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‘Sketched out’ University of Idaho students return to campus from break with still no arrest in quadruple killings

“It definitely feels a little bit different,” said student Hayden Rich. “It’s kind of a different vibe. It seems kind of a sad setting. It is kind of quiet.”

Higher education report shows overall improvements, some COVID setbacks

Despite overall gains, detailed data through 2021 shows that progress varied across racial and ethnic groups, and that some disparities have actually grown wider over time.

Texas law school says fired dean lacked tenure in bid to end bias lawsuit

Joan Bullock in September sued the university’s board of regents in Houston federal court, claiming she was ousted in June without cause and stripped of her tenured faculty position afterward even though male deans in the past were allowed to remain on the faculty after their deanships ended.

Two former University of Akron professors claim discrimination in pandemic layoffs

Two former University of Akron professors have accused the university of discriminating against them because of their race and nationality during layoffs that came with pandemic-related budget cuts in 2020, according to a lawsuit filed last week.

Global supply chain issues are changing business and economics classes in college

Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the global supply chain issue has been affecting more than just the accessibility of certain products and their costs, but also the interest of business and economics students in colleges across the country and in the St. Cloud area.

Fidelity is the latest employer to offer free college education to workers

Despite growing economic uncertainty, employers are still waging a war for talent, and employees are coming out ahead.

Universities can’t yank financial aid from students who get private scholarships, new law says

As Dixie Samaniego prepared for her first semester at California State University Fullerton, she had one focus: finding a way to pay.  

NC Gov. Roy Cooper creates commission to ensure diversity for UNC system

Through Executive Order 272, Gov. Cooper called for the formation of a commission on the future of public universities in the state.

Why elite colleges won’t give up legacy admissions

A study of 16 years of admissions data at one college reveals that alumni children are more likely to matriculate and donate.

How four Texas university systems are pitching themselves as the best new home for Stephen F. Austin State University

The 11,300-student school in the East Texas Piney Woods has four suitors all vying for a chance to have the university join their ranks.

Going into the Cloud: Functionalities Campuses Should Look For When Making Transactions Cloud-Based

Tuesday, November 8 at 2 pm ET

Learn how bringing transactions into the cloud can help higher ed pressures, what cloud-stored value is and all the ways in which colleges and universities can move their meal plan functionalities to the cloud while streamlining daily operations across campus.

Stanford University apologizes for limiting Jewish student admissions during the 1950s

The apology comes after a task force appointed by the university’s president in January completed an archive-based report that found that Stanford took actions to suppress its admission of Jewish students.

Missouri Attorney General’s probe of university emails criticized for ‘invading academic freedom’

A push by the attorney general’s office for the emails of professors and staff at the University of Missouri has academic freedom advocates concerned the office is being weaponized to stifle free speech.

University of Minnesota service workers vote to authorize strike

The union has previously said the university "repeatedly refused to address chronic understaffing, poverty wages, and abusive employment practices."

Fox news host, 58, under fire for bizarre complaint college kids aren’t hot enough

"They’re out of shape, asexual, they’re rejecting the truth in beauty, they all look like rejects from a loony bin. I’d steer clear of college, too," he said.