Jul 19 Ben Sasse, controversial University of Florida president, announces his resignation By Mike Schneider, Colleen Slevin, Associated Press University of Florida president Ben Sasse plans to leave his position to focus on his family after his wife was diagnosed with epilepsy. The former Nebraska senator was a controversial pick to lead one of the nation's top public universities… Continue reading
May 30 WATCH: Harris delivers commencement address at the U.S. Air Force Academy graduation By Jesse Bedayn, Associated Press Nearly 1,000 graduates were in attendance Thursday as Harris looked back to U.S. airpower during D-Day almost 80 years ago, and then forward to this generation’s edge on technological innovation. Continue reading
Apr 22 Columbia cancels in-person classes as pro-Palestinian protests sprout across U.S. campuses By Nick Perry, Dave Collins, Associated Press Following arrests last week at Columbia, pro-Palestinian demonstrators set up encampments on other campuses around the country, including at the University of Michigan, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the University of North Carolina. Continue reading
Apr 19 Biden's new Title IX rules protect LGBTQ students and sexual assault victims. Transgender athletes aren't mentioned By Collin Binkley, Associated Press The administration originally planned to include a new policy forbidding schools from enacting outright bans on transgender athletes, but that provision was put on hold. Instead, Biden is officially undoing sexual assault rules put in place by his predecessor and… Continue reading
Apr 08 New NAIA policy prevents transgender women from competing in women's college sports By Eric Olson, Associated Press The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics, which oversees some 83,000 athletes at schools across the country, is believed to be the first college sports organization to take such a step. Continue reading
Feb 19 Students applying for college facing uncertainty as revised FAFSA delayed By Adriana Morga, Associated Press For many students, the excitement of being accepted into their first-choice college is being tempered this year by a troublesome uncertainty over whether they'll get the financial aid they need to attend. Continue reading
Feb 18 Why students applying for college financial aid are facing new technical hurdles By Nadra Nittle, The 19th Marginalized students may have the most to lose as the Education Department’s rollout of the new Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) has hit several bumps. Continue reading
Dec 16 Watch 6:13 Meet Northwestern University's 1st class of incarcerated graduates By Brandis Friedman, WTTW The men in Northwestern University’s Prison Education Program have been called many things — mostly inmates. But these residents of a maximum security state prison in Illinois have been adding new titles: student, scholar, author, and now, college graduate. Chicago… Continue watching
Dec 09 Liz Magill, UPenn president, resigns after antisemitism testimony draws backlash By Associated Press The University of Pennsylvania’s president has resigned amid pressure from donors and criticism over testimony at a congressional hearing where she was unable to say under repeated questioning that calls on campus for the genocide of Jews would violate the school’s conduct… Continue reading
Sep 23 Watch 7:04 College hopefuls face changing admissions landscape after Supreme Court ruling By John Yang, Kaisha Young This fall is the first college application season in which schools are prohibited from considering race and ethnicity when making admissions decisions, after June's landmark Supreme Court ruling. Sandy Baum, a senior fellow at the Urban Institute's Center on Education… Continue watching