Rebecca Kelliher

On Tuesday at this year’s Education Writers Association (EWA) conference, a series of panels focused on helping reporters decipher the billions of dollars in federal pandemic relief aid that has been going to P-12 schools.

Two sessions at EWA dug into federal higher education policy issues, including student debt forgiveness.

American Association of Medical Colleges released a report on building diversity, equity, and inclusion in medical education and patient care.

Since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, many HBCUs have been adjusting to a new landscape of state abortion bans.

Congress is weighing an amendment to expand Pell Grant eligibility to short-term programs.

Diverse contacted 29 women’s colleges or historical women’s colleges to get their responses to the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision that removed the constitutional right to an abortion that was in place for nearly 50 years.

Given continued drops in student enrollment, many colleges seek to tackle not only “summer melt” but longer-term enrollment declines.

The American Indian College Fund hosted a free virtual conference open to Native American high school, college, transfer, and graduate students as well as to education professionals who serve indigenous students.

Texas State University President Dr. Denise Trauth, the first woman in the role, is retiring after 20 years at the helm.

Inaugural fellowship will support emerging scientists and engineers from historically underrepresented backgrounds.

New SREB reports show sustained declines in two-year college enrollment in the region.

A new online, open access course was created to teach principles of “institutional transformation.”

As Juneteenth approaches, scholars reflect on higher ed’s ties to slavery.

Meta, the parent company of Facebook, made waves last fall when it announced the so-called metaverse. In a few years, this metaverse could be interoperable networks of virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) that blend physical and digital spaces.

New report examines the state of higher education in California among these ethnic groups.

In May, a federal watchdog agency, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO), released a report calling on the Department of Education (ED) to bolster its oversight of online program managers (OPMs) that contract with colleges.

Larry P. Thomas is Pennsylvania State University’s Chief Culture, Diversity, and Inclusion Officer in the Applied Research Laboratory.

At the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Dr. Brian Mitchell, a Black tenured history professor, has resigned less than a year after filing a lawsuit in July against the institution, alleging discrimination because of his race and age.

The Century Foundation released a study on an overlooked group of student loan borrowers: parents of students.

In Rhode Island, home to Brown University, two proposed bills could make private, nonprofit higher education institutions pay state taxes on their endowments and properties. A bigger reckoning of wealthy universities could be underway.