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State Support Turns Minnesota’s Enrollment Tide

Enrollment at public colleges rose for the first time in a decade. Higher ed leaders credit historic state funding and innovative college access initiatives.

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Making College Mergers Easier in New York

State weighs changes that would let struggling private colleges team up with out-of-state institutions.

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Legacy’s ‘Last Stand’ in Connecticut

State lawmakers are considering a groundbreaking bill to ban legacy preferences at public and private colleges. Powerful institutions like Yale are fighting to stop it.

Governor Partially Protects DEI Funding for University of Wyoming

Wyoming is among the significant minority of states that, in one way or another, has opted to limit the funding...

Alabama Governor Signs Bill Targeting DEI, ‘Divisive Concepts’

Despite protests from students on multiple campuses, Alabama’s governor signed into law Wednesday legislation that will, within public higher education...
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Can a Marketing Push Solve UW Madison’s Political Woes?

Wisconsin’s flagship spent the past year entangled in political battles with state lawmakers. Could a new advertising campaign put it back in their good graces?

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Funding Models Don’t Drive Performance, Study Finds

Research shows that how states fund their public colleges doesn’t influence enrollment and completion as much as consistency and clarity do.

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Regents on the Hot Seat

Boards in Arizona, Hawaii, Michigan and Wisconsin, have faced shake-ups and threats of removal recently amid culture war clashes and self-inflicted controversies.