Alcino Donadel

Alcino Donadel is a UB staff writer and first-generation journalism graduate from the University of Florida. He has triple citizenship from the U.S., Ecuador and Brazil.

The 15 best colleges for computer science degree seekers

The latest enrollment data from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center shows that computer and information sciences was the only category of accredited programs to continually grow in the last five years without a single year of decline.

Oklahoma is the latest state to wage war on DEI

Reports show less than 1% of state and federal funding being spent on DEI, but Secretary of Education Ryan Walters isn't buying it—and considers even that much to be an irresponsible waste of taxpayer dollars.

Emergency pandemic funds kept schools afloat, new report says

The final round of HEERF funding stabilized institutions of higher education, supporting students' needs and braking operational downturns.

Guest speakers on campus: Here’s what students want

Approximately one in five students reported never seeing a guest speaker on campus, which says more about the school's marketing than anything else, observes mental health speaker Jessi Beyer.

These schools have the best student-faculty ratios in the country

Among 1,222 accredited colleges and universities that submitted to U,S, News' annual survey, these 16 schools came out on top.

Fresh student enrollment data suggests “encouraging” recovery

As colleges continue treading past pandemic lows, new data suggests a light at the end of the tunnel for undergraduate enrollment., graduate enrollment steadies.

These 10 states spend the most financial aid dollars per undergrad student

Scholaroo's recent financial aid index report shows South Carolina significantly outspending more than the nine states below it in the rankings.

Overhaul at Florida’s New College starts big, ousts sitting president

DeSantis' vision for a conservative-leaning New College of Florida has begun with the removal of sitting president Patricia Okker, replacing her with former education commissioner and GOP Florida House Speaker Richard Corcoran.

How one university is opening the door for cash-strapped students

Working adults who support their families deserve the chance to earn college degrees, too, and Walden University is here to prove it with its Believe and Achieve Scholarship.

Socioeconomic disparities are top concern for college enrollment, per report

As academic preparation seems to be the key factor to closing the college enrollment gap between students of different races, students that come from lower socioeconomic backgrounds still seem to need help.

A futurist’s perspective on generative AI in the classroom

While many school districts fear the onset of generative AI in classrooms, business guru and former educator Daniel Burrus says, "Thank God."

AAUP on Florida College System: “We are appalled” by continued political interference

AAUP replied to Florida College System's decision to restrict race-related class curriculum with a statement that blasts FCS for being "hypocritical" and appalling.

”We cannot out-hire this need”: College counselors are at their limit

As student mental health concerns intensify, high demand is beginning to affect the staff trained to help them, a new report shows.

Judge: Florida not in violation of blocked “Stop Woke Act” by requesting funding info from colleges

Dissidents of the memo believed the state was enforcing a blocked bill that punished schools for teaching concepts about race, but the same judge responsible for its injunction does not believe it applies in this case.

Female high school graduates lag behind males in college readiness, concludes a national survey

Part of why women feel limited in their career choices has to do with a disconnect between aptitude and interest, along with lingering stereotypes about what industries they are "expected" to enter after high school, the report suggests.