The A&M Board of Regents came to want a more explicitly conservative leader who would shut down controversy before it reared its head.
featured
Posted inNorth Carolina
Two years after Supreme Court decision, Black students feel less welcome at UNC-Chapel Hill
Two years after the US Supreme Court outlawed race conscious admissions, Carolina’s incoming classes have had 25% fewer Black students. After administrators eliminated DEI support programs, students who are on campus say they feel unwanted.
Posted inMississippi
Mississippi State rolled out changes to campus parking. Some students say they can’t afford it
The new unexpected expenses are hitting budgets at the same time as tuition increases and other general rising costs such as food and electricity.
Posted inOhio
A Youngstown State alum planned to leave the university $100,000. Senate Bill 1 changed his mind
The move shows another way Ohio’s new higher education law continues to ripple across public campuses.
Posted inPittsburgh
Why academic freedom is a heated topic in Pitt grad union negotiations
The University of Pittsburgh’s first year of negotiations with a union representing grad students happens to coincide with Trump’s push to undermine academic freedom. The bargaining over the concept has been contentious.
Posted inTampa Bay
UF’s presidential salary has exploded in the last 20 years. Here’s why.
Politics and competition play a role in the increase, experts say.
Posted inTampa Bay
How college campus organizing has been upended in Florida’s political climate
Conservative groups say they’ve been supported after Charlie Kirk’s death. Progressives, on the other hand, feel pushed out.
Posted inWisconsin
Wisconsin high schools want to offer more college classes. First, teachers must go back to school.
School officials statewide want to give more students a jump start on college with dual enrollment classes. But they say they lack qualified teachers, and for busy teachers, grad school is a hard sell.
Posted inTexas
In Houston, young mothers face some of the highest barriers for college and work in the U.S.
At 13.3%, Houston has the worst rate of young adults who are neither working nor in in school of the largest metro areas in the country.
Posted inSan Antonio
Despite losing federal grants, Alamo Colleges works to expand support for parenting students
Out of the nearly 80,000 students enrolled across the Alamo Colleges during the 2024-25 academic year, approximately 15% reported being parents.