UB Staff

Colorado’s 2022 budget restores higher ed cuts

Colorado’s $34.1 billion proposed state budget restores deep cuts made last year to K-12 and higher education, provides more money to help students who have traditionally struggled to complete college, and creates a substantial reserve for K-12 schools.

Utah’s large universities say ‘the jobs are out there’ for 2021 grads

Networking and job searching have changed in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, but that hasn’t stopped Utah’s universities from adapting to the challenge of connecting and guiding their students and graduates to employment opportunities.

North Dakota colleges defy sharp nationwide admission decline

Brenda Nagel, Vice President for Public Affairs at the University of Mary, says fall 2021 recruitment is actually up from this time last year, by about 8%.

Pushing for change: College athletes’ voices grow strong

The voices of thousands of college athletes are being heard louder and clearer than they have in years and it is the most politically and socially active generation in a half-century, since the turbulent years of the late 1960s and early ‘70s.

The pandemic hit the working class hard. The colleges that serve them are hurting, too (subscription)

The community colleges largely serving low-income, Black and Latino students are reeling, and experts worry that inequality in education will increase.

Bill would mandate La. colleges fire employees who fail to report sexual misconduct

Following LSU's Title IX scandal, a legislative proposal seeks to increase transparency and tighten sexual violence accountability in colleges statewide.

College President: Lincoln statues have home on Central Illinois campus

Lincoln College President David Gerlach said if Chicago doesn't want the statues, he'll come collect them himself and bring them back to his campus.

Juneteenth recognized as a holiday across a dozen Maryland colleges, universities

The holiday will be recognized across all institutions within the University System of Maryland.

Fee increases at Louisiana colleges, universities add thousands to cost of higher education

Colleges and universities have increased fees charged to students as lawmakers cut state spending on higher education, adding thousands of dollars to the cost of getting a degree, according to a new Louisiana Legislative Auditor report.

Supreme Court wary of taking too much authority from NCAA over college athletes

The case doesn't directly involve the hot-button issue of whether athletes should be paid, but it will determine how much authority the NCAA would have over such payments in the future.

How the president of the University of Iowa changed shared governance

As the University of Iowa prepares to say goodbye to President Bruce Harreld, shared governance leaders look back at the impact he has had on the way the four branches interact with the leader of the university.

Regents increase tuition, fees 1% at South Dakota universities

Students in South Dakota's public universities will pay an average of about $105 more for the upcoming academic year.

LGBTQ students file class-action lawsuit against Department of Education

The suit claims Title IX’s religious exemption allows religious schools that receive federal funds to discriminate against LGBTQ students.

Tuition-free program for eligible community college students becomes law

"Get Skilled, Get a Job, Give Back" provides grants for low- and middle-income students.

US cancels student debt for more than 40,000 disabled Americans

The action targets a loan forgiveness program that aims to help people with disabilities but that critics say carries overly burdensome rules.