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Feds expand Pell Grant program for prisoners working on college degrees

UB Custom Publishing | August 29, 2021

Inmates in 42 states and Washington, D.C., can now get federal grants to work with colleges and universities to earn trade certifications, associate's degrees and even bachelor's degrees.

Gen Z excited to be back at college but wants masks, vaccines

UB Custom Publishing | August 26, 2021

Less than 15% are feeling anxious but are wary of COVID-19.

Beating COVID-19 vaccine bans: Can public universities defy state orders?

UB Custom Publishing | August 26, 2021

FDA approval sets stage for potential challenges, but there are reasons why institutions may not flinch.

5 student-athletes, Stanford reach settlement over Title IX lawsuit

UB Custom Publishing | August 26, 2021

University must perform review, make plan public by next October.

Latino community college presidents cautiously optimistic about enrollment

UB Custom Publishing | August 26, 2021

Freshman enrollment took a big hit in fall 2020. While educators are keeping an eye on the delta variant, they hope steps to retain and help students pay off.

How 5 N.C. community colleges are empowering students who have stopped out

UB Custom Publishing | August 25, 2021

Better Jobs, Better Skills: The hope of credentials, degrees for two million adult learners by 2030.

Feds to end dual-enrollment experiment, disappointing participating colleges

UB Custom Publishing | August 25, 2021

The decision comes five years after the Obama administration offered about $20 million in Pell grants to as many as 10,000 high school students taking dual-enrollment courses.

Diversity champion Freeman Hrabowski to retire as UMBC president after 3 decades

Matt Zalaznick | August 24, 2021

Just a short list of the substantial growth during Hrabowski's 30 years of leadership: Enrollment, graduation rates, research investment, degree programs and the university's share Pell Grant recipients.