higher education

This year's FAFSA is officially open. Early review says it's 'a piece of cake'

11:40am November 21, 2024

The FAFSA form is now open to students hoping to get help paying for college in the 2025-26 academic year. Students can expect a much smoother process compared to the last cycle.

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Here’s where Trump and Harris stand on 6 education issues

5:00am September 08, 2024

From school choice to college affordability, Trump and Harris don't have a lot in common. Ahead of the candidates’ only scheduled debate, we’ve put together a handy primer of their education views.

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Teens are losing interest in school, and say they hear about college 'a lot'

5:00am August 29, 2024

A new poll finds Gen Z teens are optimistic about the future but feeling less engaged at school.

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Pedestrians pass through The Ohio State University's student union.

Ohio reviewing race-based scholarships after Supreme Court affirmative action ruling

9:06am May 18, 2024

by Sarah Donaldson

Higher education officials in Ohio are reviewing race-based scholarships after last year's Supreme Court ruling on affirmative action.

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Senators meet in the senate chamber at the Statehouse, Thursday, Feb. 1, 2024, in Indianapolis.

New Indiana law requires professors to promote 'intellectual diversity' to keep tenure

3:08pm March 22, 2024

by Ethan Sandweiss

A new Indiana law requires professors to promote "intellectual diversity" to receive tenure. Critics worry the measure will dissuade academics from staying in the state.

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Utah Gov. Spencer Cox is shown speaking at the PBS Utah Governor's Monthly News Conference at the Eccles Broadcast Center in Salt Lake City, Oct. 19, 2023.

National

Utah is the latest state to ban DEI efforts on campus and in government

12:31am January 31, 2024

by The Associated Press

Utah's governor signed a bill into law Tuesday that makes the state the latest to prohibit diversity training, hiring and inclusion programs at universities and in state government.

The Tennessee State University Aristocrat of Bands performs during the 2023 National Battle of the Bands, a showcase for HBCU marching bands, held at NRG Stadium Saturday, August 26, 2023, in Houston.

Education

State-run, land-grant HBCUs are owed more than $13 billion, the White House says

7:14pm September 18, 2023

by Ayana Archie

The government is supposed to provide equal funding to land-grant, state-run historically Black colleges and universities under the Morrill Act of 1890.

Protesters for and against affirmative action demonstrate on Capitol Hill on Thursday. The Supreme Court ruled that race-conscious admissions programs at Harvard University and the University of North Carolina are unconstitutional.

With affirmative action gutted for college, race-conscious work programs may be next

5:34am June 30, 2023

by Elena Moore

With the Supreme Court having ruled against affirmative action policies in higher education, some legal experts worry about the future of workplace diversity, equity and inclusion programs.

Wellesley College, in Massachusetts, was founded in 1870 to educate women. Its students are now pushing for more inclusive policies in admissions and communications.

Students want this women's college to rethink its notion of gender in admissions

1:27pm March 15, 2023

by Rachel Treisman

Wellesley College currently admits only some transgender and nonbinary applicants. Students voted for a non-binding referendum pushing for more inclusive admissions and communications policies.

People walk on the Stanford University campus beneath Hoover Tower in Stanford, Calif., on March 14, 2019. Stanford University says it is investigating after multiple swastikas and an image of Adolf Hitler were found on a door Saturday at a Stanford student residence hall.

Stanford University investigates swastikas and Hitler image left on student's door

1:08am March 13, 2023

by Jonathan Franklin

News of the instance of antisemitism is one of several hate incidents reported on Stanford's campus this academic year.