California State university faculty members reached a tentative contract agreement Monday, the same day that nearly 30,000 professors, librarians, coaches and other workers struck at the nation's largest public university system, their union announced. Members of the California Faculty Association will return to work Tuesday instead of continuing their planned weeklong walkout to demand higher […]
Whether by providing financial aid or direct admission, high school students are getting excited about these initiatives easing their entry into college.
Rice University has set aside $33.75 million to settle an antitrust lawsuit filed against 17 prestigious private universities across the country accused of illegally running a scheme that limited the amount of financial aid given to students, according to the school's financial statements for last year. Nine former students who attended some of the universities filed a […]
Key lawmakers from both major parties say they'd be open to the idea, describing legacy admissions — in which schools give priority to students whose family members once attended there — as fundamentally unfair. "This landscape is shifting very quickly on legacy" admissions, said Sen. Derek Slap, D-West Hartford, who chairs the legislature's Higher Education […]
Nearly 70% of Americans believe that the Supreme Court's decision to end affirmative action over the summer was "mostly a good thing." Admissions officers couldn't have disagreed more.
Over $900,000 in EAPS funding will help White Earth and nine other Minnesota tribal and private, nonprofit institutions provide campus-run emergency assistance support to students. Students can apply to receive up to $1,500 for rent payments, utilities, groceries, transportation or other basic needs. Since the program's inception in 2017, the number of colleges seeking EAPS […]
What does a 21st century liberal arts institution look like? Listen to President Lori White guide us through her creation of DePauw University's five-year strategic plan that aims to prepare students to be successful "in the jobs of today and that we can't even imagine for tomorrow."
Arizona State University will become the first-ever higher education institution to partner with OpenAI, allowing the school full use of the company's flagship product, ChatGPT. The partnership will allow ASU faculty and staff to utilize the "advanced capabilities" of ChatGPT Enterprise to enhance teaching and learning, the university said in a press release. ASU will ask professors to submit […]
The political turmoil that rocked universities over the past three months and sparked the resignations of two Ivy League presidents has landed like an unwelcome thud on institutions already struggling to maintain the trust of the American public. For three generations, the national aspiration to "college for all" shaped America's economy and culture, as most […]
