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Falwell in Exile
Jerry Falwell Jr. built Liberty University up before resigning as president amid a sex scandal. Now he’s banned from campus and locked in conflict with the institution his father founded.
New Programs: Mechatronics, Urban Design, Intraoperative Neuromonitoring
Berkshire Community College is starting an associate of science degree in mechatronics. Cornell University is starting a master of science...
New Programs: Business and Entrepreneurship, Government, Exercise Science
Lawrence University is starting a major in business and entrepreneurship. Paul Smith’s College is starting a B.S. in government and...
Capital Campaign Watch: California College of the Arts, Hendrix, U of Nebraska System, U of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Starting Out California College of the Arts is starting a campaign to raise $123 million. Thus far, the campaign has...
Commonplace or a Painful Practice?
Students at Morehouse College are up in arms about scholarship refunds they were expecting but won’t receive. The controversy sheds light on a larger debate about how colleges apply external and internal scholarships to student expenses.
A Building by Any Other Name
The Black Lives Matter protests inspired activists to demand the removal of controversial names from campus buildings. Many universities have established practices to guide them.
Opinion
Mispricing Tuition
Charging history or English majors lower tuition in line with lower labor costs could attract back students who have been abandoning the humanities, Fidel J. Tavárez writes.
A Big Payout for a Fired President
In 2015 College of DuPage trustees fired the president, refused to pay a $763,000 severance and dared him to file a lawsuit. He did. Now the college is settling for $4 million.