CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — New Hampshire Congresswoman Annie Kuster is joining education leaders and students to promote the “I Am College Bound/I Applied” month.

The event Tuesday is aimed at increasing the number of low-income and first-generation high school students who pursue postsecondary ...

LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico State University is among 130 schools nationwide that are working together to increase access to higher education and close the achievement gap.

The university said Monday that it’s participating in the program, which also aims to award more degrees by ...

OXFORD, Miss. (AP) — Jeffrey Vitter will step down in January after serving three years as chancellor of the University of Mississippi, state higher education officials said in a news release Friday.

After leaving the chancellor’s post Jan. 3, Vitter will remain on faculty as a tenured ...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The panel that oversees Oklahoma’s 25 public colleges and universities is asking the Legislature for $100 million in new funding, much of it for faculty raises.

The Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education voted unanimously on Thursday to approve the $878 million ...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A new report shows that a record number of students earned college degrees in Virginia in the last school year.

The state’s colleges awarded 119,980 undergraduate degrees, graduate degrees and undergraduate certificates in 2017-18. That’s about 1,000 more awards ...

ROANOKE, Va. (AP) — A report by the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia says a record number of science, technology, engineering, math and health degrees were awarded last school year.

The Richmond Times-Dispatch

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The governor’s Blue Ribbon Commission on Four-Year Higher Education has recommended a $10 million annual funding increase for West Virginia’s smaller colleges.

The Charleston Gazette-Mail reported that it’s the first ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — After absorbing nearly a decade of cuts and receiving flat funding this year, Louisiana’s top higher education board voted Wednesday to ask the governor and lawmakers for a $172 million increase for public colleges next year.

The request from the Board of Regents ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission’s board chairman is defending the agency against criticisms from West Virginia University President Gordon Gee.

The Charleston Gazette-Mail

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The chairman of the Higher Education Commission is demanding an apology from South Carolina’s most powerful state senator after he criticized the pay for the commission director.

The

COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho (AP) — The Idaho State Board of Education has approved a plan to fund the state’s public colleges and universities based on the number of graduates they produce.

The board on Thursday approved the plan, which board spokesman Mike Keckler said will be phased-in over ...

BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Some high school students in Colorado can now guarantee their admission to the University of Colorado’s School of Education.

The Daily Camera reports ...

VALPARAISO, Ind. (AP) — Tennessee regulators rejected a plan to move Valparaiso University’s struggling law school to Middle Tennessee State University, casting uncertainty on the future of the northwestern Indiana law school.

The Tennessee Higher Education Commission voted 8-5 Monday to ...

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The 14 state-owned universities in Pennsylvania are seeing enrollment fall by 4 percent this year, including a nearly 38 percent decline at Cheyney University outside Philadelphia.

Philly.com

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A state panel has nixed a proposal that would have transferred Valparaiso University’s law school to Middle Tennessee State University.

The Tennessee Higher Education Commission voted 8-5 on Monday to deny the proposal to move the law school to MTSU’s Murfreesboro ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana State University’s president said Monday he doesn’t believe the state’s top higher education board can penalize his school for violating Louisiana’s college admissions policy in its enrollment of students who didn’t meet minimum criteria.

F. King Alexander ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina students are struggling with loan debt despite lottery-funded scholarships for students heading to top-tier universities or technical colleges.

The State reports lottery funds are ...

RICHMOND, Ky. (AP) — President Donald Trump’s planned visit to Eastern Kentucky University has sparked opposition at the school.

Trump’s campaign is planning a rally Saturday to support Republican U.S. Rep. Andy Barr, who’s in a tight race with Democrat Amy McGrath for the Sixth District ...

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — The Nebraska State College System has entered a contract with the next system chancellor.

The system said in a news release Tuesday that Paul Turman will begin his Lincoln work on Jan. 2 at a yearly salary of $270,000. He was unanimously approved by system trustees ...

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — The University of Kansas’ chancellor is asking gubernatorial candidates and lawmakers to provide more funding to higher education.

KU Chancellor Douglas Girod has been holding meetings to urge legislators to approve the Kansas Board of Regents’ $85 million budget ...

LARAMIE, Wyo. (AP) — A recent survey shows University of Wyoming staff and faculty appear largely dissatisfied with their workplace.

The Laramie Boomerang

RADFORD, Va. (AP) — A Virginia university says it will be naming its business college after a Blacksburg couple who donated $8 million.

The Roanoke Times

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Bismarck State College says it’s changing its mission to better reflect the workforce needs in North Dakota.

The State Board of Higher Education has approved the college’s plan to become a four-year polytechnic institution, or one that specializes in the technology, ...

LORMAN, Miss. (AP) — College Board trustees announced Tuesday that they will launch a broad search for a new president of Mississippi’s Alcorn State University.

“There was a consistent theme that we heard from all the constituent groups today, which is that they wanted to engage in a ...

BOZEMAN, Mont. (AP) — Among the candidates and issues on Montana’s November ballot is a referendum asking voters to extend for another 10 years a property tax that raises nearly $20 million a year to help support the state’s public colleges and universities.

At a recent forum in Bozeman, ...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Public colleges and universities in Kansas reported an overall decline in enrollment for the current fall semester, according to a report from the Kansas Board of Regents.

A report issued Monday showed enrollment at public higher education institutions dropped by more ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana’s top higher education board will audit university admissions across the state, to make sure campuses are following the required minimum standards.

Wednesday’s announcement from the Board of Regents comes after Louisiana State University reworked its ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The Louisiana Legislature’s chief economist sought Tuesday to temper suggestions that an estimated $300 million-plus state surplus is the sign of a booming economy or an indication the state will be awash in extra cash this year.

Greg Albrecht told the state’s top ...

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — The Nebraska State College System trustees intend this coming Sunday and Monday to interview the four finalists to be the next system chancellor.

Chancellor Stan Carpenter is retiring after 18 years of service to the system, which has campuses in Chadron, Peru and ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — College enrollment in Arkansas has continued to decline in the 2018-19 school year, according to data recently released by Arkansas education officials.

The state Department of Higher Education found that overall enrollment in Arkansas’ colleges and universities ...

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Higher education officials in Kentucky are reporting a big increase in the number of high school students taking dual credit courses through a college or university.

The Council on Postsecondary Education says nearly 35,000 high school students across Kentucky ...

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Utah State Board of Regents wants to place college access advisors in every public high school in the state by 2022.

The Deseret News reports the regents plan to ask the Legislature for $6 million to begin the effort they ...

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — Harvard University says its latest fundraising campaign has drawn $9.6 billion in donations.

It’s believed to be the largest fundraising effort in the history of higher education and exceeds the $6.5 billion goal set when the campaign launched in 2013.

Harvard ...

Recent editorials from Florida newspapers:

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The Gainesville Sun on public schools:

The University of Florida’s rise in the national rankings didn’t happen by accident.

UF moved up to No. 8 among public universities in the recent U.S. News and World ...

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — University of Michigan officials have criticized a professor’s decision not to recommend a student for a study program in Israel.

The school said in a statement Tuesday it opposes boycotts of Israeli higher education institutions. It adds “injecting personal ...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Office of Higher Education has become more aggressive about taking student loan recipients to court when they fall behind on payments to keep its rates low.

The Student Education Loan Fund provides low-interest loans to Minnesota students to help bridge the ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Southern Jewish history soon will no longer remain a discipline limited to a few institutions in the South.

Thanks to a $144,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, a recently formed stronghold of the Jewish experience in this neck of the American ...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Lincoln University’s curators have approved a new master’s degree program in clinical mental health counseling.

Students who complete the program and pass the state’s requirements would be qualified to be a licensed professional counselor.

The Jefferson ...

BOZEMAN, Mont. (AP) — Montana University System leaders are looking at ways to help encourage more students to attend college, make the campuses more efficient and help students save money.

The Bozeman Daily Chronicle