The new form aims to simplify the process of applying for college aid because it's been found that those who complete a FAFSA, short for Free Application for Federal Student Aid, are more likely to attend college. Along with updating the form, the federal government is expanding eligibility for federal aid in the biggest overhaul in […]
Traditional college rankings measure the wrong things and penalize the vast majority of regional public institutions that support first-generation and underrepresented students.
The event – The Current and Former U.S. Surgeons General Discuss the Future of Mental Health and Wellness – will be hosted by Dartmouth President Sian Leah Beilock on September 28. It will be free and open to the public, and the university is also planning to livestream the discussion so it will be available to audiences […]
The 2021 No Public Funds for Abortion Act prohibits state contracts or transactions with abortion providers and also bans public employees from promoting abortion, counseling in favor of abortion or referring someone to abortion services. Public employees who violate the law can be charged with misuse of public funds, a felony, and be fired, fined […]
Seven years ago, Colorado was one of only three states that didn't have an inclusive higher education program. Today it has four programs thanks to IN Pathways to Inclusive Higher Education. In 2016, the nonprofit lobbied the state legislature to approve funding for three pilot programs at the University of Colorado in Colorado Springs, the […]
New America's "Varying Degrees 2023" survey found that 70% of Americans believe higher education will improve one's financial stability, but only 59% disagree that the state of higher ed is fine as it is.
The bill is called the Corey Safety Act, named after Corey Hausman, from Westport. Hausman died in 2018 after a skateboarding accident on the University of Colorado campus in Boulder. "Reporting and tracking gives colleges a powerful incentive to do better, to make their streets and dorms safer and to stop any kind of negligence […]
Educators say they want to embrace the technology's potential to teach and learn in new ways, but when it comes to assessing students, they see a need to "ChatGPT-proof" test questions and assignments. For some instructors that means a return to paper exams, after years of digital-only tests. Some professors will be requiring students to […]
