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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...

College course on ‘soft skills’ spreads in eastern Montana

For Miles Community College President Ron Slinger, adding a one-credit class on soft skills to Montana’s already extensive patchwork of career-based K-12 opportunities is...

Harvard inaugurates Claudine Gay, the university’s first Black president

Harvard University inaugurated Claudine Gay as its 30th president − the first person of color and second woman to lead the Ivy League institution. Since 2018, Gay served as...

California college employee who killed retired administrator is sentenced to life

A California college employee who fatally stabbed his boss on campus in 2019 was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole, prosecutors said...

US art college network abruptly closes its remaining campuses, shocking students and teachers

Around 1,700 students have been left in the lurch after the Art Institutes, a network of for-profit art and design colleges, announced that its eight remaining...

Charlie Kirk calls for Arizona lawmakers to defund state universities at ASU event

Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk and conservative radio host Dennis Prager were met with protest, and the talk fed political fires about campus...

Feds fund $45M Rice-led research that could slash US cancer deaths by 50%

The Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) has awarded $45 million to rapidly develop sense-and-respond implant technology that could slash U.S. cancer-related deaths...