After the Virginia Tech tragedy, colleges began to build teams of administrators and faculty to better recognize and support distraught individuals on campus.
At Augusta...
The ongoing wave of school violence has forced higher ed to enhance emergency-response training in teacher education programs. Arming teachers, increasing school entrance security...
Community colleges bet on a wide variety of scheduling options to attract and retain students whose lives are already filled by jobs and families.
Late-start...
Like many other institutions, Cornell University participates in an interlibrary loan system for faculty, staff and students.
Borrow Direct (borrowdirect.org) went live in 1999 after...
Sharing resources among campuses makes sense for more than economical reasons, as colleges are finding these opportunities can better serve busy students.
Students at neighboring Cornell University and...
For non-native speakers, learning English represents just a part of acclimating to American culture. Community colleges are creating developmental tracks, services and on-campus groups...
An acute rash of hate crimes on America’s campuses has made it necessary for institutions to refine reporting procedures.
The streamlined policy at The University...
Free community college spreads: New York introduced its Excelsior scholarship for students from families with income less than $100,000. The challenges of free tuition...
The Trump administration’s plan to phase out the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) policy by not accepting new applicants is another shift in...
