After copying a program from the City University of New York, three colleges gave low-income students extra help in the form of advising, financial assistance, and full-time enrollment to boost their completion rates. On Education Dive.
Small colleges like UMass-Lowell jump at the chance to play powerhouses like Ohio State thanks to the cash bonuses they receive. On the Berkshire Eagle.
Some Texas colleges have received grants to design low-cost bachelor degree programs to help students avoid large amounts of debt. On Forbes.
Writing that criticizes the Students for Fair Admissions lawsuit against Harvard reliably twists and misconstrues the words and motivations of those against the current "diversity" mania. On the Claremont Review of Books.
UNC athletics will keep most of its top coaching staff through 2023—and some of those positions come with Nike contracts too. On the Daily Tar Heel.
California public opinion favors free community college, but doing so would drain the state budget without delivering results. On Reason.
Gonzaga gives in to the power of the hecklor's veto by allowing the threat of protests to prevent students from hearing a speaker. On FIRE.
Arizona State University's president argued that the big problem in higher ed isn't student debt, but students failing to finish a degree. On CNBC.
Citing its concern for inclusive values, a student was ordered to remove an anti-Nazi sign from her dorm window. On The Hill.
While the Department of Education and National Institutes of Health remain open, other funding agencies that issue grants to colleges and researchers are closed and new funds will not be issued. On Inside Higher Ed.