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These leaders' commitment to DEI got them the nod for president

Alcino Donadel | March 13, 2023

Despite recent pushback against diversity, equity and inclusion among several states, a number of colleges have recently hired presidents based on their commitment to that principle. Several are also coming in as either the first woman or the first of their race or ethnicity to lead their school.

Biden's budget prioritizes higher education, despite pushback

Alcino Donadel | March 09, 2023

With a $10.8 billion proposed increase to the Department of Education and $2.7 billion allotted for FSA alone, the top Republican on the Budget Committee called the proposal "unserious" and a "road map for fiscal ruin."

College affordability advocates push for a ban on scholarship award displacement at all New Jersey universities

March 09, 2023

“I won a scholarship from the Taco Bell Foundation. And when I submitted the check to my university, they decreased my institutional scholarship by half, they increased my federal loans, and eliminated my work study,” Lewis said. “I had to pay over $15,000 out of pocket and it gave me two choices, whether to drop […]

Emerging leaders: 4 colleges hire their first Black or female—or both—president

Alcino Donadel | February 26, 2023

These colleges may all be well over a hundred years old, but recent hirings prove there is still a first time for everything: NYU and three other colleges have all recently elected a Black or female president—or both—for the first time in their histories.

For scandal-plagued for-profit colleges, no state is more welcoming than New York

February 23, 2023

ASA College seemed like Jacaly Muranelli’s ticket to a better life – and the government was helping her pay for it. And it wouldn’t cost her anything upfront, since New York State and the federal government had awarded her a significant amount of aid. But the dream didn’t last. In November, ASA College lost its accreditation […]

UArizona named No. 1 producer of Fulbright Scholars

February 10, 2023

The University of Arizona has been ranked the nation’s top producer of Fulbright Scholars, setting a new university record for the number of faculty and researchers to receive Fulbright U.S. Scholar awards. A total of 17 UArizona faculty members and researchers received Fulbrights in 2022-2023, besting the university’s previous record of 11, set in 2020-2021. […]

Higher ed’s worst free speech offenders of 2022

Alcino Donadel | February 08, 2023

The Foundation for Individual Rights and Freedom (FIRE) selected these institutions based on some of their head-scratching decisions such as circumventing a teacher's academic freedom, removing funding from a LGBTQ+ events, instating policies that would streamline firing tenured professors, and others.

In an HBCU first, Howard awarded $90 million military research contract

January 24, 2023

Howard University has been awarded a five-year, $90 million contract to lead a research center focused on technology for military systems, university and defense officials announced Monday, the first such center at a historically Black college or university.

Bay State students stunned by college’s demise

January 20, 2023

The commission cited a half million dollar operating deficit at the college and Bay State’s failure to finalize “even one” plan to wind down programming or help students as its financial troubles mounted. Bay State officials blamed the pandemic for a slowdown in enrollment that has left the college with fewer than 300 students.