Briefings

President moves: hearty welcomes and rocky goodbyes

Several presidents who decided to hang up their cleats and move on were lauded for their accomplishments, while others... not so much.

The ‘haves and have-nots’ of the college application process

As big-brand universities struggle to retain talented admissions officers and identify who they'll let in and who they'll turn away, small schools are grasping for straws.

A regulation targeting tenure in Florida gains approval, big win for DeSantis

Under Regulation 10.003 tenured faculty across Florida's public higher education system will be subjected to a uniform review process every five years that evaluates their compliance with state law.

The end of an era: Another long-established college closes due to financial problems

The historic, 181-year-old school could not outpace its costs despite recent enrollment growth.

How The New York Times is giving students control over college rankings

Students can scale what elements about a school are important to them, and their results are aggregated create an individualized Top 10 list.

Students are likely to rule out your school based on state politics

Both liberal- and conservative-leaning high school seniors tossed a college choice in the can if its state's policies didn't align with them.

How two wellness providers are broadening the menu of mental health care services for students

Allowing stressed students to regulate themselves and, in some cases, utilize their smartphones to assess their own issues has encouraged even those who have not seen a healthcare provider in months to partake of the self-care services.

College professors face the highest exposure to AI tools, study finds

Academics from Princeton, NYU, and UPenn found that of the 20 occupations most exposed to AI language modeling capabilities, 14 of them were postsecondary teachers.

Florida, beware: DeSantis’ war on woke may decrease enrollment

One in eight prospective students surveyed will not enroll in a Florida public college due to DeSantis' education policies, according to Intelligent, while 21% of current students who disagree with DeSantis are thinking about transferring.

President search committees are overlooking women – Here’s why

Of the 2,723 public, nonprofit private, and for-profit private four-year institutions researched by Colgate University leaders, only 713 of those institutions are led by women.

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