A coalition representing faculty at Texas public universities is suing Gov. Greg Abbott and other officials over the state's ban on TikTok on government-issued devices, effective next year. The ban, they say in the lawsuit, will prevent faculty members from using the platform to teach and conduct research in an academic capacity. The lawsuit was filed Thursday […]
The class of 2021 went to college at a rate of 52.9%, a half of a percentage point down from 53.4% for the class of 2020. That meant that about 400 fewer high school graduates went to college. This rate is the percentage of students going directly from high school to some form of college […]
It's time for institutions and researchers to prioritize a more holistic system of assessing and improving student outcomes, rather than relying solely on surface-level metrics like outputs.
Elite college presidents reacted to the Supreme Court's decision banning affirmative action in college admissions on June 29 with near-universal disapproval. For all the hand-wringing, there is an easy way for institutions to legally refuse to comply with the Court and thus have the freedom to shape their incoming freshman classes using race as a […]
According to a release from the university, officials got a notification from a third-party service provider that "personally identifiable information" from current and incoming students and staff may have been exposed in a data breach. The university said the breach could have been caused by an ongoing cybersecurity incident related to MOVEit Transfer, a popular filesharing program. […]
Mildred García, who is currently president of the American Assn. of State Colleges and Universities, will become the 11th Chancellor and first Latina to lead the 23-campus system. She is credited with improving Cal State Fullerton's four-year graduation rate by 65%. García returns to a university system beleaguered by widespread sexual misconduct among top administrators, […]
Days before the news of football coach Pat Fitzgerald's firing broke, State Rep. Kam Buckner (D) vowed to file legislation that creates the athlete bill of rights to codify what he says "true protection should look like." "If I was in this position, if I would have stepped forward and said anything, you run the risk […]
NASPA reports that half of today's college students come from parents who have not earned a bachelor's degree. Do you know where they are and what they look like?
FAS found that only about 25% of institutions are satisfied with existing financial aid services. Recent national developments will only exacerbate the problem.
