Private Colleges Are Pitching Free Tuition for Middle-Class Students. Will It Make a Difference?
When it came time to decide where to enroll for college, Maggie Stearns hit a crossroads. Read more
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House Dem Leader Demands Hearing Over Political Out-of-Office Emails
The Department of Education is facing more pushback after furloughed employees had politically charged out-of-office notifications placed on their email without their consent. Read more
London move a ‘natural step’ for remote Australian university
UK offers reassuring familiarity for Charles Darwin’s TNE ‘push’ but vice-chancellor says its MBA courses will be unlike anything already available Read more
New poll: Students say free speech matters until someone says something offensive
71 percent of students would report a professor for saying something offensive, according to results Read more
How off-campus housing support builds student success at this university
At Colorado State University, off-campus housing is viewed as the foundation of academic success. Off-Campus Life, a department within the university, helps students find stability and community. T Read more
With Compact, Universities weigh whether to give up freedoms for unknown payout
Higher ed organizations have raised alarm over a federal government document that asks universities to agree to significant restrictions without specifying what they’ll gain—or what they’ll lose for refusing. Read more
Regulate ‘inflated’ v-c salaries, Australian senators told
Institutional autonomy ‘not threatened’ by proposal to more than halve executive pay, academics say, as universities insist councils should maintain control Read more
Only 14 states require colleges to teach students about civics: report
Only 14 states require civics courses to be included in college general education programs, according to a new report by the James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal released Monday. Read more
Federal workers sue the Education Department over partisan shutdown emails
A federal workers union is suing the Trump administration for inserting language into Department of Education employees’ out-of-office email messages blaming Democrats for the government shutdown. Read more
Despite return-to-Campus push, remote work in Higher Ed is increasingly popular
Around one in eight employees in higher education can work remotely, according to estimates released last week by the Bureau of Labor Statistics — up from around one in 13 in 2019. Read more
