Several institutions have found ways to sooth student frustrations without calling in law enforcement, a strategy which risks emboldening protestors and casting a dark shadow on a university's image.
School leaders who wish to comply with new regulations while simultaneously ensuring they're appealing to diverse student bodies are parrying legislative restrictions with a simple yet sly strategy: rebranding their DEI offices.
"As a result of our budget decisions, the university will be in a position to allocate sufficient funds to ensure no college starts FY 2025 in a budget deficit," University of Arizona President Robert Robbins wrote in an email to the community ahead of the board meeting.
The University System of Georgia Board of Regents voted Tuesday to increase tuition at all 26 state institutions for the coming academic year. According to a statement from USG, in-state undergraduate tuition will increase 2.5% and out-of-state tuition will go up 5%. Additionally, the USG announced that a third tuition level will be established for […]
In-state tuition at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and other campuses in the system will increase 3.75% next school year under a plan approved unanimously by the Board of Regents on Thursday. Combined with an increase in fees, the total tuition and fee increase will be 4.4% on average, the university said. The tuition increase alone equates […]
At least six four-year institutions have hired a president in the past two weeks. Among them, two are walking into rough waters as each institution endures a year of upheaval and controversy.
Manhattanville College became Manhattanville University on Wednesday, a sign to the public of a broader range of academic offerings. The change was made possible, in part, because of an update in 2022 to the state Board of Regents’ definition of a university. In remarks Wednesday, Frank Sánchez, Manhattanville’s new president, said the classification as a […]
The Iowa Senate passed two bills relating to community colleges and the Iowa College Student Aid Commission Monday, sending one to the governor’s desk and the other to the House. House File 2153 would change reporting requirements for the Iowa College Student Aid Commission, or Iowa College Aid, including striking requirements for annual reports on […]
By a vote of 13-to-12, the full Senate on Tuesday rejected the reconfirmation of University of Hawaii Board of Regents Interim Chair Alapaki Nahale-a. This comes after a senate committee voted unanimously against his confirmation last week―a move the UH faculty union is calling an abuse of power. During a humiliating confirmation hearing before the state Senate’s […]
