Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. Hampshire College has taken down the American flag after it was burned two days following the presidential election, with the leader of the Amherst campus calling it “a disruptive symbol”. More...

Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. This year’s election has forced Americans to take notice of class divisions between workers. And while these divisions may at first ring of lazy stereotypes — the rural Rust Belt worker without a college degree and the coastal urban college-educated worker — they’re rooted in a real dynamic. More...

Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. With Inauguration Day just two months away, the Trump Administration is busy determining how to staff agencies and move forward with its policy agenda. One item that should remain at the top of the list: the cost of college. More...

Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. President-elect Donald Trump on Saturday defended his decision to settle lawsuits over his Trump University real estate seminars for $25 million, saying he does not have time to fight the fraud cases in court now that he is headed to the White House. More...

Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. Lawyers for President-elect Donald Trump want more information on how a pool of 100 potential jurors were chosen for the class-action Trump University fraud trial scheduled to begin this month in San Diego. More...

Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. Stakeholders are finalizing a plan for getting more than 1,000 teachers the graduate credits necessary to continue leading college-level courses for Minnesota high school students in 2022 and beyond. More...

Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. The 1960s witnessed a major shift in higher education in the Anglo-American world, which saw university life upended and reshaped in profoundly important ways: in the composition of student bodies and faculties; structures of governance; ways of doing institutional business; and relationships to the public issues of the day. Coeducation was one of those changes. More...

Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. “You don’t pray for an easy road; you pray for a strong back.” This is how one professor responded to the question, “What has it been like to be a black faculty or staff member on a predominantly white campus in the era of Black Lives Matter?” More...

Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. Education is among the worst-paid majors in Utah when it comes to starting salaries, according to a report from the state auditor released Monday. More...

Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. For many academic traditionalists, the military may seem an unlikely route to the college presidency — unless you’re looking to lead a military university. But in many instances, the discipline and balance that make one a successful serviceman or woman translate into exactly the type of leadership needed to guide an academic institution. More...