The executive order would reshape the college accreditation system, aligning it with the administration’s political priorities. Those priorities include the rollback of DEI initiatives.

College endowments provide long-term financial support but are often restricted and can't be freely spent. Their structure makes them ill-suited to cover sudden funding cuts like those proposed by the Trump administration.

As the number of “race unknown” students grows, it not only becomes harder to determine a student body’s ethnic and racial diversity but also the impact of the ban on race-conscious admissions.

The national backlash against trans and nonbinary young people may have led fewer nonbinary students to disclose their gender identity in their applications to college for this fall. That is according to my analysis of how students who applied to college through the Common App identified their gender. The Common App is a good barometer […]

Surveys show that the more time poverty, the greater the chances of a student earning fewer credits or dropping out. This is especially true for Black and Hispanic students and for women.

A study showed that students became disoriented about their majors during their undergraduate education. Oftentimes, they were influenced by professors and advisers who were dismissive of their aspirations and abilities. These students experienced failure, which sometimes ruined their motivation.

Schools will be allowed to pay future players with something more than scholarships. They can give them cash but that’s about all we know. The rest is uncharted territory and there are many more questions than answers.

According to some research, everything associated with landing a good job— professional networks, high GPAs, internships, status symbols—is unequally distributed by class.