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New blow to SAT empire shows California’s key role in diminishing college admissions tests

“California’s universities are playing national leadership roles in weakening the SAT/ACT in college admissions,” said Ray Rosner, executive director of the Princeton Review Foundation, a nonprofit advocate for fair testing.

How Atlanta’s HBCUs landed millions from Apple, Southern Co.

On Jan. 13, Apple and Atlanta-based Southern Co. (NYSE:SO) announced they would each invest $25 million to build the Propel Center, a technology and innovation hub for students at Historically Black Colleges and Universities.

Facing $37M in funding cuts, Kansas colleges given broader latitude to fire employees

The Regents passed a controversial measure that would temporarily grant universities the option to implement policies bypassing regular policies on faculty and employee suspensions, terminations, and dismissals to address financial shortfalls.

How colleges are adjusting their 2021-2022 tuition

Looking ahead to 2021-2022 tuition rates, families can expect much of the same as colleges may take a similar approach by freezing tuition or applying only small increases.

Best practices and lessons from campus leaders on the present-day college town

A Q-and-A with James E. Samels, coauthor of The New American College Town: Designing Effective Campus and Community Partnerships

University of Minnesota scales back liberal arts Ph.D. programs amid pandemic

The University of Minnesota will not accept new students into many of its liberal arts doctoral degree programs this fall, pausing admissions to save money during the pandemic and to focus on supporting current students.
Wed Jan 20th, 2021

‘It’s just too much’: Why some students are abandoning community colleges

Many factors are behind the plummeting enrollment at two-year schools. The prospect of in-class learning raises the specter of Covid-19 infection. Remote instruction has worn out its welcome for many. And community colleges tend to attract those whose precarious finances have been hurt most by the pandemic.
Wed Jan 20th, 2021

Columbia University students rally on campus for tuition strike

Student organizers of the petition call it the "largest tuition strike in American history."
Wed Jan 20th, 2021

Access to college admissions tests — and lucrative scholarships — imperiled by COVID-19

Some universities say they don’t need scores to gauge students’ applications, but many scholarships still require test results.
Tue Jan 19th, 2021

University of Tennessee fires head football coach over alleged recruitment violations

The University of Tennessee, Knoxville is firing its head football coach, two assistant coaches and seven other team staffers after an outside investigation found "serious violations of NCAA rules."
Tue Jan 19th, 2021

The pandemic is speeding up the mass disappearance of men from college

The decline in enrollment has been seven times as steep among men as among women.
Tue Jan 19th, 2021