UB Staff

$900,000 in Emergency Assistance grants to help students at Minnesota colleges, including White Earth College

Over $900,000 in EAPS funding will help White Earth and nine other Minnesota tribal and private, nonprofit institutions provide campus-run emergency assistance support to...

Biden Title IX changes: A better way to handle campus sexual assault

The system designed to handle allegations of sexual assault on college campuses is badly broken. Over the past 15 years, the rules have changed...

Why Americans have lost faith in the value of college

The political turmoil that rocked universities over the past three months and sparked the resignations of two Ivy League presidents has landed like an...

OpenAI launches first university partnership with Arizona State

Arizona State University will become the first-ever higher education institution to partner with OpenAI, allowing the school full use of the company's flagship product, ChatGPT. The partnership will allow...

A century in the making, Duquesne University opens its new medical school

More than a century later, amid a nationwide shortage in primary care doctors, Duquesne is getting its medical school. Duquesne’s College of Medicine has officially...

Fla. Board of Education bans of diversity, equity, inclusion programs in state colleges

The Florida Board of Education said Wednesday it has implemented "strict regulations" limiting the use of public funds for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI)...

Canada tightens security for university research, affecting ties to China

With geopolitical tensions mounting, the Canadian government announced a new security system for university research that aims to prevent tech secrets leaking to key...

Why a faculty strike looms at the California State University system

The California Faculty Association, which represents 29,000 professors, lecturers, librarians, counselors and coaches, says it will begin a five-day strike on Monday, the first day...

Layoffs at Michigan college part of 3-year ‘budget realignment’

ALBION, MI - A probe into endowment funds and a downgraded credit rating have placed Albion College’s financial situation under the microscope of state...

Temple, Muhlenberg College under investigation by Education Department for alleged discrimination

The Department of Education has added Temple University and Allentown's Muhlenberg College to the list of schools under investigation for alleged discrimination. The Office for Civil Rights...

As a new generation rises, tension between free speech and inclusivity on college campuses simmers

Generations of Americans have held firm to a version of free speech that makes room for even the vilest of views. It’s girded by...

Almost 7 in 10 support ban on race in college admissions, with views differing by race: Poll

Nearly 7 in 10 Americans support the Supreme Court’s June 2023 decision to end the use of race in college admissions, but views on...

Days of wine and roses: State agencies probe lavish spending by university president

As two state agencies begin scrutinizing the Western New Mexico University president’s spending on international travel, extravagant purchases and sojourns at five-star resorts, a...

St. Joseph’s University officially acquires Pennsylvania College of Health Sciences

St. Joseph’s University finalized a merger agreement Friday with the Pennsylvania College of Health Sciences, making the college a Lancaster County-location of the Philadelphia-based...

Elon Musk’s X successfully defends University Of Illinois student from discipline over post, platform says

Elon Musk’s X, formerly known as Twitter, announced in a post Wednesday that the University of Illinois rescinded disciplinary action against Juan David Campolargo, a...