By Scott Jaschik. Fund-raisers at public and private colleges and universities predict an increase of 5.2 percent in giving in the 2017 academic year, according to a survey released Thursday by the Council for Advancement and Support of Education. Read more...

By Scott Jaschik. A federal judge issued an injunction Friday blocking the University of North Carolina from enforcing HB2, the law requiring state agencies to block transgender people from using bathrooms consistent with their gender identity, with regard to transgender students and employees of various campuses who have sued over the law. Read more...

By Scott Jaschik. Many colleges issue press releases in August about their incoming classes, noting academic successes (record high SAT or ACT scores, for example), and all kinds of demographic information (numbers of minority students, the gender split, etc.). Read more...

By Scott Jaschik. Inside Higher Ed is pleased to release today our latest print-on-demand compilation, "Seeking a Competitive Advantage." The articles explore the many ways colleges seek to position themselves in a competitive, changing environment. You may download the booklet, free, here. Read more...

By Scott Jaschik. The pressure on college admissions offices to produce a new class is getting more intense, according to the 2016 Inside Higher Ed Survey of College and University Admissions Directors. And the percentage of colleges that met their goals by May 1, the traditional date by which colleges aim to have created their class, is down. Read more...

By Scott Jaschik. Admissions group calls on colleges to require recruiting agents to disclose their financial ties to those they are seeking to recruit. Read more...

By Scott Jaschik. City U of New York, Bowdoin and Trinity of Connecticut all move this month to drop the charges for low-income applicants. Read more...

By Scott Jaschik. In the United States, Hillary Clinton is pushing to make public higher education debt-free for most Americans. Britain, meanwhile, is adjusting to much higher tuition rates than have been the norm. And policy makers in many countries are debating the significance of countries without tuition. Read more...