Wearing face masks and practicing social distancing are not what many students had in mind when they pictured their college experience. Yet for students returning to campus this fall, these behaviors must be […]

Pennsylvania’s State System of Higher Education is in trouble. Years of falling student enrollment, declining state funding and increased competition — particularly from out-of-state online providers — have c […]

Amid fears of low fall enrollment and widespread disruption to students’ academic progress, colleges are getting creative with ways to engage with students. 

At Fairfield University, a small private in […]

As of July 1, all higher education institutions in receipt of federal financial aid are required to inform prospective students whether a degree program will qualify them to work in the state where they are […]

Dozens of struggling higher education associations have been awarded tens of millions of dollars in forgivable loans as part of a $660 billion government relief package designed to prevent layoffs at small […]

Widespread disruption to the spring semester did not result in an unusually large number of students changing their enrollment status, according to new research by the National Student Clearinghouse Research […]

To understand and prevent the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers are working at a rapid clip.

As funders scale COVID-19 research grants and expedite application processes, publishers too are trying […]

As college campuses prepare for an uncertain fall semester, students face difficult decisions about their futures, too. Should they go back to campus in the middle of a pandemic? Should they keep studying […]

As college campuses prepare for an uncertain fall semester, students face difficult decisions about their futures, too. Should they go back to campus in the middle of a pandemic? Should they keep studying […]

The University of California system is on a mission to break down publisher paywalls. Yesterday, the 10-campus system took a significant step toward that goal, announcing a huge open-access deal with publisher […]

Cybercriminals have found a new way to extort universities — stealing sensitive information and then threatening to share it on the dark web unless a bounty is paid.

Three institutions were successfully targeted […]

Cybercriminals have found a new way to extort universities — stealing sensitive information and then threatening to share it on the dark web unless a bounty is paid.

Three institutions were successfully targeted […]

Dozens of college presidents published statements last week after a white Minneapolis police officer held his knee on George Floyd's neck for more than eight minutes, killing the black man on May 25 and […]

Thousands of protesters across the nation have in recent days voiced their anguish over the death of George Floyd, a black man killed by a white police officer in Minneapolis.

Many people who participated in […]

In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, many instructors with little or no remote teaching experience were forced to move their classes online.

Given scant guidance or time to prepare, this large-scale experiment […]

Thousands of graduates won’t get to walk the stage this month, but that won’t stop the celebrations.

To supplement official virtual events organized by universities and colleges, graduating students are org […]

Cengage and McGraw-Hill Education’s goal of creating one giant educational publisher has been abandoned, the publishers announced yesterday.

The planned “merger of equals,” announced in May 2019, was supposed t […]

Today is the last day of April, and what a month it has been.

No doubt some poignant reflections on the past 30 days on lockdown will circulate the internet today.

But if quarantine life is stifling your […]