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Colleges are reconsidering degree requirements and how to give credit for outside-the-classroom experiences that students value but often don’t count toward the bachelor’s degree.

Colleges that made test optional a “temporary policy” during the pandemic are weighing whether to extend it yet again for a third year of applicants. Last week, the University of California decided to close the book on testing.

Yes, one expert says. Most colleges are stuck in a vicious financial cycle right now.

Some leaders are looking forward to a “post-pandemic future” that could come as soon as spring. But what does that mean? A return to 2019? Or a radically different model?

Every heartbroken applicant denied by their dream school thinks they deserve to know why. How transparent should admissions be?

Unlike the Great Recession, which knocked even wealthy colleges off their footing, the pandemic is only accelerating a great separation in higher ed. The rich got richer over the last 18 months. For some colleges, it will be very difficult to play catch-up.

The college graduating class of 2024 is poised to have smaller numbers of students going forward until commencement and people who struggle to keep up after a year of remote learning.

If you’re into non-fiction, have kids in the college search or going off to college, or work in and around campuses, this is the month for books about higher ed.

As college officials begin planning for the return to some normalcy on campuses this fall, they’re worried about how students will handle the re-entry to college life.

In a suddenly hot job market, employers determined to lure new employees and keep existing ones are turning to new incentives, including education.