Political interference and declining enrollment, two of higher education's most formidable trends, have already begun to impact several colleges and universities this Fall—and at one major university system, the two are coalescing.
Between a multitude of nuanced state laws and the NCAA's timid guidance, student-athletes face a cacophony of different regulation efforts and new recruitment tactics. Are institutions putting them first?
Revamping how leaders approach faculty affairs is essential for an institution's vitality in the face of political hostility, decline in spending power and poor public perception.
Days before the news of football coach Pat Fitzgerald’s firing broke, State Rep. Kam Buckner (D) vowed to file legislation that creates the athlete bill of rights to codify what he says “true protection should look like.” “If I was in this position, if I would have stepped forward and said anything, you run the risk […]
Prisoners who enroll in postsecondary education programs are 48% less likely to be reincarcerated than those who do not, according to the Journal of Experimental Criminology.
With Wisconsin lawmakers and Arkansas university leadership recently choosing to curb DEI programs, stakeholders have found different strategizes to accomplish the same goal.
As it stands now, 11 of the 14 universities in the Big Ten conference allow alcohol sales, Marlon Lynch, MSU’s vice president and chief safety officer, told a Senate committee this week. The three that don’t are Michigan State University, University of Michigan and the University of Nebraska, he said. Lynch said his colleagues at […]
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill Monday prohibiting Florida's public institutions from spending money on initiatives related to diversity, equity and inclusion, which he believes "promote(s) dangerous political and social activism."
The fight over racial equity and free speech on Wisconsin college campuses is intensifying, mirroring a national battle as Republicans work to close campus diversity offices and demand students and faculty treat conservative speakers with respect. In the past two weeks, the state’s top Republican announced a push to defund the University of Wisconsin System’s diversity […]
