Bridging the Gap: How CUNY’s Peer Mentorship Model is Transforming Postsecondary Success
For many high school seniors, the summer between graduation and the first day of college is a period of quiet, mounting anxiety. It is a time when the structured support of a K–12 environment—where teachers, counselors, and individualized education…
Arbitrator Overturns Western Illinois University Layoffs, Mandating Reinstatement of Library Faculty
In a landmark decision that resonates across the landscape of American higher education, an independent arbitrator has ruled that Western Illinois University (WIU) violated its collective bargaining agreement when it moved to terminate the contracts of…
The Graduate Loan Crisis: Legislative Tug-of-War Over Nursing Education Funding
A critical legislative pivot is currently unfolding in the halls of Congress, potentially altering the financial landscape for thousands of advanced nursing students. A newly advanced budget amendment, emerging from House committee proceedings, seeks to…
Academic Freedom Under Fire: IU Lecturer Denied Reappointment Following Intellectual Diversity Probe
Introduction: A Campus in Conflict The landscape of higher education in Indiana has become an increasingly volatile battleground where the intersection of pedagogical autonomy and legislative mandate is being tested. This week, the tension reached a…
Legal Battle Erupts as Former Virginia Tech Rector Challenges Ouster by Governor Spanberger
Executive Summary: A Clash Over Governance and Political Power The governance of Virginia’s public higher education system has been thrust into a high-stakes legal confrontation. John Rocovich, the former rector of the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors,…
The Battle for Academic Freedom: Mohsen Mahdawi and the Legal Siege on Student Speech
In a high-stakes legal confrontation that has sent shockwaves through the American higher education landscape, Columbia University graduate student Mohsen Mahdawi finds himself at the center of a federal effort to strip him of his residency status. The…
A Silent Epidemic: Families Call for Radical Change After Cluster of Suicides at WPI
For Maureen Banavige, the fall of 2021 remains a fractured memory. Her son, Ronan, was a freshman at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), a school he chose for his intellectual curiosity and passion for computer science. He was a young man of “kind and…
The Silent Campus: Navigating the Trade-off Between Digital Flexibility and Physical Community
In the quiet corridors of modern community colleges, a curious paradox has emerged: as enrollment figures climb, the physical spaces designed to house those students have grown increasingly hollow. While registration data shows a robust uptick in summer…
The High-Stakes Legal Battle Over In-State Tuition for Undocumented Students
The landscape of American higher education is currently defined by a widening legal chasm. Across the country, state policies that allow undocumented students to access in-state tuition—often referred to as "tuition-equity laws"—are facing a…
