Government investigations are on the rise thanks to a unique fraud-fighting statute, empowering citizens armed with insider information to cry foul—and collect million-dollar settlements.
An advocacy group that has fought for Oregon college students at the Legislature for almost 50 years is shutting down. The Oregon Student Association, launched in 1975, was the only statewide student-led group advocating for causes like increasing financial aid and providing affordable housing and food to students. Figures throughout Oregon politics — including several […]
Going to a liberal arts college is usually an expensive way to get a bachelor’s degree. With students more mindful of high tuition, many liberal arts colleges are seeing enrollment drop—and some are closing altogether. The schools’ defenders argue that their small class sizes and well-rounded array of courses provide students with a strong foundation […]
Concerns surrounding academic integrity are hitting the highest rungs of university leadership, including presidents. Here's some examples on how the sector can maintain high standards.
Yet another president has stepped down due in part to their perceived mismanagement of campus protests related to the Israel-Hamas war. One retiring president survived a no-confidence vote two years prior.
Penn State removed nearly 35 newsstands belonging to The Daily Collegian Sept. 20. This was just the most recent attack on the free press at Penn State and colleges across the United States. University newspapers akin to their counterparts outside the school must be fully financially, editorially and legally independent of the entities for which […]
Universities, once struggling to keep up with the surge in demand for counseling during the pandemic, have since scaled up their support services. As a result, more students are asking for help.
The longest-serving chief executive of any public university announced he will be retiring and Southern Methodist University will be looking for a new president for the first time since 1995.
Every Ivy League University, save Yale, ranked in the bottom 200 of FIRE's rankings. Plus, more universities claim a lack of diverse enrollment post-affirmative action.
