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Berklee students concerned after 4 assaults near campus over the weekend

Four people reported being assaulted over the weekend near the Berklee College of Music in Boston, and police have identified a suspect in the case. Students said...

US education chief considers new ways to discourage college admissions preference for kids of alumni

President Joe Biden’s education chief said he’s open to using “whatever levers” are available—including federal money—to discourage colleges from giving admissions preference to the...

Victory for students: LGBTQ+ resource center reopens at Missouri University

After a swift and vigorous student-led campaign, the LGBTQ+ resource center at Southeast Missouri State University (SEMO) will reopen and stay open, overturning an earlier...

Gillette College can take next step in accreditation

College officials can now work toward the next step in accreditation after receiving a letter this week from the state’s higher education accrediting body. At...

Mississippi auditor says several college majors indoctrinate students and should be defunded

Calling numerous social science and humanities degree programs “indoctrination factories,” Mississippi’s auditor says the state should defund several college majors and invest in subjects...

New Measures for Calculating an Institution’s ROI

Date & Time: Wednesday, October 25 at 2 pm ET

Attend this webinar with Jennifer Janecek-Hartman, Ph.D., Vice President of Campus Services at Nueta Hidatsa Sahnish College (N.D.), to learn how to more accurately calculate and promote an institution’s true ROI. Janecek-Hartman recently received a Most Innovative Approach to ROI award from the ROI Institute.

University of Minnesota says hackers may have stolen decades of student, worker data

Personal information about students, potential students and employees at the University of Minnesota between 1989 and August of 2021 may have been stolen by...

Boston College suspends swimming and diving program due to hazing

Boston College has indefinitely suspended its men's and women's swimming and diving programs over what it said was hazing, the university announced Wednesday. The suspension...

Biden to forgive $37 million in debt for former University of Phoenix students

A national ad campaign promised prospective students that attending the school would lead them to receive preferential hiring treatment at a number of high-profile...

Montana State sets all-time fall enrollment record

Montana State University’s fall student enrollment is the largest in its 130-year history, with 16,978 students pursuing the many benefits of higher education at...

Allegheny College accepted into Council of Independent Colleges’ consortium

The college is one of 25 institutions nationwide to be accepted into the cohort. The consortium supports institutions in easing barriers to internship access and...

More US colleges are at risk of closing or merging, Fitch says

More colleges and universities in the US are headed for closures or mergers, with enrollment declining across higher-education institutions, according to Fitch Ratings Inc. Enrollment...

MSU moves to fire Mel Tucker amid harassment scandal

Michigan State University has told Mel Tucker it intends to fire him as head football coach for cause as soon as Sept. 26, the...

Chicago State University caught in dispute over Nigeria’s presidential election

Chicago State University finds itself at the center of a political dispute involving the newly elected president of Nigeria, Bola Tinubu. Tinubu's political rival, Atiku...

Opinion: How health privacy laws are hurting college students and their families

A recent article in The New York Times documented the story of Rachael Shaw-Rosenbaum, a first-year student at Yale who committed suicide in 2021. According...