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Anonymous donor gifts $30 million to Kalamazoo College

Kalamazoo College is celebrating a historic $30 million gift from an anonymous donor. It's the largest single gift commitment in the College’s history, according to...

NU president: Budget cuts necessary for the ‘survival of the overall institution’

University of Nebraska President Ted Carter, at an NU Board of Regents meeting at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, said the work outlined...

US Vice President Kamala Harris to speak at College of Charleston

United States Vice President Kamala Harris will visit the College of Charleston as part of her "Fight for Our Freedoms" college tour, the school...

Interim Texas A&M University president sets new tone for reforms planned under his predecessor

Texas A&M University’s Interim President Mark Welsh III told faculty and staff in College Station on Wednesday that the university will largely stay the...

MSU wants a new president by Thanksgiving. The Mel Tucker news has made that more difficult

The search for Michigan State University's next president has been negatively impacted by the sexual harassment allegations against fired football coach Mel Tucker, according...

Artificial intelligence creates a robot from scratch in seconds at Northwestern University

For the first time to date, researchers out of Northwestern University developed an artificial intelligence that can design a robot completely by itself. The...

Walmart plans to AX degree requirements from hundreds of its corporate job descriptions

Walmart has eliminated college degrees as a requirement for hundreds of its corporate roles. The retail giant said last week that it would get rid of...

5 wounded as mass shooting at Morgan State University prompts hourslong shelter-in-place during homecoming week

Four students and another person were wounded when gunfire erupted outside a crowded homecoming event at Morgan State University in Baltimore, police said, sending...

Female professors at Vassar accuse college of paying them less than men

A group of professors at Vassar, the historic US women’s college in New York, tried for years to internally resolve an issue of being paid...

Feds say Liberty University created ‘fear of reprisal’ for sexual violence survivors

Liberty has faced increasing public pressure in recent years over policies that survivors say allow sexual violence to run unchecked. The preliminary report says...

What are the most ‘conservative’ colleges and universities in America?

Among the questions Niche asks students is to report on their own personal political preferences and their perceptions of the political leanings of other...

Fired New College VP blasts hostile atmosphere, attack on higher ed under Richard Corcoran

New College of Florida fired Ryan Terry, the university’s vice president of communications and marketing. Terry said he saw first-hand at New College a sense of...

Opinion | Without a college degree, life in America is staggeringly shorter

What the economic statistics obscure in the averages is that there is not one but two Americas — and a clear line demarcating the...

Using Behavioral Science to Improve Enrollment, Engagement, and Retention

Date & Time: Thursday, November 2 at 2 pm ET

In this 20-minute UB Ed Talk, a former professor of educational psychology at the University of Southern California will demystify the complex science of human behavior and provide some research-backed strategies to design communications and interactions that shift student mindsets and improve engagement.

Rent a mom when you head to college

Rachelle Arnold, owner of Daisy Bug Delivery, explains that her concierge organization offers that “second mom” service students often need. And she takes a...