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Student Success The College Experience

How One College Is Rethinking Free Tuition

Austin Community College pairs free tuition with wraparound supports like childcare and food access, contributing to higher enrollment and improved completion rates.

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DOJ Finds That UC Davis Medical School Considers Race in Admissions

The University of California, Davis, School of Medicine has violated federal anti-discrimination law by considering racial proxies in its admissions...

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The Key Podcast: Accreditation, the Pell Shortfall and Grant Funding

In the latest episode of The Key, Inside Higher Ed’s news and analysis podcast, editor in chief Sara Custer and...

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Admissions Traditional-Age

Are Wait Lists Getting Bigger?

New data from Niche aims to illuminate how many students were wait-listed this year, how many were admitted, and how many actually switched from where they’d put a deposit down.

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8 University of Michigan–Affiliated Protesters Indicted

Eight pro-Palestinian protesters affiliated with the University of Michigan have been indicted for allegedly threatening and intimidating university leaders and...

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Kentucky State Projects Enrollment Plunge After New Law

Kentucky State University projects its enrollment will drop by about 20 percent by next spring, partly due to a new...

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Tens of Millions of Adults Want to Go to College

Over a quarter of U.S. adults between the ages of 25 and 64—representing 41.7 million people—intend to enroll in some...

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Student Success Academic Life

Why Students Aren’t All In on AI—and What They Want From Colleges

New Student Voice data reveals students are embracing AI as a learning tool while worrying about dependence, career disruption and inconsistent institutional responses.