If HBCUs are going to stay competitive or at least shed that underfunded reputation, leveraging Black businesses for support will have to be central, according to Courtney Brunious, who teaches clinical management and organization at USC's Marshall School of Business.
Colleges and universities are facing renewed fallout from the Epstein files, with disclosures linking some donors and at least one sitting president to Jeffrey Epstein. Administrators are investigating and facing calls to rename buildings and cut ties with major fundraisers.
States and colleges are showing renewed interest in three-year bachelor's degrees as a way to lower costs and speed graduation, with Massachusetts recently approving pilot programs. Support from accreditors and policymakers is helping fuel the trend.
Mental health support is available on most campuses, but many students still struggle to reach it. A new survey shows how fear of judgment and daily pressures often stand between students and care.
Among the biggest recipients, the data show, are Carnegie Mellon University, Harvard University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Stanford University. Qatar was the largest foreign source of funds to schools, making up more than 20%.
Several art-related majors had high unemployment rates, but anthropology ranked highest at nearly 8%. Unemployment for early childhood education majors was also among the highest, but a few educational fields had the lowest unemployment rates.
