Public colleges, K12 schools, local governments and other public institutions will have an extra year to make their digital materials fully accessible for people with disabilities, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.
As mission statements become highly generalized, they provide diminishing guidance for allocating resources, defining target student populations or evaluating program and institutional performance.
Students regularly rely on AI to better understand complex course material, save time and improve grades. Sometimes, their instution discourages or bans its use.
The Department of Education proposed a new rule stripping federal loan eligibility from undergraduate programs that fail to provide graduates with higher earnings than a high school graduate.
The Board of Regents says this is the fourth tuition increase in the past 10 years. Tuition will rise 1% for in-state undergraduate students beginning in fall 2026.
According to a recent survey, 53.1% of private institutions and 57.6% of public institutions reported increases in new funds committed, while 55% of private institutions and 63.7% of public institutions saw gains in funds they received.
Let's be honest, the term "higher education" is a misleading and hierarchical label that elevates traditional college pathways over equally valid trade and career pathways.