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On The Move | Dr. Caroline R. Sherman has been named provost at McDaniel College, effective July 1.

Caroline R. Sherman Dr. Caroline R. Sherman has been named provost at McDaniel College, effective July 1.

Views | Credentials alone no longer guarantee economic stability, especially when curricula increasingly emphasize short-term job skills over the broader intellectual foundation that fosters adaptability, creativity, and lifelong learning.

Student Debt is Near $2 Trillion. Here's What It's Doing to Higher Education Credentials alone no longer guarantee economic stability, especially when curricula increasingly emphasize short-term job skills over the broader intellectual foundation that fosters adaptability, creativity, and lifelong learning.

In an interview with The EDU Ledger, North Carolina A&T State University chancellor Dr. James R. Martin II makes an economic case for diversity, tied to the national security imperative.

The Anti-DEI Era is America's Costliest Contradiction, NCA&T Chancellor James Martin Says In an interview with The EDU Ledger, the chancellor of the nation's largest HBCU makes an economic case for diversity, tied to the national security imperative.

Sport Winner | Jada Smith-Padmore of Hobart and William Smith Colleges is our 2026 Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholar Awards winner for women's squash. https://bit.ly/493yPxA

On June 5, Spelman College announced the appointment of Dr. Ayanna Howard — a roboticist, AI pioneer, and former NASA engineer — as its 12th president.

Spelman Names Top Roboticist Dr. Ayanna Howard As 12th President Dr. Ayanna Howard — a roboticist, AI pioneer, and former NASA engineer who currently serves as dean of the College of Engineering at The Ohio State University— will assume her duties on August 1.

Skeletal Staff, Dropping Quality: The Struggle to Rebuild the 'Nation’s Report Card' Agency After DOGE Cuts

Skeletal Staff, Dropping Quality: The Struggle to Rebuild the Nation’s Report Card Agency After DOGE Cuts While a new report commissioned by the Trump administration suggests narrowing the focus of the gutted Institute of Education Sciences, former leadership warns the agency cannot be rebuilt under a proposed 67% budget cut.

Views | Speaking Out for Discovery and Workforce Education https://bit.ly/43QrSwM

When states decide what knowledge matters, students lose choices, communities lose voices, and public higher education loses its purpose. https://bit.ly/4e1JXNd

40 million Americans hold some college credit, but no degree. For them, online education can be a vehicle for access and an equalizer of opportunity in ways it isn’t necessarily for 18 to 22-year-olds who are going to school for the first time.

What It Really Means to Put Students First From flexible online programs to universal transfer pathways, higher ed innovators are pulling back the curtain on the policy overhauls required to move beyond the rhetoric and serve students well.

College students have for decades called for institutions of higher learning to divest from companies, industries and governments that they deem as unethical, corrupt or inhumane.

Financial Strain Prompts Princeton to Reverse Fossil Fuel Divestment Policy As universities face economic pressures, PRINCO’s president argues that total divestment didn't meaningfully advance net-zero goals—and that major energy companies are necessary for the clean-energy transition.