By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf. Hofstra University has suspended its chapter of Alpha Epsilon Pi after a recording went viral of fraternity members forcing a dog to drink beer at an off-campus party. More...
Report: Students Favor Free Speech Rights, Inclusivity Almost Equally
By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf. A new report on free speech by College Pulse suggests that while college students value free speech, they almost equally want an “inclusive society.” More...
Students With Debt Value High-Paying Jobs Over Satisfaction
By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf. Researchers have found that individuals with higher amounts of student debt tend to take jobs that pay more but they enjoy less. More...
Buttigieg Backs Debt-Free College
By Andrew Kreighbaum. South Bend, Ind., mayor Pete Buttigieg called Thursday for free tuition at public colleges for students from middle-income families and debt-free college for low-income students in a higher ed platform posted to his website. More...
Student Aid Verification Process Falls Short
By Andrew Kreighbaum. Inspector general's report backs up complaints from student aid administrators about income-verification process. But Education Department says it is already carrying out several recommendations. More...
House Spending Package Boosts Funding for NEH, NEA
By Andrew Kreighbaum. The National Endowment for the Humanities and the National Endowment for the Arts would each receive a $12.5 million funding increase in a spending package released Tuesday by the House Appropriations Subcommittee on the Interior, Environment and Related Agencies. More...
Report on U.S. Research Warns of Loss of International Standing
By Andrew Kreighbaum. The U.S. remains the world leader in funding of scientific research but risks losing that spot to international competitors, warns a report released Tuesday. More...
White House Wants to Use Pell Surplus to Fund NASA
By Andrew Kreighbaum. The Trump administration proposed cutting the Pell Grant surplus to fund new spending at agencies including NASA in a budget amendment this week. More...
Colleges Scramble to Report Financial Risks
By Andrew Kreighbaum. Obama-era rule requires colleges to disclose litigation and other possible indicators of financial instability to feds, with some college leaders complaining that the requirement is overly broad and confusing. More...
HBCU Group Dissents From Criticism of Accreditor
By Andrew Kreighbaum. The National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education (NAFEO), a nonprofit that represents historically black colleges as well as predominantly black institutions, dissented from other another black college group's criticism of a regional accreditor in a statement this week. More...