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Student Loan Servicer Lays Off 500 Employees
Nelnet, a federal student loan servicer, is cutting staff because of delays in the Biden administration’s debt-relief plan and the...
‘Free’ Online Program at Central State Shutters Amid Controversy
Central State University in Ohio has stopped enrolling new students in Career Plus, a controversial free online college program for...
Florida Bars AP Course in African American Studies
The Florida Department of Education has said that public schools in the state cannot offer the new Advanced Placement course...
Yale Softens Mental Health Policies for Students
Yale University has made major changes to its medical leave policy that will allow students struggling with mental health problems...
New Report Outlines Another Way of Gauging Higher Ed’s Value
Black students who attended colleges that serve greater shares of students of color nearly doubled their family income a decade...
How Boys and Men Struggle in School: Academic Minute
Today on the Academic Minute: Ioakim Boutakidis, professor of child and adolescent studies at California State University, Fullerton, explores how...
Harvard Backtracks on Fellowship Award
Former Human Rights Watch director said the Kennedy School rejected him over his criticism of Israel. The dean reversed course Thursday.
Probation, Not Prison, for Researcher in China Initiative Case
A jury convicted the former chemical engineering professor on charges linked to allegedly failing to disclose ties to China, but a judge threw out several of the convictions and imposed the lightest possible sentence.