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A free, online, global university seeks seal of approval

Inside Higher Ed

Still others are climate refugees in search of land that supports human life. Half are nonwhite, and most (60 percent) are the first in their families to attend college. Colleges generally pay their faculty members, but Reshef bypassed that idea when he conceived of UoPeople. Others have fled wars in Syria or Ukraine.

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2023 Year in Review

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Supreme Court dismantled decades of legal precedent in June, ruling against race-conscious college admissions and bringing an end to affirmative action practices in higher education. million borrowers have $0 payments, and 75% of SAVE borrowers are Pell Grant recipients, meaning they are or were low-income college students.