Bracing for a $250 million budget shortfall with the sunset of a state sales tax next year, Louisiana higher education system leaders told the Board of Regents that funding cuts could have “devastating” impacts. That could mean slashed programs, layoffs and students across the state receiving less financial aid, system leaders said at a state […]
Universities, once struggling to keep up with the surge in demand for counseling during the pandemic, have since scaled up their support services. As a result, more students are asking for help.
Many students start community college with the hope of getting an associate degree and then transferring to a four-year institution, such as a California State University or University of California campus. But a state audit, released today, found that the vast majority of these students never accomplish their goal. “Only about 1 in 5 students who […]
Although more “postmortem” is needed to determine the full impact of the massive delays and confusion that plagued the government’s botched rollout of its revised Free Application for Federal Student Aid last term, admissions directors at Iowa’s public universities last week recounted the ramifications for their campuses, their applicants and their returning students. “We still, […]
Complete College America highlights need for digital transformation at HBCUs, calling for increased investment in technology and physical infrastructure to boost student success
The Stanfords and Yales of higher education may help some of America's low-income students prosper, but new data from Third Way shows which institutions have the biggest impact on the nation's must vulnerable.
The report's authors noted that this gap may vary—or even be wider—at institutions that do not stress discipline as intensely as West Point. Also: what does this presidential candidate's bid to cut "unnecessary" college degree mean for you?
Despite institutions spending thousands annually per student on support services, students remain greatly underprepared and socially isolated, an edtech CEO asserts.
Liberal arts college leaders attending The Presidents Dinner in D.C. are tangled in a Catch-22 balancing First Amendment protections. But dialogue and learning to listen are seen as solutions.
