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Harvard President Claudine Gay to testify before Congress about antisemitism on college campuses

Harvard President Claudine Gay will testify before the House Committee on Education and the Workforce about antisemitism on college and university campuses, the committee...

‘This guy is a charlatan’: University of Florida turns against Joe Ladapo

In 2021, the university was fast-tracking him into a tenured professorship as part of his appointment as Florida’s surgeon general. Joseph Ladapo, Gov. Ron...

Common App direct admission program admits more than 300,000 students

More than 300,000 people this month received acceptance letters from at least one college or university in their state − before they had even...

Three students of Palestinian descent shot in Vermont, suspect arrested

A suspect was arrested in the shooting of three college students of Palestinian descent in Vermont, local police reported early on Monday, an attack...

‘Board governance continues to be a problem’: North Idaho College trustees pick new board chair

North Idaho College continues to be under heightened monitoring by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities (NWCCU). Representatives visited the campus in October....

CUNY City College campus closes for the rest of the day over threat

CUNY City College of New York shut down its campus on Tuesday due to a threat, according to the institution. CCNY closed at 1 p.m....

Early college is the equalizer we need

Early college programs targeting Black and brown kids, instructing them to do college-level work while in high school, are one way to compensate for...

Pro-Palestine USF group sues DeSantis, university officials over deactivation order

he University of South Florida chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) is suing Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and the state university system...

Why is the College Board pushing to expand advanced placement?

For the past two decades, the College Board has moved aggressively to expand the number of high school students taking Advanced Placement courses and...

Fairview plans end to current partnership with University of Minnesota

Fairview Health Services notified the University of Minnesota on Monday that it does not plan to extend its current partnership. The two organizations have partnered...

College enrollment in foreign language courses plummets

Between 2016 and 2021, college enrollment in non-English languages dropped 16.6% nationally — the steepest decline since the Modern Language Association began recording these...

Wellesley College under federal investigation for allegations of anti-Semitism on campus

Wellesley College is under federal investigation for hate on campus. The Department of Education said it received complaints about alleged incidents of anti-Semitism at the school. Wellesley...

Texas State University will hold first 2024 presidential debate

Texas State University in San Marcos will host the first in a series of four scheduled general election debates next year on Sept. 16,...

California professor charged with involuntary manslaughter in the death of Jewish demonstrator

A Southern California college professor was charged Thursday with involuntary manslaughter and battery in the death of a Jewish protester during demonstrations over the Israel-Hamas...

Overhaul of widely used college financial aid form could make it a 10-minute process

Delivering on long-awaited improvements, the Department of Education will soon release a streamlined version of its widely used college financial aid form, known as the...