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Morehouse students protesting reduced scholarship dollars

Inside Higher Ed

Image: A group of students at Morehouse College who recently learned they would not be getting scholarship funds they expected and believed they were entitled to receive are demanding change and clarity about the institution’s scholarship policies. Ayden Clark-Veal is one of those students.

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St. Francis College Cuts Athletics

Inside Higher Ed

Francis College in New York announced Monday it is dropping its entire Division I athletics program at the conclusion of the spring semester, noting recent enrollment and demographic challenges. Francis College Board of Trustees, said in a statement. Francis College will continue to honor current athletic scholarships.

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UNCF’s UNITE Summit Convenes HBCU Leaders in Atlanta

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Over 1,000 HBCU college administrators, including 40 presidents of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), assembled in Atlanta this week to kick off the United Negro College Fund’s 2nd annual UNITE Summit for Black Educators. Last month’s U.S. Dr. Johnnetta B.

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A clash of viewpoints at a struggling college

Inside Higher Ed

Image: The Whittier College Board of Trustees was scheduled for a rare in-person meeting this Friday, after conducting most business virtually during the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, with her address looming, Oubré and her critics have radically different views of what the state of the college is. We’re very proud of that.

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Bridging Research and Practice

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Julian Vasquez Heilig Lori Gottschling For Vasquez Heilig—a prominent public policy researcher who has carved out a national reputation both in and outside academic circles for his scholarship on equity and innovation—the pendulum at WMU is swinging in the right direction.

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Stanford hikes tuition by 7%. Will other institutions follow?

Inside Higher Ed

The Stanford Breakdown A university spokesperson noted by email that “Stanford has for many years committed to providing sufficient scholarship support so that parents with annual incomes below a certain threshold, and assets typical of that income level, are not expected to contribute toward tuition, room, or board.

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How colleges measure and prove their value: Key podcast

Inside Higher Ed

Colleges are under growing pressure to prove their value to students, parents, legislators and others. Itzkowitz: Over the past year, we’ve seen an uptick in students and families wanting to know what type of return on investment they’re going to get from the college education.

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