Students who relocated to Massachusetts from Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands because of Hurricane Maria will be immediately eligible to pay lower in-state public higher education tuition rates under a proposal unanimously approved on Tuesday by the state Board of Higher Education. More...
Align employee retention with college goals
By aligning goals, HR helps employees see the big picture, proves its value as a business partner, and retains the talent needed for the institution to move forward and accomplish its mission. More...
Designing the institution to support success
The conditions in the two-year college environment have changed significantly in recent years. Many of these colleges are open-enrollment institutions, however their goalposts for success have shifted from access to completion. More...
GCC gets grant to start tech lending library
A new grant from the state will allow some of the low-income Greenfield Community College students to borrow laptops and other Internet access devices for use at home. More...
New higher ed bill rolls back Obama-era safeguards
Congressional Republicans begin work on Tuesday on an extensive rewrite of the law that governs the nation’s system of higher education, seeking to dismantle landmark Obama administration regulations designed to protect students from predatory for-profit colleges and to repay the loans of those who earned worthless degrees from scam universities. More...
Application fee waived for 1st gen college students at Saint Anselm
Saint Anselm College has eliminated the enrollment application fee for "first-generation students," those who would be the first in their family to graduate from college. The change is effective immediately and applies to both domestic and international applicants. More...
When New Orleans went to college
The Times-Picayune is marking the tricentennial of New Orleans with its ongoing 300 for 300 project, running through 2018 and highlighting the moments and people that connect and inspire us. More...
Harrisburg University, Hussian College show off expanded campus
Harrisburg University of Science and Technology joined Hussian College and local and state officials Friday morning to unveil the new, expanded location the two schools share in downtown Philadelphia during a ribbon-cutting event. More...
House GOP higher ed bill moves ahead, despite cries to slow down
House Republicans are pressing ahead with a sweeping overhaul of the federal law that governs almost every aspect of higher education, without hearings and despite mounting pressure to provide more time for analysis and input. More...
Cal Poly joins Technology Pathways Initiative
The Center for Advancing Women in Technology (CAWIT) announced that California Polytechnic State University (Cal Poly) is the fifth major California university to join the Technology Pathways Initiative (TPI). More...