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Northwestern fires coach Pat Fitzgerald after hazing allegations surface with football team

Northwestern fired coach Pat Fitzgerald on Monday amid a hazing scandal that called into question his leadership of the program and damaged the university’s...

About half of WVU’s academic programs are under review during budget crunch

About half of West Virginia University’s academic programs are up for review as a financial crunch has pushed the school to size up what it can...

North Dakota college presidents plead for response to Minnesota free tuition

State college presidents are pleading for a response to Minnesota’s North Star Promise Program, which they’re worried will cost them many of their students. North...

Could the ‘Metaversity’ be the college campus of the future?

In partnership with educational virtual reality developers VictoryXR, Morehouse created a virtual space where students could congregate for class remotely. Using a virtual reality (VR)...

MIT chancellor: What are the challenges facing higher education?

Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Melissa Nobles on diversity and equal opportunity in the US education system. As the United States Supreme Court considers the role...

Feds award Bergen Community College $4.5M to grow agriculture education

The federal government has awarded Bergen Community College a five-year, $4.5 million grant to help contribute to the growth of future food, agriculture, natural...

With student loan forgiveness in limbo, here’s how the GOP wants to fix college debt

The Lowering Education Costs and Debt Act, introduced on Wednesday by a group of Senate Republicans, would require colleges to provide clearer information about their...

Drexel and Salus Universities have decided to proceed with a merger

The presidents of Drexel and Salus Universities announced Tuesday that they will proceed with a merger of the two institutions and will aim to...

Opinion: Budget impasse is already impacting higher ed—for the worse

At least 15 public universities in Virginia have raised tuition to partially meet the budget shortfall caused by the General Assembly’s budget inaction. Valuable...

How Minnesota’s weed legalization will play out on college campuses

Though recreational marijuana will be legal in Minnesota by the time the 2023 academic year begins, many local colleges are updating or establishing policies to ban...

Yale, University of New Haven partnership celebrates first degrees awarded to inmates

The Yale program was launched in 2016 by alum Zelda Roland. It was based on a similar program she was part of while working with...

How these Utah professors are addressing ChatGPT in the classroom

Engineers have been using AI-like genetic algorithms since the 1960s, so ChatGPT and other text-generating bots don’t strike Utah professor Cynthia Furse as particularly...

North Idaho College issues final plea as loss of accreditation hovers over school

In its final official report before a hearing on its accreditation, North Idaho College (NIC) lists numerous changes the board of trustees has made since March. That...

House kills constitutional amendment to ensure representation on higher ed governing boards

The Louisiana House of Representatives killed a proposed constitutional amendment that would have ensured alumni from each school in the Southern and LSU systems have...

ACE, Associations tell Congress that food insecurity remains a problem for students

The food insecurity rate among college students is three times higher than among all U.S. households, but only about 3 out of every 10...