Listen to the article 12 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Just five years ago, Hampshire College seemed destined for a very different fate. The 54-year-old private liberal arts college in western Massachusetts teetered on the brink of closure due to financial constraints. It even opted not to…
Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: Marquette University, in Wisconsin, intends to cut $31 million from its operating budget by fiscal 2031, amid increasing economic and demographic pressures. In a Monday announcement, officials at the private Jesuit institution said the reductions…
In recent years, the University of New Hampshire (UNH) has taken a pioneering step towards enhancing academic support for its students through a strategic partnership with Knack, a cutting-edge peer tutoring platform. This collaboration was spotlighted in a webinar titled “How the University of New Hampshire Supports All Students in Every Course,” featuring insights from…
Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: 2U is at risk of being delisted from the Nasdaq Stock Market’s Global Select Market, according to a Thursday filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The company’s stock value has dropped below $1…
Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: A group of current and former Cornell University employees asked the U.S. Supreme Court March 11 to clarify what plaintiffs must show to claim that a retirement plan fiduciary engaged in prohibited transactions under the…
Listen to the article 13 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Interest in attending Morgan State University, a historically Black college in Baltimore, has reached historic highs over the past few years. Since 2018, the public university saw its enrollment surge 27%, with 9,808 students attending the institution…
The other day, I came across an old video from 1994. Television morning show hosts Katie Couric and Bryant Gumbel were attempting to understand the internet. Yes, the internet. Gumbel says with frustration and annoyance, “What is the internet anyway?” Couric then asks a producer, “Allison, can you explain what internet is?” From our perspective…
Listen to the article 4 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: Connecticut lawmakers advanced a bill Thursday that would ban the state’s public and private colleges from using legacy admissions to give preferential treatment to applicants related to alumni. Lawmakers on the state’s higher education committee…
Listen to the article 5 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. The U.S. Department of Education continues to lag on finalizing two key Title IX proposals anxiously awaited by district leaders for over three years — and now policy experts say it’s likely the department will finalize both…
Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: Kentucky’s performance-based funding regulations are unconstitutional because of their reliance on race, Russell Coleman, the state’s attorney general, said in an opinion issued Thursday. Coleman, a Republican, said the state is using “race-exclusive terms” to…