The Trump administration has withdrawn Obama-era guidance on transgender students, to allow the Education and Justice Departments to “further and more completely consider” the issue. In the Chronicle of Higher Education.
First data, based on analysis of work at 92 colleges, finds much success in writing, some success in critical thinking and more limited success in quantitative skills. In Inside Higher Ed.
UNC president Margaret Spellings explains her support for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) Act in the Washington Post.
Right-leaning policy thinkers push agenda to simplify the loan system and inject bigger role for private lenders. In Inside Higher Ed.
A Center for Community College Student Engagement report found that nearly half of all community college students said they were considering dropping out due to financial pressures. In Diverse Issues in Higher Education.
At colleges proud of attracting students who want a broad-based, non-vocational education, numbers of majors in arts and humanities are falling. In Inside Higher Ed.
Peter Wood says it's time to talk about defunding universities that don't defend free speech. In the Federalist.
A great way to restore local control would be to rescind the Obama administration’s federal micromanagement of college discipline. From CEI.
Tuition rose faster than state appropriations fell, and federal aid helped make that possible, a new study asserts. In Inside Higher Ed.
A measure shrinking the UNC Board of Governors from 32 to 24 members passed its first Senate test. In Carolina Journal.
