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What’s the outlook for college fossil fuel divestment?
This year hasn't had 2021's high-profile announcements, but trends say colleges are likely avoiding coal, oil and gas — whether they trumpet it or not.
Lilah Burke • Aug. 15, 2022 -
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Here’s what colleges should know to prepare for monkeypox
Health experts say institutions should work with groups that support gay and bisexual men, who are disproportionately contracting the virus.
Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • Aug. 10, 2022 -
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Colleges dabble in development as high-priced housing markets squeeze their employees
Local conditions vary, but from Vermont to California, college leaders are seeking ways to make sure their students and employees can afford housing.
Lilah Burke • June 6, 2022 -
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'Waiting for the next thing': What it's like teaching after a mass shooting
Educators are expected to teach through emotional and psychological side effects reaching far beyond communities impacted by tragedies.
Naaz Modan • May 26, 2022 -
Colleges twist in the wind with foreign gift requirements in limbo
Higher education is struggling to understand its current legal requirements, even as Congress debates changes to those laws.
Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • April 14, 2022 -
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Free college didn't die with federal inaction. It moved.
Free college's momentum shifted from the federal level to state and local programs, signaling the movement's durability. How will it change institutions?
Lilah Burke • April 4, 2022 -
Colleges seek better ways to rename buildings
Campuses consider policies for renaming buildings as higher ed reexamines who deserves to be honored. Has a shared framework emerged?
Laura Spitalniak • March 22, 2022 -
North Carolina expands its $500 tuition program. Will it keep paying for it?
NC Promise adds Fayetteville State, overcoming resistance to lawmakers cutting HBCU tuition. State funding has so far compensated other colleges.
Liz Farmer • March 15, 2022 -
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Is $318M enough to fix underfunding at Tennessee's only public HBCU?
The state's governor is pitching new spending after a report revealed decades of underfunding, but experts say it doesn't go far enough.
Natalie Schwartz • March 11, 2022 -
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Behind U of Arizona's decision to strengthen its ties to its Global Campus
Faculty members have questions after the university took joint responsibility for the online college's federal financial aid eligibility.
Natalie Schwartz • Feb. 18, 2022 -
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The chess game behind senators' inquiry into OPMs
Sen. Elizabeth Warren and two other senators asked eight OPMs for information about their businesses, citing concerns about tuition-share deals.
Natalie Schwartz • Feb. 7, 2022 -
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After U of Michigan president's ouster, faculty seek more empathetic leader
Mark Schlissel didn't convince campus he was listening. Now he's been fired for an affair with a subordinate. Can the next president change the culture?
Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • Jan. 18, 2022 -
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7 higher education trends to watch in 2022
Politics bleeding into college operations, new regulatory action, continued expansion of online ed and more are stories we'll be following in 2022.
Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • Jan. 4, 2022 -
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What happened when one campus flip-flopped on mask mandates
To faculty, on-again off-again requirements at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville looked like sinking time and resources into pleasing lawmakers.
Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • Dec. 22, 2021 -
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Cyberattacks keep targeting colleges. How can they protect themselves?
Higher ed's sprawling systems mean cybersecurity doesn't come easy — or cheap. But smart strategies and thinking through risk can go a long way.
Liz Farmer • Nov. 29, 2021 -
What does a college changemaker do, now that he's gotten what he wanted?
Dan Greenstein spent nearly three years building toward a merger vote in the Pennsylvania system. Can his administration move from planning to doing?
Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • Oct. 8, 2021 -
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Low census counts rattle college towns
As population tallies roll out, campuses and city halls worry a census interrupted by COVID-19 could choke available public dollars.
Daniel C. Vock • Oct. 4, 2021 -
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What student safeguards are needed if Congress expands Pell to short-term programs?
Recent research found the payoff for short-term Pell offerings varies widely, but some policymakers think they can work with the right precautions.
Daniel C. Vock • Sept. 27, 2021 -
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Surge in pandemic debt forgiveness is about students reenrolling — and also colleges' bottom lines
Federal relief funding means institutions can target retention and receive a financial boost when forgiving student balances.
Rick Seltzer • Aug. 11, 2021 -
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Colleges level up healthcare programs to meet growing demand
Some of the latest expansions have an eye toward interprofessional collaboration and short-term or accelerated offerings.
Hallie Busta • June 25, 2021 -
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Why SPACs are eyeing the education technology sector
These "blank-check" companies could expand the industry's footing on Wall Street.
Hallie Busta • June 25, 2021 -
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International students face a rocky road to campus this fall
Beyond coronavirus-related restrictions, experts say perceptions of the U.S. as unwelcoming linger, though some institutions will be more affected than others.
Danielle McLean • June 24, 2021 -
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How the national test-optional experiment played out at US colleges
The pandemic accelerated the trend, upending conventions of postsecondary admissions going forward.
Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • Updated June 9, 2021 -
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A chancellor search in Georgia highlights the problems of 'partisan capture'
The state's Republican leaders have a strong hand in the public system's workings — a dynamic observers argue it must break free of.
Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • June 1, 2021 -
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The pandemic slowed tuition growth at some colleges. Will it last?
Sticker prices at several dozen of the country's priciest colleges stalled during the pandemic, our analysis found. But several are raising rates again.
Natalie Schwartz • May 25, 2021
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