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The Dark Side of Lottery-Funded Scholarships
More and more states are creating lottery-funded scholarship programs, but they disproportionately hurt the people they’re often intended to help.
New Programs: Manufacturing Technology, Public Health, Robotics, Game Programming, Biology
Austin Community College is starting a bachelor of applied technology in manufacturing engineering technology. Boston University is starting an online...
Capital Campaign Watch: Dickinson, Fordham, Springfield, Tulane
Starting Off Dickinson College is starting a campaign to raise $75 million for financial aid. The college has already raised...
Opinion
A Giving Pledge for Rural Public Universities
Private donors could do a lot to help such institutions and the students whose lives they transform, writes Stan Spilecki.
Capital Campaigns Make a Comeback
During the pandemic, fundraising mainly supported emergency funds to keep students healthy and enrolled in college. This fall, colleges are unveiling broad capital campaigns that they’d put on hold.
Relieving the Verification Burden
FAFSA verification can be a burden for students and institutions alike. College access advisers and financial aid administrators say data sharing and changing how the Education Department selects students for verification could provide relief.
Capital Campaign Watch: Brown, Emporia State, Our Lady of the Lake, U of Louisiana at Lafayette
Starting Out Our Lady of the Lake University, in Texas, is starting a campaign to raise $55 million by 2023...
A New Push to Create a 3-Year Degree Option
Higher education thought leaders and colleges are working together to create a three-year bachelor’s degree program that will offer all the value of a four-year degree—for less cost.