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Grand Canyon University, largest for-profit college, fined $37.7 million

The U.S. Education Department is fining Grand Canyon University $37.7 million, saying the for-profit Christian school misrepresented the costs of its doctoral programs. The agency...

College athletic conferences urge Congress to pass NIL legislation

More than two dozen college athletic conferences are banding together to call for federal name, image and likeness legislation and a uniform standard across...

Hundreds of adjunct faculty members at Columbia College go on strike over class cuts

A sea of red was visible along South Michigan Avenue as hundreds of adjunct faculty members at Columbia College stood together. It’s not just adjunct...

Minnesota governor drops college-degree requirement for most state jobs

A four-year college degree will no longer be a requirement for most state jobs under an executive order signed into law Monday by Gov....

Bill to increase transparency of Pennsylvania’s universities passes House

An effort supporters say will boost transparency in several leading Pennsylvania universities passed the House of Representatives on Monday, while the universities’ annual state...

Want to be a college professor? Get ready to move

In 2023, the person who has secured a full-time, tenure-track position right out of graduate school, who will raise their family in one community, and who will retire from that same institution is an anomaly.

De Anza College faculty, students begin push to discuss renaming school

Founded in 1967, De Anza College was named after Juan Bautista de Anza—an 18th century Spanish military officer who led two expeditions to California.

Biden administration unveils new actions to combat antisemitism on college campuses

The departments of Justice and Homeland Security are partnering with campus law enforcement to track hate-related rhetoric online and provide federal resources to schools.

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If the state cannot afford to expand the Cal Grant program, key trade-offs loom

If dollars are scarce, some advocates say the state should pull money from a new scholarship partly for middle class students to pay for more aid to students of lesser means. But key figures in the Legislature and Newsom’s administration disagree with that approach.

Area colleges working on upcoming schedules in response to Lewiston shootings

Central Maine Community College was planning to host the Yankee Small College Conference women’s soccer championships at its Auburn campus Saturday and Sunday. The YSCC announced Thursday that the tournament, as well as the men’s soccer tourney hosted in Albany, New York, will be moved to next week.

Israel-Hamas war stirs free speech battles at college campuses across US

The surge in campus activism has left some students and their parents scared and prompted criticism and condemnation of how university leaders are handling the behavior.

N.H. establishes higher ed. task force amid enrollment decline

New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu is putting pencil to paper in an effort to help higher education. An executive order signed Wednesday establishes a task...

Hillsdale College campus has high risk of rape due to its failed response, lawsuit says

Hillsdale College students face "an unusually high risk of sexual assault" because the college fails to have or enforce proper policies that prevent sexual...

Nevada higher ed eyes more cuts, hiking student fees to fund faculty pay raises

A panel of students, faculty and administrators from across the Nevada System of Higher Education (NSHE) met Wednesday with a single goal: Come up...