Most colleges that temporarily suspended their ACT and SAT requirements during the pandemic have no plans to reinstate them. However, a mass movement to introduce test-blind guidelines, in which universities remove all applicants' ratings from the ratings, is unlikely in the near future. These are…
Faculty members are scared and burned out. They juggle work and disrupt personal life amid a pandemic and need help to stay in academia – and thrive. The Chronicle recently published a special report, Burned out and overloaded, that examines how universities can provide support.…
No Zoom class can replicate the experience of studying forestry or salmon habitats on 1,000 acres of forest along Puget Sound. That's at least in part why Evergreen State College, a campus in Olympia, Washington known for environmental studies, has joined the growing number of…
When a state legislature asked the Georgia university system how it taught "oppression" and "privilege" it sparked searches of course catalogs and curricula, conversations with deans, chairs, and faculty – and a 102 pages Answer. In January Georgia Rep. Emory Dunahoo, Republican of Gillsville, asked…
Three struggling Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education locations plan to pursue an increasingly popular strategy in higher education: building a new "virtual campus" to train working adults who have a college degree but no degree. In one [n interview with the Pittsburgh Post-GazetteDale-Elizabeth Pehrsson,…
The gap between conservative politicians and public higher education has increased decadit. After the 2020 presidential election, it will become increasingly difficult to fill this gap. Case in point: Iowa, where Republican lawmakers are making serious efforts to cut tenure in public colleges while berating…
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,…
As autumn approached and the colleges began to think about the impact Covid-19 would have on their campuses, some of them decided on one solution: a changed one academic calendar. Many have made adjustments, e.g. For example, postponing the start of the semester by a…
Explore how state and federal support has declined as a share of overall revenue — putting a greater burden on students — at more than 1,500 public colleges and universities between 2002 and 2018. About the data The data are based on revenue reported by…
