higher education

Plaintiffs in a 2022 class-action lawsuit against 17 elite colleges who allege the schools colluded in determining financial aid packages are seeking $685 million in damages.

At 55, Michelle McKenney Jones retired from a 31-year career in corporate human resources and is pursuing her passion for higher education.

When enrollment declined during the pandemic, two-year institutions boosted support for continuing students.

“You could teach the entire history of American architectural style just using dormitories,” says Carla Yanni of Rutgers University.

Roughly half of international students are from China or India — and many are grad students or recent graduates permitted to work on a student visa for a time after graduation.

Training in high-tech and the skilled trades are attracting students’ interest the most.

During the pandemic, many colleges cut costs by taking their magazines entirely online. Since then, there’s been a big shift back to print. 

The FAFSA does not ask about two key measures of wealth – the family home and retirement accounts.

Following a Florida bill that effectively bans DEI programs at the state’s college and universities, the NAACP has called on Black athletes to reconsider attending predominantly white institutions.

“We can’t really address the problem without engaging business at full scale,” says Columbia Business School’s Bruce Usher.