Olivia Sanchez

Photo illustration by Inside Higher Ed | Bastiaan Slabbers/NurPhoto/Getty Images Temple University will terminate a $55 million gift from Christopher M. Barnett, an alumnus who is being investigated for financial crimes. The donation, announced last year ... See more

Inside Higher Ed | Leonard Ortiz/MediaNews Group/Orange County Register/Getty Images The California Assembly passed two heavily amended bills that would affect the ability of community colleges to offer four-year degrees, despite a last-minute swap of pos... See more

Barbara Davidson/For The Washington Post/Getty Images As students return to college campuses for the fall semester, they are bringing backpacks and laptops and tales of summer jobs or internships. And many of them, whether they talk about it or not, are a... See more

Photo illustration by Justin Morrison/Inside Higher Ed | ferrantraite, O2O Creative and Daniel Balakov/E+/Getty Images | Anastasiia Havrysh/iStock/Getty Images More than 870,000 first-year applicants who used Common App last year reported that they experi... See more

Growing up in South Texas, Kendra always dreamed of becoming a doctor or a nurse. When she graduated from high school and enrolled at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, she said she spent her entire first year trying to connect with her professors... See more