A report from S&P Global Ratings predicted that U.S. colleges and universities will struggle in the coming academic year due to the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic. The report predicted falling student enrollments, which is…
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Many Top 25 Colleges Restrict Journalism on campuses
As much as liberal academics and the liberal media rail against President Donald Trump’s “fake news” monikor, there is a real threat to free speech and free press: liberal college and university campuses. As John…
Majority of Colleges find ways to Avoid Tuition Discounts
With many higher education institutions announcing online or virtual instruction this upcoming fall semester, college students and parents urged institutions to slash tuition to make up for the loss of in-class instruction. While several notable…
U.S. continues crackdown on academics’ ties to Chinese Communists
Under the Trump administration, the U.S. federal government has cracked down on college professors and academic researchers who misused their positions to benefit the Chinese Communist Party-run government in China. Last week, federal prosecutors announced…
Colleges’ resistance to discounting tuition exposes lack of innovation, flexibility
The likes of Harvard University and other expensive higher education institutions announced that they will charge full tuition to students, even though several institutions have shifted from in-person classes to online learning for the foreseeable…
Agency backtracks on international students and online learning rule
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) withdrew its international student policy after a little over a week, when several higher education institutions filed lawsuits against the rule. According to Inside Higher Ed, the rule required…
Harvard University, after uproar, declines coronavirus stimulus money
With an endowment fund valued at $41 billion, Harvard University was slated to receive a $8.6 million in coronavirus stimulus funds from the federal government. But public criticism convinced the Ivy League institution to decline…
Harvard University faculty vote in favor of divesting from fossil fuels
Harvard University faculty in the arts and sciences departments voted in favor of divesting university resources from fossil fuel companies, which the administration said it preferred not to use endowments for social change.
Harvard University Removes Portrait of University Leader to Avoid Offending Students
Harvard University removed a portrait of one of its previous presidents because the university felt one of his proposals was offensive and merited his portrait’s removal.
Harvard University Searching for Business School Director to Push ‘Belonging’
Harvard’s business school is looking to hire an associate director to help promote a sense of “belonging” at the university.