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Pandemic's New Victim? Free College
States would pay for large chunks of the free college plans from Biden and Sanders, but the coronavirus is sending state finances reeling.
Colleges Call for Quick Distribution of Stimulus Money
Colleges and universities pressed U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos to get the $14 billion earmarked for higher education in last...
Different Take on Stimulus and OPMs
Colleges and universities that contract with online program management (OPM) companies to help them transition to online instruction amid the...
Concern Over Safety, Transparency at City Colleges
Union leaders for the City Colleges of Chicago are calling on the administration to do more to protect employees from...
Ohio Wesleyan University Cancels Planned Tuition Increase
Ohio Wesleyan University announced this week that it will not go ahead with a planned 3 percent tuition hike for...
Mandaeans
Who are the Mandaeans? In today's Academic Minute, Butler University's James F. McGrath delves into this historical religious group. McGrath...
How Much Did Coronavirus Disruptions Affect 2 Closing Colleges?
The San Francisco Art Institute will not admit any new students. MacMurray College will close its doors permanently. Both cite the coronavirus outbreak as contributing to financial challenges that were already growing.
A Deadly Toll in Academe
Four prominent academics died last month from COVID-19. The toll is likely to grow as the coronavirus spreads and more Americans die, as predicted by public health authorities.