The Education Department is giving the more than 1,900 colleges missing some or all Financial Value Transparency data one last chance. Noncompliance could bring consequences.
Calif. Bill Could Create Designation for Asian-Serving Colleges
The proposal doesn’t have a funding component but would require institutions to establish plans to better serve Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander students.
Students’ Choices of Roommates, Clubs and More Fuel Higher Ed Polarization
A new book by sociologist Neil Gross argues universities aren’t doing enough to counteract students’ formation of their own ideological bubbles.
AI Career Skills Move Beyond Computer Science
New Handshake data shows how students across majors are building AI experience and navigating an evolving early-career job market.
States Narrow Funding Gaps for Historically Black Land-Grant Institutions
Three years after the Biden administration chided states for shortchanging historically Black land-grant institutions, some states have taken steps toward making it right.
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