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US universities call for clearer rules on science espionage amid China crackdown

As the National Institutes of Health begins implementing Trump-era guidelines, researchers voice concerns over transparency and racial profiling.

A Michigan university is offering college students a scholarship to study cannabis

tudents at Lake Superior State University have had the unique opportunity to pursue a degree in cannabis chemistry since 2019. Now, they can also get cash to do it.

Poll: Nearly half of parents don’t want their kids to go straight to a four-year college

Only a slim majority of parents — 54 percent — still prefer a four-year college for their children.

Albion College students demand change after racist graffiti reported on dorm walls

More than 450 Albion College students and staff members marched across campus April 5, 2021, to boycott the injustices they said are happening on campus.

States step in to stop colleges holding transcripts ransom for unpaid bills

Nationwide, 6.6 million students can't obtain their transcripts from public and private colleges and universities for having unpaid bills as low as $25 or less.

Colorado’s 2022 budget restores higher ed cuts

Colorado’s $34.1 billion proposed state budget restores deep cuts made last year to K-12 and higher education, provides more money to help students who have traditionally struggled to complete college, and creates a substantial reserve for K-12 schools.

Utah’s large universities say ‘the jobs are out there’ for 2021 grads

Networking and job searching have changed in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, but that hasn’t stopped Utah’s universities from adapting to the challenge of connecting and guiding their students and graduates to employment opportunities.

North Dakota colleges defy sharp nationwide admission decline

Brenda Nagel, Vice President for Public Affairs at the University of Mary, says fall 2021 recruitment is actually up from this time last year, by about 8%.

Pushing for change: College athletes’ voices grow strong

The voices of thousands of college athletes are being heard louder and clearer than they have in years and it is the most politically and socially active generation in a half-century, since the turbulent years of the late 1960s and early ‘70s.

The pandemic hit the working class hard. The colleges that serve them are hurting, too (subscription)

The community colleges largely serving low-income, Black and Latino students are reeling, and experts worry that inequality in education will increase.

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