College presidents today are confronting challenges that they did not create and often can’t control, writes Susan Resneck Pierce. More...
Student Protest Roundup
By . In the United States, maybe the most interesting story of the last few weeks has been the student occupation of the Administration Building at Howard University, a historically black university in Washington DC. The ostensible trigger was the revelation that several university employees had been effectively embezzling student financial aid money, but it also had deeper roots in the sub-standard housing available to university students. More...
Miracle at Purdue?
By . If you follow US higher ed news at all, you will have heard the story of Purdue University, Indiana’s other, somewhat more STEM-focussed, state university system. Under the leadership of former Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels, Purdue has managed to freeze in-state tuition stable for the last seven years. How is this happening, you ask. More...
Lo! More Mediocre Provincial Budgets
By . The Government of Saskatchewan delivered its budget yesterday which means that all ten provinces are now in – much earlier than usual (there’s usually one irritating May holdout). And guess what? It’s another year of (on aggregate at least) barely keeping up with inflation. More...
Enough, Ontario
By . Our usual annual round-up of provincial budgets will come Wednesday, right after Saskatchewan posts its numbers, but as I was writing a draft of the piece I realized it makes almost no sense to talk about national trends in provincial funding without looking at what is going on in Ontario, because to a large extent it drives the national numbers. More...
State receives 80 complaints from Mount Ida students
State higher education officials have received about 80 complaints from angry Mount Ida College students and their families reeling in the wake of the news that their school will close next month, according to Carlos Santiago, commissioner of the Department of Higher Education. More...
The risk of kicking higher ed reauthorization down the road
The House Committee on Education and the Workforce moved its higher education reauthorization bill, the Promoting Real Opportunity, Success, and Prosperity through Education Reform Act (PROSPER Act), out of committee five months ago. More...
Palomar College increases police as cautionary measure after threat
Palomar College notified the campus community it would have an increased police presence this week in the hopes of easing campus concerns after a student threatened last month to carry out a shooting on Friday, the 19th anniversary of the deadly Columbine High School shooting. More...
Holding the line on schools’ off-campus duty of care
In most jurisdictions, it is well-established that colleges, universities and other schools may impose discipline on students for purely off-campus behavior where that conduct “impacts the mission” of the school or otherwise creates a “substantial disruption” to the school or its students. More...
Developing concealed-carry policies for campuses
In states that allow concealed weapons on campus, many community college presidents have undertaken lengthy feedback-gathering sessions to develop a policy. More...