The University of Tennessee, Knoxville is firing its head football coach, two assistant coaches and seven other team staffers after an outside investigation found "serious violations of NCAA rules."
The media giant has created NBCU Academy, a new program that will help groom the next generation of journalists through hands-on training. The program will be available to students at several Historically Black colleges and universities.
Colleges and universities that received federal stimulus dollars last year will have an easier time accessing the second round of relief, but higher education experts say it will still take work to get money into the hands of students.
For the first time, the Common Application that allows students to apply to multiple institutions at the same time added an optional space so students can explain in 250 words or less the pandemic’s impacts. A sampling of responses illustrate the pandemic’s academic, emotional and financial toll.
"Who our students are and how they learn is changing. How our campuses will respond to new budget realities during a time of pandemic will have substantial impact on how much more we can do."
Colleen Hanycz recognizes that there will be an adjustment period as she becomes the university's first lay and women president. She's done this before, as both firsts at La Salle University.
University System of Georgia Chancellor Steve Wrigley, who oversees the day-to-day operations of the 340,000-student system that includes the state’s largest public colleges and universities, announced he will retire on July 1.
Some 300 new deals are believed to have been reached between universities and for-profit online program managers, a 79 percent increase over last year.
Across the country, college administrators are being called on to hold accountable students, faculty, and leaders who participated in the Capitol violence that occurred on January 6th.
"It certainly helps to fill those gaps. It doesn't fully come close to fulfilling them, but it is a very important investment by Congress in colleges and universities at a really critical time."
While the university did not elaborate on its decision to rescind the honor, President John D. Simon said on that "we have much work to do" to unify the country.
