Americans' loss of faith in higher ed doesn't affect your alumni's support of you. Institution-specific loyalty is great news for development offices and higher ed in general.
Date & Time: Thursday, November 16 at 2 pm ET <br><br> In this 20-minute UB Ed Talk, learn the results of a new study on finances about how student needs and expectations are changing, and the steps that institutional leaders can take in three key areas to better support students at every stage of their financial journey, while improving retention, boosting engagement, and growing enrollment.
Louisiana State University journalism professor Robert Mann announced his resignation after Jeff Landry, then state attorney general and rightwing disciple of Donald Trump, won a multi-party primary in Louisiana on Saturday. Professors like Mann are unwilling to remain on the frontlines of the GOP's battle on higher education—especially without the backing of university leadership. Mann […]
Influential donors to Harvard University and the University of Pennsylvania say they will cut their ties to the schools in protest of college administrators' response to alleged anti-Israel speech and antisemitism on campuses in the wake of Hamas' terror attacks. Major donors pulling out won't inflict significant financial damage on wealthy Ivy League institutions with huge endowments like Harvard […]
The private university in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, announced in September that it was suspending the men's and women's swimming and diving programs indefinitely, saying that, "Athletics has determined a program suspension is warranted, pending a full investigation by the University." The hazing allegations got almost immediate pushback from team members and their families, with some hiring lawyers […]
From students all the way up to leadership, college and university community members who've spoken out on the Hamas-Israel conflict have faced intense backlash, further embroiling college campuses in an incendiary humanitarian crisis overseas.
Birmingham-Southern College is suing the state treasurer after denying it a loan program that lawmakers promised would help save the university from going under, according to a lawsuit filed yesterday.
Unlike the efforts in Texas and Florida, many of the anti-DEI bills introduced across the country didn't succeed. In other states – including North Carolina, North Dakota and Tennessee – less stringent bans, applying only to mandatory diversity training, passed. Yet even those laws are raising questions about how they could affect the lives of vulnerable college students. In the […]
Johns Hopkins University could soon change the name of its English professorship title. The Caroline Donovan Professorship in English Literature is under review by the university's Name Review Board, which was formed in 2021. The board evaluates requests to rename buildings and programs that recognize people whose legacies no longer uphold the institution's values, according […]
