As momentum grows around providing students with supports that foster retention and completion, a bill to address one of the biggest hindrances in bringing these types of programs to community colleges has been reintroduced in the Senate. And a path forward appears to be clearer than in years past.

The Community College Student Success Act was reintroduced last week by Democratic senators Brian Schatz of Hawaii and Sherrod Brown of Ohio to provide what many community colleges need most to develop robust student support services: funding.

When the pandemic first began to unfold, health experts worried that colleges and universities would become hotbeds of COVID-19 transmissions. In reality, researchers say, many schools have been models for containing the virus.  

With the fall semester approaching, one key strategy is mandating vaccinations. But what does this mean for international students who may not have access to the vaccines currently authorized by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration? 

For years, Black students and faculty members at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have expressed frustration with the way they are treated, from disproportionate scrutiny by campus police to the scarcity of Black professors and staff. 

UNC’s Black student and faculty groups presented a list of demands to the institution at a news conference earlier this week. Many of their issues centered on eliminating structural barriers Black students face, such as formalizing access to resources that some students only learn about through word of mouth.