Many students don’t do the reading and don’t speak up in class, according to a report. Now, professors are trying to change a campus culture they say hurts achievement and stifles speech.

Schools asked to sign the proposal already meet some requirements, including a limit on international undergrad enrollment

The good and the ugly in the ‘compact’ to change higher education.

Medications that prevent HIV, shrink tumors and treat seizures were invented with government funding. At research universities, that money is now canceled or in jeopardy.

In exchange for preferential access to federal grants, universities must follow the administration’s dictates on various issues including campus speech and hiring.

Read more about Chancellor Lee Roberts’ remarks, and faculty’s response, in The N&O’s higher ed newsletter.

Changes to the FAFSA complicated what data colleges can share and with whom. Scholarship providers say it’s made their jobs harder and delayed awards to students. The Native Forward Scholars Fund, a scholarship provider for Native American students, typically doles out aid to about 1,300 students per year through 40 different scholarship programs. But this year, those funds were delayed; students started fall classes without knowing how much scholarship money was coming their way.

When students feel connected to one another, they’re more likely to come to class, do the work, and even take risks.