We’re rounding up our top recent stories, from Columbia University administrators losing their titles over messages that the institution’s president described as “very troubling” to another college closure with little warning.
By the numbers
3
The number of senior administrators at Columbia University who were stripped of their positions after sending text exchanges that the institution’s president said “touched on ancient antisemitic tropes.” The three employees remain on leave but without their titles.
20.9%
The enrollment decline Northwestern College, in Illinois, saw from fall 2017 to fall 2022, when it had 514 students. The for-profit institution abruptly closed July 6, a decision leaders made after “careful analysis of its current and projected fiscal position,” according to a statement.
46%
The share of high school seniors who completed the Free Application for Federal Student Aid through June 28. That amounts to about 1.9 million students — which represents about 250,000 fewer FAFSA completions year over year.
32%
The percentage of U.S. adults who say they have little to no confidence in higher education, up from 23% the year before, according to new research from Gallup and Lumina Foundation. Respondents with low faith in colleges frequently cited their belief that higher education institutions were attempting to “indoctrinate” students.
$1 billion
The size of a new donation from Bloomberg Philanthropies to Johns Hopkins University. The top-ranked institution announced it will use the gift to make its medical school tuition free for students whose families earn under $300,000.
