As Georgia’s public universities mull whether to raise tuition, Chancellor Sonny Perdue says he hopes state lawmakers will restore the $66 million they cut from the system’s teaching budget when they return next year. State senators, who insisted on the cut, said universities should cover the shortfall with some of their roughly $500 million in […]

A new acquisition by the University of Idaho will expand its academic offerings and student outreach amid higher education's sweeping demographic changes.

"We're about to fall off that cliff," said Higher Education Co-Chairman Gregg Haddad referring to the reliance the state system placed on one-time federal aid investments, such as the American Rescue Plan.

As I recount in the excerpt below, college students are a favorite target of plasma companies, who know that young students need extra cash. I spent time in one unique college town in the Mountain West asking why so many students there sell plasma. The geotargeting of plasma extraction leaves a lot of people out […]