On Tuesday, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments for the two conservative-backed lawsuits that blocked Biden’s plan to cancel up to $20,000 in student debt for federal borrowers. While the liberal justices drilled the lawyers representing the two cases on the standing they have to bring the lawsuit, the conservative justices appeared skeptical of Biden’s authority to cancel student […]
PEN America and the American Council on Education (ACE) teamed up to provide campus leaders with viable strategies to fend off legislative attacks and leverage media relations and campus stakeholders in their defense.
Over the past five years, U.K. universities have seen the number of U.S. undergraduate applicants spike by 49%, according to the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service, which manages the U.K. public university admissions system. The number of Americans studying in France has risen 5% over the past five years and jumped 50% from 2020 to […]
These colleges may all be well over a hundred years old, but recent hirings prove there is still a first time for everything: NYU and three other colleges have all recently elected a Black or female president—or both—for the first time in their histories.
A long and lawyerly debate is underway at the American Bar Association over a question that could have lasting consequences for diversity in legal education: Should taking the LSAT be mandatory for people applying to law school? Today, law schools accredited by the bar association must require applicants to take a “valid and reliable” admission […]
Laspau, a Harvard-affiliated nonprofit that promotes higher education in Latin America and the Caribbean, will shut down after the University decided to revoke its affiliate status. “This is the result of a very long and thoughtful process that ultimately ended in the decision that Harvard and Laspau’s missions did not align,” wrote Jason A. Newton, […]
To begin with, do away with the essay: They're vague, hard to score and more than a third of students admit to making them up. After all, asks one academic integrity researcher, "What's their incentive for telling the truth?"
NAPLES, Fla. — As a feud over an African American studies course continues between Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration and the College Board, the governor said on Monday that Florida will “look to re-evaluate” its relationship with the organization. “This College Board, like, nobody elected them to anything. They’re just kind of there, and they’re providing service. So […]
Seemingly everyone must file a statement outlining their understanding of diversity, their past contributions to it and their plans “for advancing equity and inclusion” if hired. Not long ago, such statements were exotic and of marginal importance. Now they are de rigueur across most of the University of California system for hiring and tenure decisions. Read more on […]
