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The protest, which saw over 200 attendees from over 25 organizations across Yale’s schools and New Haven on Feb. 16, moved from Beinecke Plaza to in front of the Humanities Quadrangle, where Yale Corporation trustees held a private meeting.

One University of New Mexico pioneer is earning another awe-inspiring accolade. Recent alumnus Emma Hotz has just been named a Luce Scholar–the first UNM student to be so. The Luce Scholars Program is a nationally competitive fellowship program...

News from Grant County, New Mexico

Penn State’s board of trustees voted Friday to increase the financial bonus President Neeli Bendapudi will get for her second five years with the university from $1.25 million to $1.5 million and increase her retirement benefits, while not changing her current base salary of $950,000.

Indiana State Universitys Faculty Senate conducted an emergency session Thursday to pass a resolution in opposition to Senate Bill 202, a measure that would tighten lawmaker oversight of state colleges

The Nevada System of Higher Education plans to use The Registry, a higher education executive placement firm, to find someone to fill the role for one year.

Following the announcement of Texas A&M-Qatar’s future closure, the A&M Faculty Senate met with A&M-Qatar senators to share their disappointment.  On Feb. 8, the A&M Board of Regents voted to close A&M’s branch campus in Qatar by 2028. The closure will be a four-year process to allow current students to finish their degrees.  Qatar campus...

Texas A&M’s Board of Regents voted to shutter its long-standing, hugely profitable branch campus in the Gulf country. Are accusations of Hamas ties to blame? The Texas A&M system Board of Regents voted last Thursday to close their branch campus in Doha, Qatar. No incoming class will be admitted for this fall, according to a system spokesperson, and the campus will cease operations by 2028.

When Dr. Diana McGill was approached by President Cady Short-Thompson and learned she was a top prospect to become Northern Kentucky University’s next provost, the feelings that followed mirrored those McGill had felt at several other junctures in her career. McGill earned her PhD in biochemistry from Harvard University in 1991 and envisioned herself leading...

Dickinson State University undergoes significant policy changes under President Stephen Easton's leadership, prompting internal debate and drawing implications for broader trends in higher education.