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Even as colleges pledge to improve, share of engineering and math graduates who are Black declines

The supply of Black scientists, engineers and mathematicians is flat or falling even as demand goes up.

University of Richmond board to resume talks on renaming buildings

The board of trustees at the University of Richmond says it will reset its review of the controversial names of two campus buildings, while faculty members seek the resignation of a board member for comments he made during a meeting.

The University of Arkansas-Fort Smith chancellor announces university reorganization

The University of Arkansas-Fort Smith will reduce its number of colleges from five to three, discontinue some programs and stop using some facilities, Chancellor Terisa Riley announced in an email.

New York to send COVID-19 vaccines directly to colleges and universities

Gov. Cuomo announced during a press-free visit to Suffolk Community College, that SUNY schools will take the lead in the new initiative aimed at vaccinating college students on-campus.

NCAA says it ‘unequivocally’ supports transgender student-athletes

The National Collegiate Athletic Association suggested that it may not hold championship games in states with anti-trans laws on the books.

UC explains admissions decisions in a record application year of much heartbreak, some joy

Surging college applications have been hailed as a sign that the dropping of testing requirements has lowered entry barriers for many students. But the flip side of more applications is more rejections and heartbreak — as well as widespread confusion over what it takes to get that coveted acceptance letter.
Tue Apr 13th, 2021

U.Va. officially dedicates memorial to enslaved laborers

The University officially dedicated the Memorial to Enslaved Laborers in a culmination of over a decade's worth of community and student activism surrounding the memorial’s construction.
Mon Apr 12th, 2021

India makes sustained outreach to US universities for knowledge partnership

India, which sends the largest number of STEM students to the United States, is making a sustained outreach with American universities to build knowledge partnerships.
Mon Apr 12th, 2021

75 Higher education institutions urge strong 2030 U.S. climate target

A group of colleges and universities across the United States sent a letter to the White House calling on the Biden-Harris administration to adopt a target of at least 50% reduction in carbon emissions by 2030.

Fri Apr 9th, 2021

University of Kentucky mistakenly sends 500,000 acceptances

Technical issues caused half a million high school seniors to be accepted into a program that usually accepts about three dozen students a year.
Fri Apr 9th, 2021

Education nonprofit Edraak ignored a student data leak for two months

Data continued to flow for two months after a cybersecurity firm notified the nonprofit of the security lapse.
Thu Apr 8th, 2021