The U.S. Education Department is scrapping last-minute guidance issued by the Biden administration that threatened to upend colleges’ plans to pay athletes for their name, image and likeness by making those payments subject to federal Title IX rules.
Community colleges must move beyond credential completion and prioritize ROI, economic mobility and workforce outcomes, according to the Community Vibrancy Framework.
With survival of the humanities on the line, colleges are pivoting to make offerings like languages and philosophy more relevant to job seekers. Are students and their parents buying in?
Increasingly, college and university presidents are using their voices to address what they say are misguided assaults on admissions policies, educational curricula, endowment support, research priorities and freedom of expression.
Proposed legislation would prohibit universities from offering certificates, degrees or courses in lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer studies or DEI. Employees found to be teaching these subjects could be fired and have their name added to a do-not-hire list.
"It's easy to get really paralyzed, but the headlines right now don't mean anything has happened," says William Guerrero, chief financial officer at the University of Bridgeport.
To reduce stigma, some colleges and universities are taking proactive steps to normalize mental health discussions and expand access to campus supportive services.
More than half of all working-class Americans hold a college degree or credential beyond high school, according to a new report from the Lumina Foundation.
Change to Title IX compliance can be daunting, but higher education leaders should ensure they are supported by engaging early and often with legal counsel.
