The American College President Study (ACPS) 2023 Edition found that the majority of today's leaders still fit the status quo of nearly 20 years ago: white, 60-year-old men. However, the rate of women at an institution's helm has increased by almost 12% since the turn of the century.
The Minnesota House of Representatives on Thursday passed a record increase in investment for the state's colleges and universities, amid declining enrollment in higher education, the DFL Caucus announced. The Minnesota House Research Department bill summary said the total appropriation for the Office of Higher Education is $124.021 million more compared with the previous biennium. […]
DePaul University is facing financial pressure after the pandemic intensified declining enrollment and widened the Chicago private school's budget gap. To narrow the growing gap between revenue and expenses the largest Catholic university in the US is starting to cut its budget. It is offering a voluntary separation program to about 15% of the school's 1,400 […]
In other words, Bennett argued, when colleges are aware that students have easy access to cheap loans to pay their bills, they're more likely to hike prices. This theory became known as the "Bennett Hypothesis." Since then, as Uncle Sam created and expanded direct student lending programs, the Bennett Hypothesis has been hotly debated. Now, […]
Aside from some bittersweet endings to some long, healthy careers, one president of a major university left following two "embarrassing" mishaps, and another didn't make it into his first year before resigning.
UF is just one of at least 16 colleges and universities that received a hoax call of a campus threat in April, according to an analysis by The Alligator. Many of these instances have been referred to by authorities as "swatting" — when a fake call is made to authorities to cause chaos and send […]
Dr. Eddie S. Glaude Jr. chair of the Department of African American Studies (AAS) at Princeton University, will be stepping down from the role, The Daily Princetonian reported. With this move, he said he would be staying at Princeton and returning to full-time research and other responsibilities, such as "trying to help the nation imagine itself differently […]
Most anti-CRT legislation targets K12 and higher education, a new report by CRT Forward suggests. As a result, faculty and school leadership is walking on eggshells over the thought of being sued by parents in the community.
The country's leaders made it clear at a panel this past Tuesday that there are federal dollars available to meet cybersecurity's booming workforce demands. Colleges are responding by either creating new programs for this upcoming academic year or strengthening their existing ones.
