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Supporting Student Retention With Small Grants
A new initiative at the Community College of Vermont provides learners with small grants to assist with immediate needs that threaten their persistence.
Listen: The Role of the Embedded Mental Health Counselor
To decrease barriers to access and provide tailored supports, colleges and universities are designating mental health clinicians to specific academic departments or locations.
By 2040, Can Most Americans Earn ‘Credentials of Value’?
The Lumina Foundation’s previous 17-year goal—for 60 percent of adults to have a postsecondary credential—fell short. How will its next mission, focused on income, fare?
Justices Refuse to Hear Case Against Bias Response Teams
What Does the Education Department’s DEI Guidance Really Mean?
Over the weekend, the department dropped a new document expanding on the Office for Civil Rights’ anti-DEI directive. Legal scholars say it takes a more nuanced approach but express varying levels of hope about its outcomes.
Survey Says: Students Are Customers
More than three in five students consider themselves customers of their institution, according to a new analysis of Inside Higher Ed’s Student Voice data. Is that a bad thing?
Findlay, Bluffton Merger Called Off
A planned merger between the University of Findlay and Bluffton University that was in the works for a year is off after Findlay’s board voted against moving forward with the proposal.
Clothing Drives Help Students Stay Warm in the Winter
Colleges and universities ensure their students don’t freeze during frigid temperatures by hosting clothing drives for free winter clothes.