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.

Only a dozen years ago, the percentage of the state’s Black high school graduates enrolling directly in college or community college handily outpaced that of their white counterparts, a point of pride for a small community that’s worked hard to build a network of organizations to support its young people.

University of Miami President Julio Frenk is switching coasts in January to take on the top job at UCLA, becoming its first Latino president. University of Washington's longtime president is sticking to her planned resignation date.

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.