Higher education

Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was in his mid-20s when he rose to prominence as the father of the American Civil Rights Movement.

Gonzaga University’s next president will be Katia Passerini as the school continues to break with decades of leadership precedent.

North Idaho College Workforce Training Center, based in Post Falls, is bringing career-building programs to residents of Idaho’s two northernmost counties.

A formal complaint filed by a Sandpoint man alleges North Idaho College is not providing equal opportunities for female college students to play sports under Title IX.

When University of Idaho student Melanie Velazco Curiel presented her steel sculptures to students and faculty for her thesis, which honored the diversity and inclusion centers that shaped her college years, she had no idea she was about to walk into a meeting an hour later where the school’s president announced the centers were being closed.

Eastern Washington University officials discovered on Dec. 2 that 4,000 previous student employee and temporary employee records were accessed by an “unauthorized individual,” according to a news release.

The Idaho State Board of Education on Wednesday unanimously voted on a resolution to keep state colleges from maintaining diversity, equity and inclusion offices.

The governing board for Washington State University announced Wednesday it has identified five top candidates to take over the helm of the 134 year-old institution, but noticeably missing from the announcement were any identifying characteristics of who is being considered to be the university’s 12th president.

A group of University of Idaho students who use diversity offices that are threatened under a proposed statewide policy said in a survey that the services have boosted their college experience and, in some cases, stopped them from dropping out.

The closure of University of Idaho’s diversity offices on campus is up in the air pending a decision from the Idaho State Board of Education.

About 100 people joined a protest against the Israel-Hamas War at Gonzaga’s campus Thursday, demanding the university cut ties with weapons manufacturers.

The Idaho State Board of Education will consider a resolution this week that could eliminate diversity and equity offices from universities.

Gonzaga University will provide a Master of Public Health degree beginning in 2025.

Three moderate candidates for North Idaho College Board of Trustees beat their GOP-endorsed opponents in Tuesday’s election, shifting control of the embattled board as the college waits to hear if it will retain accreditation next year.

North Idaho College’s board of trustees has improved its governance in recent months, but it is not a long enough track record to prove the changes are permanent, the latest report to the college’s accreditor says.

After two more years of chaos since the last election, North Idaho College is about to find out if it has made enough progress on board governance to retain accreditation.

With emotions running high for many this election year, Washington State University researchers observed a group of Republican and Democratic voters as they watched Tuesday night’s presidential debate – and were surprised by what they found.