Colleges and universities are expected to experience up to 10% in budget shortfalls and upwards of 13.4% drops in endowments for the 2020-21 school year and need to prepare for this reality sooner rather than later.
Universities are pursuing the possibility of housing students in hotels this fall during the pandemic. Northwestern University began exploring this option in April for housing those infected with COVID-19 rather than allow them to stay in residential halls.
A new report that details the ongoing efforts at 10 colleges and universities to break down racial hierarchies and promote racial healing on their campuses and in their communities can help expand racial awareness in higher education overall.
Before the pandemic hit, students spent more on technology than what their classes required and even more waited to purchase these course materials to see if they were necessary, according to a new study.
Fairleigh Dickinson University officials recently decided to stick to their original plan of freezing the undergraduate tuition rate for 2020-21 and not increasing tuition next year despite the financial ramifications as a result of COVID-19.
In Florida, Valencia College, a community college that now operates as a four-year state institution, has extended the period that students can withdraw from...
Colleges need to do more than just install and update their chatbots to ensure students receive the right answers as quickly as possible. Chatbots must escalate, contextualize, provide actionable opportunities, launch workflows, offer balanced answers and be comprehensive.
Colleges and universities are increasingly under pressure to help students pay for their education as complications related to the coronavirus continue to create financial burdens for families.
The number of U.S. students who want to obtain European degrees spiked at the onset of the pandemic and continues to climb. Meanwhile, families who originally showed interest in their children attending European universities prior to COVID-19 have yet to change their minds.
In just two days, enough professors from the University of Mary Washington agreed to donate their time to help launch a free COVID-19 course in five weeks for students and the community during the summer.
A majority of female minority law students do not view their school’s race relations policies favorably while most of their peers say otherwise, according to a recent study. Additionally, women students of color feel more inclined to leave law school and are not as satisfied with the overall experience as opposed to their classmates.
Community colleges and four-year institutions are creating new workforce development training opportunities and forming strategic partnerships in their communities to improve employment numbers as quickly as possible.
