Greg Toppo
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Your kids can learn a lot playing video games during the coronavirus school shutdown
The coronavirus pandemic is a good chance for parents to think about what their kids get from video gaming and how it can bring families together. → Read More
Rhode Island bid to expand free college could offer states a different path forward
An expanded free-college plan in Rhode Island offers an unusual way for a state to promote higher education, giving students the option of either two years of free community college or a scholarship covering their third and fourth years at a state university. → Read More
University of South Carolina criticized for presidential finalists who are all male
University of South Carolina hears from students and professors after a presidential search committee -- one that's mostly male -- proposes four finalists who are all male, three of them white. → Read More
Jesuits balk at affiliation for downsized Wheeling
University's president says the troubled West Virginia institution will be "rebranded" this fall after the Society of Jesus announces it can't continue its affiliation. The move follows sharp cuts to its liberal arts disciplines, including theology, philosophy and history. → Read More
Economist: Colleges should take time, care with tuition resets
An economist and former college president who studied tuition resets finds they may result in larger freshman classes and more transfer students if institutions take care and work slowly and deliberately. → Read More
Two years after rescue, Wheeling Jesuit guts faculty, programs
Wheeling Jesuit eliminates all majors in liberal arts, keeping pre-professional programs and athletics. Many tenured professors are losing jobs. → Read More
With new president in place, Goddard plots path out of probation
New president promises "significant steps" to balance budget but is short on details. Many praise college's nontraditional model, but it struggles to attract students. → Read More
University of Wyoming again looking for a leader after surprise firing
She won praise from professors even as she managed a large state-ordered budget cut, but University of Wyoming leader gets surprise notice her contract won't be renewed. → Read More
Bridgeport Phases Out Naturopathic Medicine Program
The University of Bridgeport is eliminating its naturopathic medicine program, which has seen declining enrollment since it was founded in 1997. → Read More
UTEP faculty and students protest presidential finalist who serves as Trump Air Force appointee
As University of Texas at El Paso’s leader prepares to step down after 31 years, faculty and students say sole finalist for her job doesn't reflect their heritage, values. → Read More
Not everyone bullish on redesigned University of South Florida logo
Designed to cut through the “alphabet soup” of public university acronyms in Florida, bold new University of South Florida bull logo gets mixed reviews. Many say it reminds them of Merrill Lynch. → Read More
Massachusetts Won't Pursue Case Against Mount Ida
Massachusetts attorney general Maura Healey said Wednesday investigators have found that Mount Ida College officials had “ample notice” of the college’s precarious financial condition -- and that they failed to develop backup plans for students even as they reasonably knew the college might close. → Read More
Wheeling Jesuit Declares Financial Exigency
West Virginia’s Wheeling Jesuit University, which sold its campus in 2017 to help pay down millions in debt, has declared financial exigency, Michael Mihalyo, the university’s president, said Monday. → Read More
Rider Dean Steps Down Over Chick-Fil-A Slight
A Rider University business school dean who describes herself a "very committed Christian" is stepping down after the university blocked a Chick-Fil-A restaurant from opening on campus. Cynthia Newman, dean of Rider's College of Business Administration, said the university's decision clashed with her beliefs, NJ.com reported. → Read More
Southern Vermont College says it will shut its doors
Facing a demographic spiral and a challenge to its accreditation, tiny Southern Vermont College says it will close its doors. → Read More
University private jets may be practical, but are they worth the optics?
University of Kansas is latest university where professors and politicians object to a private jet. → Read More
DePauw to shrink by laying off dozens of staff and offering buyouts to 100 faculty members
Facing flat enrollment and strained annual budgets, DePauw University will tap endowment to finance layoffs for dozens of staff members and hefty voluntary retirement packages for a graying faculty. → Read More
University of Redlands to acquire San Francisco-area seminary
In 'Goldilocks' moment, two very different California institutions announce a merger that will bring a Southern California university's offerings to a 150-year-old Presbyterian seminary in Marin County. → Read More
Alaska governor proposes 41 percent cut to higher ed
Alaska's governor proposes a 41 percent cut, the largest in a century, to the public university system. State's only medical education would be eliminated. → Read More
Creighton expands medical school presence in Arizona
Nebraska-based Creighton to build a new, $99 million medical school in Phoenix, nearly 1,300 miles from home in Omaha, to supply doctors to underserved area. → Read More