This is what is possible in higher education. 179 Livingston, a vibrant building in the heart of Brooklyn. A vision to truly put students first. A mission to keep the traditional alive while breaking down every other barrier so that it can be better. This is the new St. Francis College, just 14 days removed […]
After more than three decades of unsteadiness, a $32 million takeover by Goodwin University in 2021 and enrollment losses over the past four cycles, could the University of Bridgeport really be making a comeback? Bridgeport, under the direction of new president Dr. Danielle Wilken, announced on Monday that enrollments of first-year students have jumped by […]
Nine miles. That is all that separates Florida Gulf Coast University from the Gulf of Mexico and all that cushioned it from the Category 4, 150-mph winds of Hurricane Ian when it hit two weeks ago. But that ever-so-small buffer, a slight position to the south of the eyewall's center and its campus design may […]
The window for parents to apply for the Free Application for Federal Student Aid began on Oct. 1, and at least one financial services company is seeing positive signs coming out of the COVID-19 pandemic. Discover Student Loans, which conducted a survey of parents whose children are heading for college, said 72% will be filling […]
Although leadership upheaval has become the norm in higher education during the last three years, very few pundits could have dreamed up the potential cosmic transfer of power announced by a Nebraska senator on Thursday. That man, prominent Republican Ben Sasse, said he will quit his post in Congress to become the next president at […]
In 2020, the Association of American Universities, under the watch of then President Mary Sue Coleman, released a report on the state of sexual assaults on college campuses. Among the "disturbing" statistics cited was that 13% of all students have been victims. Coleman, now the President at the University of Michigan, called the increasing patterns […]
Did the $77 billion given by Congress to institutions of higher education during the COVID-19 pandemic, including a large portion earmarked for students, really make a difference? Emergency funds funneled by colleges and universities indeed were consequential as nearly 90% of recipients said they experienced less stress and were able to concentrate more clearly on […]
President Biden on Tuesday bashed the University of Idaho over its new guidance against offering birth control for students, arguing contraception shouldn’t be controversial in this day and age.
Calling it a “natural progression of our efforts to improve the overall well-being” of its campus, the University of Michigan will be installing a ban on e-cigarettes and other similar vaping devices and products by the middle of November. Although U-M first adopted smoking bans in 1987 and further measures over the next two decades, […]
Day after day this semester, gun violence has gripped the city of Philadelphia in areas just outside Temple University’s campus. The headlines speak for themselves: “8-year-old girl grazed in the head by stray bullet from ambush shooting near Temple University” “Man shot during gun battle in McDonald’s parking lot near Temple’s campus” “Senseless: Fatal shooting […]
