Axios

Northeast students are heading south for college

Large southern state schools, many in already expanding metro areas, are attracting a geographically diverse student body as Americans are increasingly disillusioned with the value of higher education.

Roxbury Community College turns to students to bridge digital divide

Roxbury Community College enlisted top students to develop an AI-driven solution for improving engagement with online platforms. Their efforts led to its first hackathon, aimed at boosting digital literacy and academic performance for its largely low-income, minority student body.

Colleges dismantle DEI

Colleges across the country are shutting down expensive and expansive diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives. Moves include closing cultural centers and rewriting course catalogs, which can interfere with student life and threaten free speech.

Virginia’s in-state tuition and fees among nation’s highest

The cost of in-state college tuition in Virginia has gone down in the past five years when adjusted for inflation, but it's still higher than most of the U.S., according to the College Board.

Colleges use NIL rules as a top student athlete recruiting tool

Colleges' success with name image and likeness has become a top tool to recruit new student athletes, said Taylor Jacobs, LSU Athletics associate athletic...

Concierge medicine comes to college campuses

Many college students are already on their parents' insurance. But concierge arrangements can reassure nervous parents that a student gets quick access to a vetted professional without the wait times and other shortcomings associated with campus health clinics.

How UT’s president has endured campus unrest

Even as university presidents, under political pressure, have resigned their posts over their handling of protests over the Israel-Hamas war, the chief of the University of Texas...

Internet guru wants AI and higher education to be partners

Mary Meeker argues that the U.S. has wrested the AI lead from China, and that key to staying ahead is for tech and universities to treat each other as partners, rather than as obstacles.

Jamie Dimon says America’s school-to-job pipeline is broken

America's schools, businesses and cities are failing to help younger workers and underrepresented communities prepare for and land well-paid jobs, JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon told Axios in an exclusive interview.

CUNY, University of Michigan mishandled discrimination reports: Education Department

The two universities are the first to reach resolutions among a growing list of colleges and K-12 school districts investigated by the Department of Education over alleged incidents of antisemitism and Islamophobia.

Columbia College Chicago facing dire financial situation

Columbia's enrollment is down 36% from a decade ago, and the decline is expected to continue as the school has been forced to combine academic departments and consider cutting classes in artistic disciplines for which the school is known.

DEI backlash pushes shell-shocked colleges to the right

Big-name colleges are now cracking down more aggressively on pro-Palestinian protests, which they say are getting increasingly intense and disruptive. Politicians, meanwhile, are exerting massive pressure on universities.