CARLSBAD, N.M. (AP) — Carlsbad's school board is voicing support for a proposal to convert the New Mexico State University branch campus in the southeastern New Mexico city into an independent...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Leaders of six state universities in Kansas will have more flexibility in deciding to suspend or fire employees, including tenured faculty, under a temporary policy approved by...

WARWICK, R.I. (AP) — A top administrator for the Kentucky Community and Technical College System has been named Rhode Island's new commisioner of postsecondary education.

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana’s governor has named a nephew of his to the state board that oversees nine state universities.

Attorney Bradley A. Stevens of Hammond was named to represent...

EVANSVILLE, Ind. — (AP) — University of Evansville alumni are warning that if the school’s trustees approve a proposal that would eliminate the university’s music department, it would have a...

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Utah Board of Higher Education unanimously voted Friday in support of Dixie State University dropping “Dixie" from its name — an example of the nation’s reexamination of...

GREENVILLE, N.C. (AP) — East Carolina University's new chancellor is a native of Greenville and a former administrator at the school.

WRAL reported Thursday that Philip Rogers, 37, was...

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Bismarck orthodontist Dr. John Warford has been appointed to the North Dakota Board of Higher Education, Gov. Doug Burgum announced Thursday.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Tennessee Higher Education Commission’s leader plans to leave his post for a job with a law firm.

Executive Director Mike Krause will depart after 14 years in...

RICHMOND, Ky. (AP) — Eastern Kentucky University has announced an initiative that will allow undergraduate students to receive free text books during the next school year.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — An analysis of federal data shows Alaska’s high school seniors applied for college financial aid at a lower rate than students in all other U.S. states.

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Both Oregon community colleges and public universities have seen a decrease in enrollment amid the coronavirus pandemic. Community colleges especially have seen major...

EVANSVILLE, Ind. (AP) — The University of Evansville has proposed cutting three departments, a quarter of its faculty and 17 majors in response to what its administration is calling changes in...

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Here’s a question even the most educated are having trouble answering: Will college enrollment go up or down in New Mexico next year?

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Faculty leaders at the University of Mississippi are expressing concerns about academic freedom after the state auditor demanded nearly $2,000 from a tenured professor who...

A state committee tasked with helping to address the urgent needs of the Vermont State Colleges System has made draft recommendations that the institutions be restructured, administrative services...

VALPARAISO, Ind. (AP) — The board of directors of Valparaiso University have named José D. Padilla as the school's next president, it announced Wednesday.

BOSTON (AP) — A California couple got prison time Tuesday for paying $250,000 to get their daughter into the University of Southern California as a volleyball recruit — the latest sentencing in...

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The Louisiana State University committee searching for a new system leader has chosen a headhunting firm out of Atlanta to find candidates for the job leading universities,...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee officials have announced a partnership to help about 500,000 people receiving unemployment benefits earn a college degree while they fulfill work search...

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Gov. Kate Brown on Tuesday extended Oregon's declaration of a state of emergency until Jan. 2 as COVID-19 cases in the state continue to rise.

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced Monday it's sending nearly 3.2 million rapid coronavirus tests to North Carolina.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The board that oversees Tennessee's community colleges is giving more than $300,000 to seven colleges to create free learning materials in efforts to reduce the costs...

SEATTLE (AP) — Washington state Gov. Jay Inslee will now require colleges and universities to provide quarantine facilities for all students if they are exposed to COVID-19.

BOSTON (AP) — Here is a look at pandemic-related developments around New England:

MASSACHUSETTS

Enrollment declines at many New England colleges during the pandemic are putting further...

ROLLA, Mo. (AP) — A St. Louis businessman and his wife have donated $300 million to a foundation to support Missouri University of Science and Technology in what the university said is believed to...

WILLISTON, N.D. (AP) — Williston State College President John Miller says he's retiring at the end of the school year.

Miller started at the school as vice president for academic affairs in...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Enrollment at Virginia's colleges and universities declined 1.3% this year.

The Richmond Times-Dispatch reported Tuesday that the figure amounts to a large sigh of...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — University of South Carolina will freeze tuition for students during the next academic year, the school’s president said Wednesday.

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The first Black president of a university in Virginia's capital city has announced that he will step down in 2022.

University of Richmond President Ronald A. Crutcher,...

NATCHITOCHES, La. (AP) — A 136-year-old Louisiana university has set an enrollment record in spite of the coronavirus pandemic, which has caused problems in higher education nationwide....

CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Nevada has joined 17 other states and the District of Columbia in a federal lawsuit arguing that U.S. Department of Education changes to university Title IX regulations...