The affected students who applied for admission for the 2024-25 school year received a welcome email from Georgia State University congratulating them on their acceptance. However the university said the students, who had incomplete applications, received the message by mistake.
College Station, Texas will enforce an occupancy ordinance that prohibits more than four unrelated people from renting a single-family unit together—and students in some housing arrangements will be liable to fines similar to parking tickets.
The tumult will likely abate over the summer, according to experts, but could return again in the fall as the concessions made by some colleges come into sharper view.
New York could become the fourth state to ban legacy admissions in the college application process, a practice that has long been criticized as favoring white or wealthy students based on their familial alumni connections.
As the academic year comes to an end, student protesters have continued demonstrating during graduation ceremonies. At Arizona State University, students have filed lawsuits against the school, claiming that their suspensions violated their right of free speech.
In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, millions of children regularly miss elementary, middle and high school. Is the same pattern of absenteeism playing out at colleges, too? If so, what’s driving the trend? And what can professors and higher ed leaders do about it?
Chalk it up to California dreaming: Not even three years ago, Gov. Gavin Newsom promised California’s public universities five years of annual growth in state support totalling more than $2 billion.
Texas lawmakers got an update Tuesday on the steps higher education leaders are taking to implement a state law that bans diversity, equity and inclusion offices at public universities and colleges.
The week at California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt, was supposed to be a celebratory one. In other years, the campus would be buzzing with activity around finals and commencement. Instead, the Cal Poly campus on this rugged part of California’s coast sat empty.
The Minnesota Office of Higher Education will provide $15,000 grants to two advocacy groups to assist students after glitches marred the rollout of a new federal financial aid form.
