Colleges Promise Greater Transparency in Financial Aid Options
More than 360 colleges and universities came together this week to standardize their financial aid offers. Spearheaded by the College Cost Transparency Initiative (CCT), this collaborative effort seeks to address a long-standing issue of...
Eastern Michigan University Adopts AI Gun Detection Technology
Eastern Michigan University (EMU) has become the first higher education institution in the state to utilize technology across campus by ZeroEyes, the only AI- (artificial intelligence) based gun detection video analytics platform.
EMU announced the...
Students for Fair Admissions Sues West Point Over Affirmative Action Policies
An anti-affirmative action group has filed a lawsuit challenging the U.S. Military Academy’s race-conscious admissions policies following the Supreme Court’s recent rulings against similar programs at public higher education institutions.
The Virginia-based Students for Fair...
Georgetown Students and Faculty Sign Petition to End Legacy Admissions
Students, faculty, alums, and university affiliates at Georgetown University have banded together by signing a petition calling for the end of legacy admissions, or the practice of giving preference in the admissions process to...
Acting Temple University President, DEI & Civil Rights Advocate Dies Suddenly
JoAnne Epps, the acting president of Temple University, died suddenly on Tuesday after she fell ill during a memorial service for Charles L. Blockson, historian and curator of the Blockson Afro-American Collection, at the...