Digital alternatives at residential colleges and other new ways of delivering education have exploded since the pandemic forced schools to shut down in March 2020, forcing a reckoning in a sector already reeling from enrollment declines, rising tuition and unmanageable, often hidden student debt. Read more

Back to school or back to Zoom? These colleges are delaying in-person classes. Read more

In an effort to welcome back students to campus, the University of Wisconsin-Madison will host a “Welcome BBQ” intended only for students of color. Read more

Prison inmates around the U.S. are getting the chance to do something that was almost unheard of a generation ago: pursue a college degree while behind bars and with financial support from the federal government. Read more

Women far outnumber men in American higher education. Recent data from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center showed that more than 10 million women enrolled at a college or university last spring, compared with 6.8 million men. Read more

EU-wide law could curb the influence of big tech while enabling the free flow of knowledge throughout the bloc, Read more

One class required for freshmen at American University now has a section only for Black students. Read more

'Pets can help students make friends by acting as an icebreaker,' Shenandoah University's new animal policy says Read more

A recent webinar published by the Virginia Department of Education on “culturally responsive and inclusive” teaching about the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks instructs educators not to bring up Muslim terrorism in discussions. Read more

They thought they were doing the right thing by staying put for their first year of graduate school. Now they’re facing unexpected out-of-state fees from the City University of New York. Read more