Four-year schools' GPA increases not seen at community colleges

New data about post-secondary grade inflation finds GPAs at four-year colleges have continued their .1-point-per-decade rise as those at community colleges have stalled.

By Tara García Mathewson • March 30, 2016

Colleges spend millions on Title IX compliance

Higher ed institutions are building out broad bureaucracies to deal with sexual assault response and prevention in light of expanded expectations under the law.

By Tara García Mathewson • March 30, 2016

In-state and interstate initiatives aim to improve transfer pathways

California is looking back on six years of a state initiative while more than a dozen states finalize learning outcomes for the Interstate Passport initiative.

By Tara García Mathewson • March 29, 2016

ASU to develop online science course with $10M from NASA

Researchers from ASU's School of Earth and Space Exploration will develop courseware that incorporates simulations, virtual field trips and adaptive learning.

By Tara García Mathewson • March 29, 2016

Napolitano steps in to handle UC Berkeley sexual misconduct scandal

The UC System president will meet with the Berkeley's chancellor on a monthly basis to monitor the school’s accountability.

By Tara García Mathewson • March 29, 2016

Flat World CEO: Content, not tech, should be focus of CBE

Jade Roth argues that tech should merely be the enabler in the development of competency-based education programs.

By Tara García Mathewson • March 29, 2016

Security breaches plague international SAT administration

A Reuters investigation found more widespread vulnerabilities than the College Board let on, with rampant exploitation in China and other countries.

By Tara García Mathewson • March 29, 2016

Pay gaps persist among tenured faculty across fields

The annual survey from CUPA-HR found a median raise of 2.2% but wide disparities in base salary.

By Tara García Mathewson • March 29, 2016

4 Ways to Bridge the Faculty/Administrator Gap

Encourage faculty members to provide helpful feedback and data to administrators while also fostering reciprocal benefits   

March 29, 2016

Students at 91 former Corinthian campuses to see debt relief

The Education Department has cleared the way for Everest and WyoTech students to have their loans forgiven in the largest such arrangement ever.

By Tara García Mathewson • March 28, 2016

Employers add student loan payments to job perks

A number of employers have begun offering to make payments on their employees’ student loans as a new recruitment and retention incentive.

By Tara García Mathewson • March 28, 2016

Study shows employers look down on for-profit graduates

Researchers sent resumes to a range of employers with varying education information, finding graduates of for-profits are called back significantly less often.

By Tara García Mathewson • March 28, 2016

Could higher ed face the same standardized testing mandates as K-12?

A new paper from public policy institute New America considers implementation strategies for standardized tests on college campuses.

By Tara García Mathewson • March 28, 2016

Arkansas community colleges consider joining state system

The mergers would limit the independence of the state’s smallest community college and one of its largest, but would create new efficiencies.

By Tara García Mathewson • March 28, 2016

UCSD builds system to predict on-time graduation

Though many institutions use such systems, UCSD is building its system from scratch, in-house.

By Autumn A. Arnett • March 24, 2016

Higher ed's digital shift not as fast as some hope

Survey data reveals a desire to adopt more digital course materials but not enough institutional support to do so.

By Tara García Mathewson • March 24, 2016

Potential presidential protections cast controversy in FAMU student gov election

The elections at Florida A&M have become contentious, in part because the student body president is a voting member of the board of trustees.

By Tara García Mathewson • March 24, 2016

Ed Dept report examines success among low-income students

'Fulfilling the Promise, Serving the Need' highlights the institutions doing especially well and those that need work.

By Tara García Mathewson • March 24, 2016

Survey: Mismatch in student, faculty digital literacy perceptions

Half of students and faculty in the study considered themselves to be highly digitally literate but thought less of the other group.

By Tara García Mathewson • March 24, 2016

6 institutions join University Learning Store credentialing initiative

The initiative offers microcredentials and certifications that employers can trust because they went through an industry-based verification process.

By Tara García Mathewson • March 24, 2016

With wearable device sales projected to reach 110M, colleges must adapt

International Data Corp. expects global sales to be almost 33% greater in 2016 than 2015, with that number expected to more than double in 2020.

By Tara García Mathewson • March 23, 2016

Kentucky may be next state to offer free community college

A bill moving through the state's legislature would give students graduating from its high schools, home schools or GED programs access to free college.

By Tara García Mathewson • March 23, 2016

Indiana governor may veto law that would shelter campus police departments

The legislature approved a law that would allow private college police departments to skip reporting of crimes in which no arrests were made.

By Tara García Mathewson • March 23, 2016

Boosting low-income students on campus a challenge

Greater economic diversity is an important goal, but many institutions struggle to find the money to support low-income students’ educations.

By Tara García Mathewson • March 23, 2016

Colleges are improving retention with better remediation

Corequisite remediation, summer bridge programs and better placement tests are among strategies being used to get students on track to a degree.

By Tara García Mathewson • March 23, 2016