Community Colleges Make Difficult Calls and Cuts Under Trump
Some community colleges have stripped back DEI programming and made other cuts under federal and state pressures. Read more
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The Education Dept. Wants to End DEI. Does It Have the Staff?
The Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights was swamped before President Trump took a sledgehammer to it. Read more
New Catholic trade school mixes theology with technical skills to meet labor shortages
A new Catholic trade school called The College of Saint Joseph the Worker recently opened in Steubenville, Ohio, to train students “in skilled and dignified labor.” Read more
Certificates are the only new growth in undergraduate degrees
Students earning certificates led to an increase in the number of undergraduate degrees awarded for the first time in three years. That surge, however, masked a pair of significant drops in higher ed completion rates. Read more
UC Riverside receives $500K to ‘diversify’ engineering faculty
The University of California Riverside will “expand efforts to diversify its engineering faculty” with the help of over $500,000 from the university system. Read more
Harvard, UCLA, Stanford among schools across U.S. reporting student visa revocations
The student visas of five individuals currently attending or recently graduated from Harvard University have been revoked, according to Harvard. Read more
Most students believe Colleges promote free speech
While freedom of speech remains a hot-button issue in higher ed, most undergraduates feel like they’re free to speak their minds on campus, according to a new report by the Lumina Foundation and Gallup. Read more
Higher Ed Needs Checks and Balances
If we don’t promote viewpoint diversity from the inside, it will be imposed from the outside. Read more
Bailouts needed as university failure ‘unthinkable’, says Augar
Former banker who chaired last funding review says recommendation that fees be frozen ‘taken too far’ Read more
New research backs standardized tests as predictor of ‘college success—without bias’
A research team is on the cusp of releasing a new study that may contribute to the discussion about whether standardized test scores should have a place in the college admissions process. Read more
