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Kansas’ higher ed board adopts an anti-DEI policy after pressure from GOP legislators

State universities in Kansas are banned from requiring prospective students, potential hires and staffers seeking promotion to disclose their views on diversity initiatives under a...

Indiana University faculty vote no confidence in President Whitten, provosts

Indiana University’s Bloomington faculty declared no confidence in President Pamela Whitten and two top academic administrators in a vote held Tuesday. The Bloomington Faculty Council...

RAs unionize, demand university recognition

Around 25 people, including about 15 resident assistants part of the union Student Workers At NYU, demanded university recognition for the group in a...

Georgia university officials vote to increase tuition at 26 state institutions

The University System of Georgia Board of Regents voted Tuesday to increase tuition at all 26 state institutions for the coming academic year. According to...

Digital Content Strategies That Boost Enrollment in the Age of AI

Date & Time: Tuesday, May 21st at 2 pm ET

In this 20-minute UB Ed Talk, learn how generative AI is impacting higher ed admissions marketing, as viewed through the lens of web content best practices. An expert in higher ed content strategy will provide practical takeaways for using this evolving technology effectively, and will describe some recent changes to the way search engines use AI to crawl, ingest, and interpret content.  

USC cancels valedictorian’s speech after alleged antisemitic posts

Amid complaints about alleged antisemitic views posted online, USC's valedictorian will not be permitted to deliver a speech at the university's commencement ceremony due...

Opinion | The politics of shared governance and the higher education crisis

Critically important democratic institutions across the country, ones you might not have known even existed, are under threat. As the higher education crisis deepens,...

College degrees are lagging. Indiana’s higher ed leader is not satisfied

In 2012 Indiana leaders set a target that 60 percent of residents would earn a college degree or credential by 2025. But the state...

Ex-Calvin University President sues school claiming forced resignation, discrimination

Former Calvin University President Wiebe Boer has filed a federal lawsuit in the Western District of Michigan U.S. District Court. In the lawsuit, Boer claims...

Why higher ed is scared of a second Trump term

College leaders, their lobbyists, and their donors have been nursing for months a low-simmering anxiety about what a second Donald Trump term would mean for their...

Texas’ diversity, equity and inclusion ban has led to more than 100 job cuts at state universities

A ban on diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives in higher education has led to more than 100 job cuts across university campuses in Texas,...

New College President Richard Corcoran gets $200K bonus after first year

New College of Florida President Richard Corcoran, who spearheaded a controversial remaking of the Sarasota school over the last year, received a $200,000 bonus...

Two-thirds of US colleges, universities require DEI classes to graduate: report

Most American colleges and universities require the completion of courses that emphasize Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI)-related topics to graduate, according to a new report surveying public and...

Harvard University becomes latest Ivy League to reinstate SAT, ACT for admissions

Following the footsteps of its Ivy League peers, including Yale, Dartmouth and Brown, Harvard University announced that it is reinstating its standardized testing requirement in admissions beginning with...

Pa. Republican lawmakers shun Gov. Shapiro’s proposed higher education consolidation and pitch their own plan

Republicans pitched their own, multifaceted approach to dealing with the state’s higher education challenges. Two centerpieces were a pair of financial enticement programs designed...