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Goal Setting and Resolutions
Having vague goals makes them even harder to reach. In today’s Academic Minute, Edith Cowan University’s Joanne M. Dickson determines...
State Financial Aid Totals Climb
Two-thirds of all undergraduate, need-based grant aid awarded during the 2019–20 academic year was concentrated in eight states. California handed out $2.4 billion, the most of any state.
Capital Campaign Watch: Bluefield, UNC Chapel Hill
Bluefield University, in Virginia, has raised more than $18 million in a campaign that started in 2017. The goal was...
Supreme Court Blocks OSHA Vaccine Mandate
The Supreme Court on Thursday blocked an Occupational Safety and Health Administration rule mandating that large employers require employees get...
Iowa Becomes Test Optional in Public University Admissions
The Iowa Board of Regents voted this week to become test optional in admissions at the state’s three public universities...
First Came the Stunt, Then the Suspension
Part performance, part protest, a professor’s video got him suspended from Ferris State University. He didn’t want to teach in person in the first place due to COVID-19, and he says he’s retiring. His union says the suspension is an attack on academic freedom.
UVA Provost to Become 9th President of UPenn
M. Elizabeth Magill, executive vice president and provost of the University of Virginia, has been nominated to serve as the...
Navient Reaches $1.85B Settlement With States
Thirty-nine state attorneys general announced a settlement with Navient over the servicing of student loans. “For too long, Navient contributed...