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What traits make a great college president?
Top education executives most commonly listed attributes like trustworthiness and resilience as very relevant to their presidencies in a recent study by Academic Search.
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How UM-Dearborn builds engagement on a commuter campus
UM-Dearborn’s shift to an opt-out mentorship model boosted engagement this fall, engaging 1,300 students and setting new standards for student success
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How colleges can close the persistent wage gap
Experts pointed to pay audits, pay transparency, standardizing promotions and improving workplaces as ways to tackle the issue.
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Rising costs, student debt turn graduate degrees into a ‘risky’ proposition, research finds
Georgetown University researchers said that tuition and fees tripled over two decades, while earnings prospects remain uneven.
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Scathing GAO reports blame Education Department leaders for FAFSA mess
A monthslong investigation found the department failed to properly oversee vendors and communicate with colleges and students.
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Arizona State to add tuition surcharge, close 1 campus after state funding cuts
With a $24 million reduction in public funds, the Arizona university warned of impacts to students.
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Could a new Pell program eliminate racial disparities in student debt?
A wealth-based supplemental financial aid program would even the playing field for Black and Latine students, a new analysis shows.
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Princeton, MIT, Harvard sit atop U.S. News college rankings — again
After methodological changes unveiled last year, the latest list shows more stability.
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University of California faces unfair labor charge alleging free speech supression
Several faculty groups accuse the system of chilling academic instruction and retaliating against those who participated in pro-Palestinian protests.
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3 Western Michigan U faculty unions vote no confidence in president
The resolution comes amid threats of a labor strike after protracted negotiations over compensation and healthcare.
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House lawmakers pass Republican bill over campus free speech and accreditation policies
A group of higher education associations said the bill would impose costly mandates on colleges that would undermine the legislation’s own goals.
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UMGC sued over Coursera payments
National Student Legal Defense Network took aim at “enrollment-based” compensation the university gives the company — and the guidance allowing for it.
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A look at DEI eliminations at colleges across the US
We're rounding up some of the most recent rollbacks to diversity, equity and inclusion amid a Republican-led crackdown against such efforts.
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Temple University strikes tentative deal with faculty union
The five-year contract would give full-time union employees $10,000 across-the-board raises, the Temple Association of University Professionals said.
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Dartmouth College to pour $500M into student housing
The Ivy League institution is building its first new residences in 20 years and modernizing others, with help from a big donation.
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Gannon University and Ursuline College eye a combination
The two private Catholic institutions signed a letter of intent that would bring the Ohio-based Ursuline under the umbrella of Gannon, in Pennsylvania.
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This week in 5 numbers: Academic publishers hit with antitrust lawsuit
We’re rounding up top recent stories, from a legal complaint targeting free peer review to a Chicago college looking to cut academic programs.
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Hartwick College to slash sticker price to $22,000
Leaders at the private liberal arts college said the move is part of a broader goal to decrease student stress and improve campus well-being.
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Disney to limit college tuition benefit, cut master’s degree programs
The company is setting a per-employee annual funding cap of $5,250, equal to the IRS limit on tax-free benefits for educational assistance programs.
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6 major academic publishers face antitrust lawsuit
The defendants, including Elsevier and Wiley, have done "tremendous damage to science and the public interest,” the complaint alleged.
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University of the Arts files for bankruptcy
The Philadelphia institution’s Chapter 7 comes after it abruptly closed this summer and its merger talks with Temple University fell through.
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Gainful employment and financial value transparency reporting deadline delayed to Jan. 15
The second extension of the due date comes after lawmakers argued that colleges haven't had enough time to comply amid financial aid tumult.
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Columbia College Chicago looks to cut 10 programs, consolidate others
The private institution is trying to pare 58 undergraduate majors down to 40 and stem its bleeding budget.
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UNC System colleges eliminate 59 DEI-related positions
All 17 of the network’s colleges had until the beginning of this month to comply with the system ban on diversity, equity and inclusion jobs and offices.
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Student protests have had little impact on job recruiting at college campuses, poll finds
Student activism “overwhelmingly does not factor into hiring decisions,” the CEO of the National Association of Colleges and Employers said.
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20 senators ask Cardona to delay gainful employment, financial value transparency deadline
The bipartisan group of lawmakers asked the U.S. Department of Education to push the reporting due date from next month to July 2025.