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Governor Asks California Court to Relieve Berkeley
California governor Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, has asked the California Supreme Court to block a lower court’s order capping enrollment...
Threats of Violence Don’t Stop Learning in an Online World
Curry College easily shifted classes online after being targeted by threats of violence. College officials used the technological know-how gleaned during the pandemic to keep students learning and safe.
Death Care
We’ve all heard a lot about death tolls in recent months. In today’s Academic Minute, the University of Central Florida’s...
College Endowments Boomed in Fiscal 2021
The average endowment’s size increased by 35 percent, leaving 19 percent of institutions with endowments worth more than $1 billion. But experts say few students benefited from that growth.
University of Kansas Looks to Cut 42 Academic Programs
Faculty members agree with the administration on cutting 28 programs but are fighting to keep 14 others alive. More cuts may be on the horizon for the state university system.
Proposals to End Use of Test Scores Advance Within NCAA
For more than 30 years, the National Collegiate Athletic Association has based decisions about whether athletes are academically eligible to...
Opinion
Don’t Look Up: Higher Education’s Missing Science/Tech Leaders
Less selective universities should hire more senior administrators with STEM backgrounds—or risk shortchanging their students in competition for the best jobs, Ryan Craig argues.
Aspen U Nursing Program Under Fire for ‘Severe’ Problems
Aspen University, a private, for-profit online institution based in Denver, must sign a consent agreement with the Arizona State Board...