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Ruth Simmons Named 2023 Jefferson Lecturer
Ruth J. Simmons will deliver the 2023 Jefferson Lecture in the Humanities. The National Endowment for the Humanities’ Jefferson Lecture...
Student Persistence Rises to Pre-Pandemic Levels
More than three-quarters of students who entered college for the first time in fall 2021 continued their education (at their...
Reimagining Aging in Place: Academic Minute
Today on the Academic Minute: Rachel Savage, assistant professor at the Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation at the...
Visa Denials Disproportionately Affect African Students
International students from African nations and the Global South are much more likely to have their visas rejected, according to...
A National Summit on a Higher Ed ‘Low Point’
At a daylong conference on affirmative action, there was much commiserating but little guidance as higher ed leaders searched for a path forward.
Colgate Adds Vocational Ed to Benefits for Employees’ Children
Colgate University has added vocational and trade schools to its benefit for employees’ children. Colgate, like many colleges, has offered...
Texas A&M Professor Suspended for Allegedly Criticizing Lieutenant Governor
Texas A&M already lost its president in the wake of a Texas Tribune article on the mishandled hiring of a Black professor. Now, the Tribune connects politics to the investigation of a current professor.
‘Untold Harm’: Education Department Discharges Loans of 7,400 CollegeAmerica Students
The Biden administration says the Colorado campuses of CollegeAmerica, a defunct for-profit college, lied to students, so the Education Department is forgiving their loans and offering refunds.