College and university leaders feeling the pressure from skeptical policymakers and the public can take a deep breath thanks to this research that pushes back against today's higher ed headlines.
Cultural competency may be the pinnacle objective of selective liberal arts colleges. But at institutions where students' family income is under $70,000, it's a luxury.
Civil rights groups have spent the past year trying to fend off wider interpretations of the ruling and are seeking to challenge other barriers for underrepresented students in higher education. Meanwhile, Edward Blum, SFFA president and the legal architect of the affirmative action cases, is still "closely monitoring" new admissions policies for undergraduate, law and […]
The University of Texas at Austin and Emerson College have recently announced staff layoffs due to declining enrollment numbers and internal crises linked to the recent wave of protests. Some staff believe institutions are using the demonstrations as a scapegoat to downsize.
California could become the fourth state to ban legacy admissions preferences at universities under a bill making its way through the State Legislature. Many selective colleges have historically given to the children or grandchildren of alumni — who are much more likely to be white and wealthy than other applicants — an advantage in the […]
Leveraging insights from Terra Dotta and Flywire, here's how colleges and universities can better support international students and distinguish their campuses from domestic competition.
"We must defend the principles that caused us to enter leadership in the first place," the AAC&U president says. "It's not easy, and it might be that you need to resign, but we must defend this."
Strong Integration is about so much more than governance and oversight. It's ecosystem-wide adaptive change—including leadership structures, academics and curriculum and co-curriculum.
Colleges and universities face a tight deadline to comply with new Title IX regulations encompassing "all forms of sex-based discrimination" rather than only sexual harassment. Here are some key areas where coordinators are particularly crucial.
