How does higher ed define a rural-serving college?

The Alliance for Research on Regional Colleges created metrics for gauging an institution's rurality and wants policymakers to take note of its findings.

By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • Feb. 1, 2022

State support for higher ed projected to rise 8.5% in fiscal 2022 before inflation

The annual Grapevine report found state support will top $100 billion for the first time, but rising costs and drying up federal aid are causes for concern.

By Natalie Schwartz • Feb. 1, 2022

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Emerging Technology

As higher ed deals with enrollment declines and other challenges, colleges need to consider how increased and changing use of technology affects students and campus finances. 

By Higher Ed Dive staff

Fired U of Michigan president could stay as faculty member

Mark Schlissel is entitled to a tenured professorship despite being dismissed over a relationship with a subordinate, the university says.

By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • Jan. 31, 2022

Policy experts: Funding, support for teacher prep programs critical to fix shortages

American Rescue Plan dollars can help fund short-term solutions to recruit and retain teachers, speakers said during an EdPrepLab virtual policy summit.

By Anna Merod • Jan. 28, 2022

How the Ed Department is preparing for student loan payments to resume

Officials plan to smooth the transition after two years of suspended payment with outreach to at-risk borrowers and new flexibility.

By Natalie Schwartz • Jan. 28, 2022

Virginia AG elevates wife of GOP donor to George Mason's interim top legal post

The pick comes weeks after new Republican AG Jason Miyares fired counsels at U of Virginia and George Mason, spurring concerns the move was political.

By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • Jan. 28, 2022

Cardona calls for 'reset' in US education system

The U.S. secretary of education specifically urged schools to address pre-pandemic inequities and support students who are academically behind.

By Kara Arundel • Jan. 27, 2022

Women-led colleges have better pay equity but are less common

Two new reports illustrate the extent to which gender inequities persist in the upper ranks of college administration.

By Natalie Schwartz • Jan. 27, 2022

New plan for SUNY doesn't break from systemness

Like them or not, Gov. Kathy Hochul's proposals support goals that fit the essence of systemness, say two leaders who helped define the term.

By Nancy Zimpher and Jason Lane • Jan. 27, 2022

S&P raises view of higher ed sector for 2022, but colleges' fortunes are diverging

The ratings agency is taking a stable view of the U.S. higher education market in a new outlook but predicts "winners and losers across the industry."

By Rick Seltzer • Jan. 26, 2022

SUNY stops withholding transcripts from students with debt

The move by the nation's largest public comprehensive higher ed system represents a win in a campaign to end the practice.

By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • Jan. 26, 2022

More than half of college students support exposure to all types of speech on campus, survey finds

Views about freedom of speech diverged significantly by partisan affiliation, race and ethnicity, according to data from the Knight Foundation and Ipsos.

By Rick Seltzer • Jan. 25, 2022

Amid outcry, California Community Colleges system ends transfer deal with for-profit group

Lawmakers and advocacy groups urged the community colleges to end the agreement with American Public University System to protect students.

By Natalie Schwartz • Jan. 25, 2022

The SAT will be delivered digitally in the U.S. starting in 2024

While the College Board is touting the simplicity and accessibility of the new version, skeptics don't think it will solve equity issues related to the exam.

By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • Jan. 25, 2022

Which types of institutions offer low-income students the greatest ROI?

Georgetown University researchers found that for-profit colleges tend to provide the lowest returns to low-income students, with a few exceptions.

By Natalie Schwartz • Jan. 25, 2022

Supreme Court agrees to hear race-conscious admissions challenge against Harvard and UNC-Chapel Hill

Court combines cases challenging race as one of several admissions factors, fueling speculation its conservative majority could strike down the practice.

By Rick Seltzer • Jan. 24, 2022

U of Wisconsin system picks attorney with no higher ed background as president

The regent board chose Jay Rothman, chief executive of a law firm, over one of its chancellors.

By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • Jan. 24, 2022

College health association pushes surgical masks or better in new pandemic guidance

Those who test positive for the virus should have to test out of isolation at colleges using five-day protocols, ACHA said.

By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • Jan. 21, 2022

4 questions for-profit colleges face in 2022

How will for-profit colleges face hurdles like stricter regulations and enrollment challenges? Can the sector avoid being cut out of any Pell Grant increase?

By Natalie Schwartz • Jan. 21, 2022

U of Florida can't control professors' participation in lawsuits, judge rules

A preliminary injunction means the institution currently can't enforce a controversial conflict-of-interest policy that spurred three academics to sue.

By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • Jan. 21, 2022

Colleges will receive an additional $198M in federal coronavirus aid

The Biden administration said it is prioritizing community colleges and rural institutions with the new cash infusion.

By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • Jan. 20, 2022

Arizona State wants to reach 100M learners by 2030. Can it meet its goal?

The university launched an initiative to offer an online global management certificate worldwide that will be translated into 40 different languages.

By Natalie Schwartz • Jan. 20, 2022

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau will examine private student lending

The CFPB will look at practices like colleges restricting enrollment for students behind on loan payments and accelerating payments for those who withdraw.

By Rick Seltzer • Jan. 20, 2022

Bring more early career scholars into the administrative fold

Programs involving graduate students in college operations can improve higher ed and prepare a new generation to lead it, a Ph.D. candidate argues.

By Edgar Virgüez • Jan. 19, 2022

Transfer enrollment steadies in fall 2021 after sharp declines the prior year

Transfer student enrollment fell by less than 1%, according to new data from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center.

By Natalie Schwartz • Jan. 19, 2022