Over half of all students of color and those from low-income backgrounds begin at the two-year level, yet less than 15% earn bachelor's degrees within eight years, according to a new report compiled by the Department of Education.
Institutions today are seeking to become leaner operationally while growing their revenue, and they're improving tech infrastructure to reap big rewards for the years to come, according to BDO's latest survey.
Columbia University suspended two student organizations that have led protests calling for a cease-fire in Israel's war on Hamas militants in Gaza, which has killed thousands of civilians, the university announced Friday. University Vice President Gerald Rosberg cited campus safety in announcing that Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) and Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) will […]
Two young women who reported to their conservative Michigan college that they were sexually assaulted by male students have accused the school in a lawsuit of conducting "phony investigations" into their allegations and then blaming them "for being raped." Danielle Villarreal, 21, said she filed a report of her assault to the police as well […]
Intertwined with this Colorado region's wealthy ski resort economy is Colorado Mountain College. How can President Carrie Hauser support local rural students against Aspen's exorbitant property value?
UATX has raised $200 million in two years from over 2,500 donors, with gifts larger than $100,000 coming from over 100 funder, The Texas Tribune reports.
The University of Washington found race was "inappropriately considered" in a recent faculty hire, it admitted last month. After the review was completed in September, the results indicated that race was inappropriately considered in the hiring of an assistant professor position in the department and violates university policy. The race-based hiring of the assistant professor […]
Pro-Palestinian students say that they are speaking up for an oppressed people, but critics say that their rhetoric is deeply offensive. A long simmering tension is now openly and unrelentingly hostile, with several protests devolving into physical altercations. Both Jewish and Muslim groups have reported a dramatic increase in bias attacks. The meaning of many […]
At Carlow University on Thursday afternoon, members of the Pittsburgh Promise, with community and higher education groups and representatives from the local, state, and federal governments, came together to address the issue of food insecurity on college campuses. According to research presented at the event, some 90,000 college students in Pennsylvania are battling food insecurity. […]
