Since 2012 there have been more college closures in the United States than in the previous 40 years combined. Almost 600 schools have disappeared, the vast majority of them private institutions.
We need to redesign higher education as an experience that helps students harmonize education, work and family—instead of pitting them against each other.
The Alliance of Hispanic Serving Research Universities intends to double the number of Hispanics earning doctorates and substantially increase the ranks of Hispanic professors.
Staffing shortages are reaching crisis levels in financial aid offices, leaving administrators concerned about serving students adequately and remaining in compliance.
Higher ed must do more to support undergraduates in upward transfer, especially private four-year institutions that are sometimes overlooked by community college students.
