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New Hope After Enrollment Declines at Massachusetts Community Colleges
The state’s community colleges have had steep, decades-long enrollment drops. Their leaders believe a proposed free college program for adult learners can help turn trends around.
Harvard Dishonesty Researcher Now on Administrative Leave
Harvard University has placed a business administration professor who studies dishonesty on administrative leave, The Chronicle of Higher Education reports...
MIT Exonerates Professor—After 3.5-Year Wait
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology received research misconduct allegations against Ram Sasisekharan in 2019. It didn’t clear his name until this spring.
Striking U of Washington Postdocs, Scientists Reach Tentative Deal
University of Washington postdoctoral researchers and research scientists and engineers announced Thursday that they have paused their strike after reaching...
‘More Refined’ Performance-Based Funding for Community Colleges
Oregon and other states are on the verge of embracing new performance-based funding models for their community colleges. Higher ed experts say these kinds of models have changed in recent years.
Binghamton and HBCUs Launch Research Alliance
Binghamton University, part of the State University of New York system, and six historically Black colleges and universities have launched...
Morgan State Investigates Professor Who Solicited Jeffrey Epstein Donation
An associate professor of math at Morgan State University is being investigated by the historically Black university after he asked...
‘America’s Hidden Economic Engines’
A new book from the Harvard Project on Workforce paints community colleges as pivotal for economic prosperity. The book’s editors and a community college president discuss why.