Small colleges struggle to withstand financial challenges

Staying open is a growing struggle for small institutions with limited endowments in regions that have experienced declines in the college-going population.

By Tara García Mathewson • March 31, 2016

Pennsylvania university to replace flat tuition with per-credit rate

Indiana University of Pennsylvania expects the change to increase tuition revenue and make the system more fair.

By Tara García Mathewson • March 31, 2016

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Enrollment and Retention

A look at the pandemic's continuing impact on enrollment and how colleges can ensure students stay on course.

By Higher Ed Dive staff

Accessibility should factor into each stage of course development

Schools can create accessible new courses if they keep best practices in mind during every stage of the process, from R&D to design and implementation.

By Tara García Mathewson • March 31, 2016

Stackable degrees gaining prominence as entry points to grad school

The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign's new data science master’s program with Coursera gives students the option of a full degree or stackable credits.

By Tara García Mathewson • March 31, 2016

Audit prompts controversy over U of California admissions

An audit commissioned by the state legislature found the system was not holding out-of-state students to higher standards than in-staters.

By Tara García Mathewson • March 31, 2016

Fixing remediation at scale with corequisite courses

Colorado's Pikes Peak Community College is among those seeing immediate, striking progress in the portion of remedial students advancing to intro courses.

By Tara García Mathewson • March 30, 2016

Is higher ed too preoccupied with the present to plan for the future?

A new book, 'Breakpoint: The Changing Marketplace for Higher Education,' says leaders need to take a step back to best prepare for disruption in the space.

By Tara García Mathewson • March 30, 2016

Some vocational certificates lead to minimal wage benefits

While the number of certificates awarded for less than a year of vocational study has grown rapidly since 2000, the benefit of such short-term programs seems to be limited.

By Tara García Mathewson • March 30, 2016

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