Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday announced a package of major reforms to Florida's higher education system, including tighter controls on faculty tenure, the establishment of "civics institutes" at three universities and prohibitions on diversity, equity and inclusion programs. Speaking at a news conference in Bradenton, the governor praised Florida's ranking by U.S. News & World […]
It has been seven months since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, a decision that ended nearly 50 years of federal abortion rights. NBC's Joe Fryer has the story of how college students at various U.S. campuses are working to install vending machines to make emergency contraception more accessible. Read more on NBC News.
The University of Pennsylvania's board of trustees is led by a New York City investment banker, one of many board members with a financial or legal background. There's also a billionaire who heads one of the nation's leading makeup and fragrance companies, a pro bono CEO of a group that aids poor women weavers in […]
Data indicates that students in certain college towns have higher levels of stress than others. The University of California in Berkeley, CA, for example, is known for its reputation as the "workaholic" UC campus, thus making it the most stressed college town in the U.S.
A new president, new board chair and new legal counsel all will be up for discussion Tuesday when the New College of Florida board meets, along with the possibility of ending faculty tenure, terminating all employee contracts and rehiring anyone who fits into the school's "new financial and business model." These are all ideas floated […]
West Virginia Senate's Anti-Racism Act – commonly called the anti-CRT bill – cleared its first House of Delegates hurdle on Monday, winning approval in the Education Committee. It's the same bill that narrowly missed passing both houses on the last day of last year's session, when Senate President Craig Blair declared the House-amended version approved […]
Working adults who support their families deserve the chance to earn college degrees, too, and Walden University is here to prove it with its Believe and Achieve Scholarship.
U.S. District Judge Louise Flanagan on Thursday sentenced Jerry Johnson Jr. of Clayton to four years, five months in prison and three years of supervised release, and ordered him to pay $289,403 in restitution to the U.S. Department of Education.
