced they would ax jobs and academic programs. Others noted cuts are on the horizon.

One student holding an Israeli flag amid students waving Palestinian flags at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.

In Pictures: A Year of Protest and Pain

On the anniversary of Hamas’s Oct. 7 attack on Israel, which ignited a war in Gaza that is now entering its second year, we look back at how the conflict played out on college campuses across the country.

UCLA Jewish students waving Israeli flags counterprotest fellow students in their Palestinian solidarity camp on their Westwood campus on Thursday, April 25, 2024. College protests around the country are seeking their schools divest from Israel over the Israel-Hamas war.

Oct. 7 Kicked Off a Difficult Year for Higher Ed. How Should Universities Move Forward Now?

We asked higher ed leaders and thinkers to take stock of the fraught year just past and offer a vision for the future. They gave us a quarrelsome, eloquent earful.

Legal Boomerang for Biden Loan Forgiveness

Just hours after a federal judge allowed the Biden administration’s new student loan forgiveness plan to proceed, another judge blocked...

Online Learners Earned Fewer Degrees Than Their Peers During For-Profit College Boom

Pre–COVID-19 data shows that the outcome divide between online and in-person learners existed long before the pandemic accelerated the online...