With the pandemic all but ending in 2022 and in-person events back in full swing, colleges, universities, faculty, students and nearly everyone had the opportunity to rejoice. However, crime began percolating back up the surface at an astonishingly similar rate, beating pre-pandemic levels, USA Today reports. Over 38,000 criminal offenses, including homicides, sexual assault, robbery, burglary, auto theft, arson and aggravated assault, were reported in 2022, representing an 8% uptick in 2019. It represents the highest jump in reported campus crimes since universities began compiling stati ..read more

Davidson College has announced that it has received a historic combined donation of $85 million, which will help transform the college’s library and the way Davidson students learn. The Duke Endowment is providing $60 million of the combined commitment, making it the largest gift in Davidson’s history. In addition, Bob Abernethy, a California business leader and the son of the founder of Davidson’s Philosophy Department, George Abernethy, is providing $25 million. The two gifts will be used to help renovate and expand Davidson’s existing library, combining its physical collections with se ..read more

After years of tolerating unruly protests, some schools are starting to suspend and expel students, raising questions about where they should draw the line. The 100-year-old annual honors convocation at the University of Michigan is typically a decorous affair, with a pipe organ accompanying golf-clap applause. This year’s event was anything but. Protesters rose from their seats, and unfurled banners with “Free Palestine” written in red paint. They shouted, “You are funding genocide!” Read more from The New York Times. The post Colleges Warn Student Demonstrators: Enough appeared first on U ..read more

Register Now Date & Time: Thursday, May 30th at 2 pm ET Today, higher education HR departments must work around scarce resources—including limited staff, budget, and time—leaving your team overworked and overwhelmed. Streamlined operations are not just a response to these constraints; they are a strategic advantage for attracting and retaining top talent. In this 20-minute UB Ed Talk, learn how operational efficiency can transform your HR processes and save time by reducing unnecessary, manual work. We’ll discuss strategic improvements to make your institution more competitive in employee ..read more

Register Now Date & Time: Thursday, May 23rd at 2 pm ET Across higher education, institutions of every size and type are facing looming challenges posed by aging campus buildings and a growing backlog of deferred maintenance needs. Facilities and finance leaders are tasked with allocating funds to address these projects, both in the near and long term.   Success will require leaders to identify and prioritize an institution’s most urgent needs through the strategic use of facilities data.   In this 20-minute UB Ed Talk, learn more about how to gather the data needed to ..read more

College and university leaders thumped by campus blowback from the Israel-Hamas war find themselves with a perfect opportunity to prepare for a contentious presidential election season in the fall, a new campus conflict guidebook from the Constructive Dialogue Institute declares. The Trump-Biden showdown is bound to crescendo campuses already fraught with political tension. CDI, the research-driven nonprofit dedicated to fostering campus connectivity, interviewed 21 college presidents, administrators, faculty and staff to gauge how higher education leaders can handle it. While no campus will b ..read more

A new report reveals many Americans with student loans are being forced to pause major life events. That’s according to the latest Gallup Lumina Foundation Cost of College report. Researchers said they found 71% of student loan borrowers delayed milestones including buying a house, buying cars, moving out of their parent’s house, or getting married. One in three U.S. students currently enrolled in college or post-high-school programs said they have considered stopping their coursework in the past six months with 31% blaming the cost. Read more from 29 News. The post Those with stude ..read more

After Department of Education Secretary Miguel Cardona vowed to shut down Grand Canyon University (GCU), the largest Christian university in the U.S., GCU officials are pushing back, telling Fox News Digital the crackdown stems from “deeply held bias.” Cardona made comments during a House Appropriations Committee hearing about cracking down on GCU and other universities like it on April 10. Cardona openly embraced their enforcement methods, declaring “we are cracking down not only to shut them down, but to send a message to not prey on students.” Read more from Fox News. The po ..read more

State universities in Kansas are banned from requiring prospective students, potential hires and staffers seeking promotion to disclose their views on diversity initiatives under a policy change approved Wednesday by the state’s higher education board in response to pressure from the Republican-controlled Legislature. Regents Chairman Jon Rolph called the change “our good faith effort in trying to listen to the Legislature” and said discussions about it began last summer. Read more from AP News. The post Kansas’ higher ed board adopts an anti-DEI policy after pressure from GOP legislato ..read more

The steady trickle of colleges to fall is beginning to reveal the effect that they’re having on students, especially those who received notification from their institutions abruptly. More than 50 public and private nonprofit colleges have closed, merged or announced closures since March 2020, and over half of the students whose institutions shut down did not re-enroll, Best Colleges reports. While for-profit colleges have historically been the most frequent type of institution to close, private nonprofits have regularly dominated headlines since the pandemic. Since University Business&nbs ..read more