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Early Adversity and Brain Development

Early life adversities can have a lifelong impact. In today’s Academic Minute, Tallie Z. Baram of the University of California...

Congress Eyes Income-Share Agreement Reform, Again

The bipartisan bill would create new guardrails for income-share agreements used in higher education programs and is supported by ISA providers. Critics, however, view ISAs as a predatory form of financial aid and a bad solution to making college affordable.

Dissecting the Campus Speech Problem

A gathering of academic administrators gets schooled in why students see their speech rights slipping—and what colleges can do about it.

Study: Why Borrowers Default

Before the nationwide pause on federal student loan payments, one-third of the nation’s nearly 43.4 million borrowers in repayment before...

Eastern Gateway Community College Resumes Offering Pell Grants

Eastern Gateway Community College can enroll students and disburse Pell Grants for its online free college program for union members...

Canadian Universities Tackle False Claims of Indigenous Identities

Queen’s University apologized over a case in which six faculty were regarded as falsely claiming Indigenous status.
Opinion

Normalizing the Unknown for First-Gen Students

Higher ed institutions must reassure first-generation students that it’s OK not to have all the answers, writes Nick Ladany, a first-gen student who became a university president.

Report: HBCUs Need More Federal Funding

A new report from the United Negro College Fund, which represents private historically Black colleges and universities, calls on Congress...