The Council on Postsecondary Education (CPE) has made initial changes to the way Kentucky public universities receive state funding, removing "race-based metrics" from the performance-funding model to be in compliance with a law passed earlier this month. Senate Bill 191, signed by Gov. Andy Beshear on April 18, explicitly bars CPE from considering race in […]
Employers are souring on Ivy League and Ivy-Plus institutions and have elected the next banner of institutions producing the highest-performing professionals, according to a new breakdown from Forbes.
While race-conscious admissions practices were touted to help colleges and universities increase the diversity of their incoming class sizes, its actual contribution was marginal at best, according to a new analysis by the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce (CEW).
Alabama A&M University leadership wants to buy soon-to-close Birmingham-Southern College, a move leadership says would help the growing college expand into one of its primary student markets and be a boon for the surrounding community. Based in Huntsville, Alabama A&M is the state's largest historically Black college. It currently has its largest enrollment, 6,600 students, […]
The City College of New York, part of the CUNY system, is moving to remote learning starting Wednesday following continued protests and the development of an encampment on the college's campus, school officials said. NYPD officers entered the campus in large numbers late Tuesday night after receiving a request for assistance from City College to […]
Despite contending with tight budgets, many institutions are getting creative in their approach to interjecting campuses with impactful learning spaces.
After productive discussions between Brown University leaders and students who have held an encampment on the Brown campus since April 24, the parties reached an agreement that will end the encampment by 5 p.m. on Tuesday, April 30. The University agreed that five students will be invited to meet with five members of the Corporation […]
As institutions increase their need- and merit-based scholarships to assist families from opposite ends of the economic spectrum, middle-class students are left with fewer options—and higher bills.
After losing his top pick for a postdoctoral assistant to another college, University of Florida professor Zhengfei Guan knew who was to blame: Gov. Ron DeSantis. Guan, a Chinese national with lawful permanent residence in Florida, and two Chinese Florida International University students filed a lawsuit last month looking to block a law that bans […]
As presidents ratchet up their measures to snuff campus protests, utilizing law enforcement and threats of suspension and arrest, faculty are increasingly becoming more disdainful toward their institutional leadership.
