The Dartmouth Men's Basketball team voted 13-2 in favor of becoming the first-ever labor union for college athletes on Tuesday afternoon. The vote could present a huge shakeup to the National Collegiate Athletics Association's (NCAA) model, which currently only allows college athletes to financially benefit from their role on teams through name, image and likeness. Read […]
While the study appears to be mostly beneficial for college students, the results also have huge implications for colleges and universities. Students who secured at least one internship during their time in college bucked the trend as they were 49% less likely to be underemployed.
At least 14 nonprofit colleges announced they were closing last year. New York had the most institutions to close with three, followed by Wisconsin with two. Notre Dame College's closure marks the first in Ohio since then.
Program activities of fraternities and sororities at the University of Maryland have been suspended indefinitely, the university announced. The University of Maryland's decision comes after the University of Virginia suspended its Kappa Sigma chapter and all fraternity events following an alleged hazing incident last month that left a student injured. In a statement, the university said that it had "reason […]
As colleges and universities across Florida and Texas are forced to shudder their DEI offices, higher education leaders in other states whose lawmakers threaten to propose similar legislation are voicing their opposition—before it becomes too late.
Michigan State University Board of Trustees Chair Rema Vassar is resigning as the board's leader Sunday night as fellow board members plan to meet virtually after a critical report was released last week. It ends 14 months of leadership by the first Black woman to chair the MSU board, and one of the first chairs […]
Speech First, a group formed to advocate for students' free speech rights, petitioned the court to hear an appeal after a lower court tossed its lawsuit over a Virginia Tech school policy enabling students to anonymously report bias incidents. The bias response team Virginia Tech created would have allowed students to anonymously report incidents of […]
A disturbing video that leaked online appears to depict members of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity at the University of Miami engaging in a troubling act of hazing within their fraternity house. The video, which has garnered attention on social media, shows one student crouching inside a trash can while others surrounding him chug large […]
In a Friday meeting with Jefferson County superintendents, Youngstown State University President Bill Johnson affirmed his commitment to an expansion of education in the Steubenville region. This expansion could even come in the form of a physical campus. Johnson seized the opportunity to assure the county's educational leaders of YSU's "unwavering commitment" to seamlessly transition […]
The University of California, Los Angeles' Latino Policy and Politics Institute analyzed data from the 2021 American Community Survey and found that more Latinas are pursuing a bachelor's degree or higher than ever before. The number of Latina students pursuing a bachelor's degree or higher rose from 1 million in 2000 to over 3.5 million in 2021, […]
