Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. Over the weekend, the University of Texas at Austin became the latest Texas university to be hit with fliers by a white nationalist group. The state arm of the American Vanguard, a national organization, is carrying out what it calls “The Texas Offensive,” a seemingly ongoing effort to post the group’s fliers on university campuses across the state. More...
Globe-trotting colleges branch out for growth, enrollment opportunity
By Stefanie Botelho. International branch campuses continue to offer American colleges and universities opportunities in branding, enrollment and research. And overseas countries, as luck would have it, are often as eager to host as U.S. universities are to set up shop. More...
Keeping college bookstore prices down and revenues up
By Robert A. Walton. Campus bookstores at most higher education institutions are asked to increase revenues to support operations, scholarships and other campuswide needs as well as drive down prices and ratchet up services to help students. More...
Can sanctuary college campuses survive?
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University to open two-year college
By Elaina Loveland. Dougherty Family College, a two-year school, will open on the Minneapolis campus of the University of St. Thomas this fall, thanks to $18 million in private donations. More...
College transfer partnership supports STEM-proficient workforce
By Elaina Loveland. The STEM workforce was about 8.6 million in 2015, and is projected to grow to more than 9 million by 2022, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. More...
Transfer trailblazers in higher ed
By Elaina Loveland. 14 percent of students started their postsecondary education in a community college, then transferred to a four-year school and earned a bachelor’s degree within six years of entry. More...