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Lawmakers release $8.8M of Utah State University’s funding after audit
Legislators had withheld the money for months while waiting for the audit, which ultimately found spending and…
The comeback starts here: How university leaders are reclaiming the future of higher ed
As pressures mount against higher education institutions and the industry as a whole, colleges and universities are…
Can Drexel’s new president make the university into a household name?
Antonio Merlo discussed leading the Philadelphia private nonprofit through an academic transformation and navigating…
Blueprint for state bills aims to tighten control over gen eds
New model legislation from conservative think tank Manhattan Institute would also weaken shared governance by…
Week in review: UT System limits ‘controversial’ instruction
We’re rounding up recent stories, from a regional public university facing a $45 million deficit to other colleges…
Resistance to management style didn’t create hostile work environment at Drexel, court finds
The court said that a direct report’s responses were not discriminatory microaggressions, but rather “innocent…
Trump administration drops appeal over its $1.2B demand from UC system
The federal government agreed to no longer challenge an injunction that blocked its mass grant cancellations and…
University of Texas System adopts new teaching limits despite faculty concerns
The system’s governing board approved a policy that requires instructors to limit and balance their teaching about…
Education Department to nix race-based criteria for McNair program
Conservative groups and two students voluntarily ended their legal challenge against the program given the agency’s…
University of North Texas braces for budget cuts amid $45M deficit
The institution’s leader attributed the gap to drops in state funding and larger-than-expected declines in…