For high schoolers who are still eager to enroll in college, both parents and students are more motivated to apply to a college or university whose programs best align with students' career interests, not the academic reputation of the school.
Advocates for community colleges defend them as the underdogs of America's higher education system, left to serve the students who need the most support but without the money required to provide it.
As borrowers await the Supreme Court's decision on a plan to provide mass student debt forgiveness, USA TODAY examined what's behind the gender imbalances in the amount that borrowers take out and in their ability to pay those loans back.
Portland State's Project Rebound is modeled after a program by the same name in California. It aims to provide formerly incarcerated students the resources, academic help and support system they need to build a new future.
The eerie quiet outside and fetid bathrooms inside are signs of the turmoil roiling one of California's oldest liberal arts colleges, President Nixon's alma mater and a higher education institution rooted in its Quaker heritage of social justice and respect for diversity.
Students are concerned, too. Some fear for their physical safety. Many worry their teachers will be fired en masse and their courses and books will be policed. It's increasingly hard to focus on their studies.
This is an incredibly disappointing outcome, given the work done over the years by our state leaders to elevate higher education and send Georgia on a path to ascension," Perdue said in a written statement Thursday morning.
Under Regulation 10.003 tenured faculty across Florida's public higher education system will be subjected to a uniform review process every five years that evaluates their compliance with state law.
