Less than a year after that The universities have tried to meet new requirements For handling sexual misconduct cases, campus officials must prepare for another round of Title IX changes. The Department of Education's Civil Rights Office announced on Tuesday that it would review the…
In almost every way, the chain of universities run by the non-profit Center for Excellence in Higher Education is facing major problems. The colleges that were formerly part of the college nonprofit empire of Carl Barneywere all dressed Probationary period by their accreditation body since…
On the evening of December 21, Margaret M. McGovern learned that the plan had changed again. The vice president for health-system clinical programs and strategy at Stony Brook University’s system of hospitals and health schools got a call from the pharmacy director. In addition to…
Advocates of historically Black colleges describe this moment as the dawn of a renaissance for the sector. It’s easy to see why. For the first time ever, an HBCU graduate, Kamala D. Harris, is vice president. Another such grad, the Rev. Raphael Warnock of Georgia,…
In his first weeks in office, President Biden has promised to reverse several Trump-administration policies and introduce new measures to deal with the coronavirus pandemic. The Chronicle is tracking those developments and breaking down what they mean for higher education. 5:38 p.m. Eastern, 1/20/2021 On…
President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. will ask Congress to forgive up to $10,000 of student-loan debt per borrower, the Biden-Harris transition team told reporters last week. About a third of federal-student loan borrowers hold less than $10,000 in debt, and they could see the complete…
Joseph R. Biden Jr. will be assume the presidency in two months amid dual catastrophes: a raging, once-in-a-century pandemic and a devastated economy. It’s a moment that calls for bold and immediate action. And student-debt relief might be one of the big issues the new…
What the Joseph R. Biden presidency will mean for community colleges that were hit by declining enrollments during the pandemic remains unclear. Proponents of the sector are excited, however, that one of their own, Jill Biden, will serve as the first lady, a powerful symbolic…
Joseph R. Biden Jr. passed the 270-vote threshold on Saturday and will be sworn in as the 46th President of the United States on January 20, unless there is a successful legal challenge. In sharp contrast to President Trump, whose administration has been active for…
