By Scott Jaschik. The University of Iowa's diversity chief quit after seven weeks on the job, The Cedar Rapids Gazette reported. More...

By Scott Jaschik. North Carolina State loses student affairs official after complaints from conservative groups about his comments on social media. More...

By Scott Jaschik. College Possible, an organization that connects high school and college students from low-income backgrounds with near-peer coaches (AmeriCorps members) has acquired the Seattle-based organization College Access Now. More...

By Scott Jaschik. Students at the University of Michigan at Dearborn are protesting the university's decision to end its December commencement, The Detroit Free Press reported. The university says the decision will save money. More...

By Scott Jaschik. Between 2003-4 and 2015-16, the share of students receiving state aid for college increased from 16.1 percent to 21.9 percent, but the average grant increased only from $2,500 to $2,600. More...

By Scott Jaschik. The University of Virginia announced this month that it had conducted a review of its admissions policies in the wake of the admissions scandal. More...

By Scott Jaschik. The president of Contra Costa Community College has resigned, a month after she was placed on leave for an unspecified reason, the Bay Area New Group reported. Katrina VanderWoude had been in office only about one year. More...

By Scott Jaschik. A British Columbia woman paid $100,000 to get her son into the University of California, Los Angeles, the Los Angeles Times reported. The woman has not been indicted, and it is unclear whether she knew the money was a bribe, but it was described that way in an indictment of UCLA’s former soccer coach. More...

By Scott Jaschik. A former administrator working as a consultant at California State University at Fullerton was stabbed to death in a car, the Los Angeles Times reported. A suspect was spotted fleeing the scene. More...

By Scott Jaschik. What do you need to know about this year's freshmen? Consult the list. More...