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Staff are seeking two months of pay, healthcare coverage, and damages after the Philadelphia arts school abruptly announced its closure.

The University of the Arts in Philadelphia is closing after losing accreditation, citing financial problems and a lack of compliance.

Pro-Palestinian encampments and protests strained college policies this spring. As summer sets in, some are revising rules ahead of a potentially tumultuous fall. The pro-Palestinian encampments that once crowded U.S. campuses have mostly dissipated now, vanishing with the end of the academic year.

A partnership between George Mason University and Northern Virginia Community College promotes timely degree completion among two-year college students through a seamless transfer process with guaranteed admission. Upward transfer from community colleges to four-year institutions remains a challenge for students across the country as they map out their path academically, financially and personally. A partnership between two Virginia institutions helps increase student transfer and degree completion, plus reduces time to degree by providing wraparound supports and resources.

Conservative groups are pushing civics requirements in higher education, not just K-12. In North Carolina, undergraduates now must study the founding documents. Will other states follow? States have long imposed specific standards on what K-12 public schools must teach. During the Obama era, the Common Core movement even tried to establish nationwide standards for math and English at these grade levels.