After attempting to rein in the skyrocketing costs of a state program that covers college expenses for some military families, Virginia leaders are discussing whether the move is proving so politically unpopular that they should return to Richmond to undo it.
Wealthy Republican- and Libertarian-backed megadonors are funding think tanks, influencing political thought and are largely behind recent attacks against university governance structures, declares a whitepaper by the American Association of University Professors.
Many students across the country are heading into the summer still figuring out their college future after a botched rollout of the revamped FAFSA form this year.
"The ability to connect with another human to bounce ideas off of is going to become even more important when an increasing percent of the internet is auto generated," says Casey Clark, a dean at Western Governors University who recently earned his coaching certification.
Philadelphia's University of the Arts will close its doors at the end of the week, the school announced, abruptly ending programs for its about 1,100 students and 700 faculty and staff amid financial trouble.
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.
The effort makes two years at a four-year public college, community or trade school free beginning this fall. The program applies to students who have family incomes of $90,000 or less.
Students being denied conferment—some of whom have faced arrests, expulsions, suspensions and other disciplinary action—say they're in limbo and are being made into examples. In the worst-case scenario, they'll be saddled with debt and will have no degree to show for it.
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Maurie McInnis, current president at Stony Brook University in New York, takes the reins at a tumultuous time following continued protests over the Israel-Hamas war.
