On this episode of On Campus Radio, we take a deep look into the admissions scandal rocking the country.

Plus, we look into how a new college at MIT is part of a change in how people view higher education.

After announcing it was seeking a merger, Hampshire College revealed this month they won't be bringing in a new class for the fall.

On our latest episode of On Campus Radio, we'll explore the situation at Hampshire and what it means for the landscape of higher ed.

For the first time, the Board of Higher Education has created a financial stress test to confidentially screen at-risk colleges, monitoring their revenue and expenses. The goal is to protect students, families and employees by proactively identifying struggling colleges and avoiding abrupt shutdowns, like Mount Ida College's in Newton last year.

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has already rescinded Obama-era guidelines for how schools handle sexual harassment and assault claims. Now, she is hoping to give what she calls fair protections to the accused.

Advocates for survivors see this as a big step backward and they are making their voices heard. The deadline for public comment has been extended to Wednesday, Jan. 30.

On the latest episode of On Campus Radio, we'll look into DeVos' proposed changes and how students and educators are responding to them.

This month, seven women filed a federal class action lawsuit in New Hampshire claiming three former tenured psychology professors groped and harassed them. One of the professors is accused of raping two students. They charged that Dartmouth administrators knew for years about the department's "Animal House" culture, but ignored several sexual misconduct complaints for more than a decade.

Dartmouth has denied the charges and, in a statement, strongly disagreed with the characterization of its response to the allegations. All three professors have either retired or resigned.

The lawsuit comes as the Trump administration has proposed new regulations on how colleges handle sexual misconduct claims. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has said the draft rules, released Nov. 6, enhance fairness by adding protections for the accused. Advocates for survivors have condemned the move as a step backwards because they narrow the definition of sexual harassment and require colleges like Dartmouth to act only if the alleged misconduct appears to be severe and also pervasive.

Last month, the role of athletics in the student admissions process of selective schools like Harvard and Yale — and how favorably athletic applicants are viewed — was brought into question.

A group called Students for Fair Admissions has sued Harvard, saying the university discriminates against Asian-American applicants. During the three-week trial, some of Harvard's admissions practices came to light, including how athletes are given a significant advantage in the admissions process.

According to Harvard's own data, 83 percent of athletes with high academic ratings are accepted. That's compared to only 16 percent for non-athletes.

The defense Harvard presented was that athletics helps to build a community at an academic institution.

Does Harvard discriminate against Asian-Americans? That was the central question at the heart of the closely-watched federal court case that ended Friday in Boston.

A group called Students for Fair Admissions accused Harvard of discriminating against Asian-American applicants by rating them lower on personal qualities.

Harvard has vigorously defended itself, relying, in part, on the stories of Asian-American students and alumni. Meanwhile, the group representing unnamed Asian Americans who say they were unfairly denied admission is leaning heavily on statistics.

A federal court case alleging Harvard University discriminates against Asian-American applicants gets underway Monday in Boston.

While the case focuses on Harvard, it could have big consequences for other selective colleges that are committed to diversity and have similar admissions practices. At stake is 40 years of legal precedent that the Constitution allows race to be one factor in deciding which students to admit.

Montana residents are alone in the nation in being required to weigh in every 10 years on whether to allot a portion of their property taxes to support their public universities and colleges. While they’ve said “yes” every decade since the question started being asked in 1948, the margin has been narrowing, and this year’s vote comes at a time of growing antagonism toward both academia and taxes.

Next month, the trial begins in a case where a group called Students For Fair Admissions is suing Harvard, claiming the university discriminates against Asian-American applicants by holding them to higher academic and personal standards.

On the next episode of On Campus Radio, we look into the case and how Harvard and other selective schools consider race to diversify enrollment.