Most public higher education students don’t have the luxury of attending college far from home or across state lines. They have jobs and family responsibilities to attend to, and the vast majority do not live on campus. In fact, all community college students are commuters, and less than half of our four-year public college students live on campus. Closing campuses would only make it harder for our Massachusetts students, particularly African-American, Latino, and low-income students, to earn a degree. More...

First and foremost, the commission has recommended a number of changes to help the most talented athletes enter into professional basketball. Under the current “one-and-done” rule, players are obligated to wait one year after high school graduation before entering the NBA, a rule that effectively leads to many of the most talented players spending one year in college, with little interest in academic endeavors, before heading off to the professional ranks. More...

The House Judiciary Committee has voted to hold a bill to require armed campus police at Rhode Island’s public colleges for further study Wednesday. This came after higher education officials pushed back against the proposal. More...

Year after year, the admissions process at selective colleges seems to make high-schoolers and their parents only more anxious. The numbers are wild: Harvard admitted just 4.6 percent of its nearly 43,000 applicants for the class that begins this fall. Stanford accepted only 4.29 percent, and Princeton 5.5 percent. More...

Pointing to the likelihood of additional college closures, Massachusetts higher education officials are looking into potential changes to rules or state laws that could help reduce the risk of sudden shutdowns similar to what's happening to Mount Ida College in Newton. More...

The Medical University of South Carolina is seeking a Development Director for its College of Health Professions. More...

The University of the Incarnate Word (UIW) is partnering with iGrad to offer a comprehensive and adaptive financial education platform to its largely non-traditional student population. More...

Since Hurricane Maria’s deadly rampage last September, the Education Department has doled out tens of millions of taxpayer dollars in disaster relief to colleges and universities supposedly affected by last year’s hurricanes. More...