On-campus smartphone repair seen as critical

With students’ increasing reliance on smartphones for everyday college life and schoolwork, on-campus repair shops must be faster and more effective than ever.

By Tara García Mathewson • Feb. 9, 2016

Two studies find extra support for low-income, transfer students boosts outcomes

Studies following Phi Theta Kappa Honors Society members and Dell Scholars find that extra supports and financial help significantly increase the rate of bachelor’s degree attainment.

By Tara García Mathewson • Feb. 9, 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

Ed Dept announces new student aid enforcement unit

The unit is designed to respond more quickly to complaints about illegal actions in the higher ed sector, where many outstanding complaints are targeted at for-profit colleges.

By Tara García Mathewson • Feb. 9, 2016

Apollo Education Group to go private in $1.1B sale

The owner of for-profit college chain University of Phoenix will be taken private in a cash sale to a group of investors, which worries some — though they say they want to clean up the industry.

By Tara García Mathewson • Feb. 9, 2016

U of Central Florida data breach affects student athletes, staff

Cyber attackers accessed the personal information of current and former student athlete,s as well as a group of current and former employees — including students and faculty.

By Tara García Mathewson • Feb. 8, 2016

Will the Internet remove traditional higher ed's prestige factor?

Columnist Michael Kinsley sees the Internet potentially becoming the great disruptor that brings down traditional institutions by taking away the power of prestige.

By Tara García Mathewson • Feb. 8, 2016

Rape allegation roils board of student conduct administration

The president-elect of the Association for Student Conduct Administration board accused a male board member of taking advantage of her at a December conference.

By Tara García Mathewson • Feb. 8, 2016

Suffolk U president, board chair resign after week of protests

Students and faculty spent the week rallying in support of President Margaret McKenna and in opposition to Board Chairman Andrew Meyer, but both are now on their way out..

By Tara García Mathewson • Feb. 8, 2016

Ed Dept announces new requirements for accreditors

Accrediting agencies must provide more information about sanctions assigned to colleges and more clearly report punitive actions.

By Tara García Mathewson • Feb. 8, 2016

Louisiana has cut higher ed more than any other state, and it shows

The budget for state universities is down 55% since the start of the recession, and, on a per-student basis, the state’s two-year colleges get about half as much as when Jindal took office.

By Tara García Mathewson • Feb. 5, 2016

Financial exigency for Chicago State U amid Illinois budget standoff

The majority-black university has said it would run out of money without state funding by March, and the latest step paves the way for drastic action from administrators.

By Tara García Mathewson • Feb. 5, 2016

Maryland community college consortium scales back partnership

Three community colleges in Maryland joined forces to create a center for health care education in 2012 but now plan to relocate the programs to their respective campuses.

By Tara García Mathewson • Feb. 5, 2016

Airbnb use creates concern among higher ed housing officers

Conversations about the risks inherent in Airbnb rentals by students, and the difficulty in policing enterprising dorm residents, are causing headaches on college campuses nationwide.

By Tara García Mathewson • Feb. 5, 2016

Gallup to give US News rankings more competition

Gallup plans to rank colleges based on the 'well-being' of their graduates in a new system that could further weaken the US News rankings and their controversial metrics.

By Tara García Mathewson • Feb. 5, 2016

Campuses may be ill-equipped to handle sexual assault, but it’s the law

While there is an argument to be made over the proper role of institutions in sexual assault adjudication, meeting the expectations of existing law can be helped by outside adjudicators. 

By Tara García Mathewson • Feb. 4, 2016

Student protesters continue to force change on campuses across the country

Two buildings at Georgetown have new names, as does the Byrd Stadium at the University of Maryland, and Brown University faculty have changed Columbus Day to Indigenous Peoples’ Day.

By Tara García Mathewson • Feb. 4, 2016

NSF-funded project helps faculty build interactive e-books

Brookdale Community College in New Jersey is creating a new model for self-made e-books, perfecting a strategy for faculty to make their own interactive texts for all devices.

By Tara García Mathewson • Feb. 4, 2016

Pearson to leave the LMS market within 2-3 years

The British company announced last fall that it would phase out support for OpenClass and more recently told colleges that LearningStudio will also be left behind.

By Tara García Mathewson • Feb. 4, 2016

AAUP and AFT-Wisconsin speak out for tenure in advance of regents meeting

The American Association of University Professors and the American Federation of Teachers-Wisconsin issued a joint statement criticizing proposed tenure policy in the state.

By Tara García Mathewson • Feb. 4, 2016

UC-Berkeley deals with backlash from secret monitoring

The UC system implemented a new computer network monitoring system with the knowledge of a faculty committee it told to keep quiet, but now word is out and tension is high.

By Tara García Mathewson • Feb. 4, 2016

Higher Education Act may not be reauthorized for years

With an election year slowing down progress and the unlikelihood of HEA reauthorization as the first item on the docket of a new Congress, reform may be far off.

By Tara García Mathewson • Feb. 3, 2016

UConn faces criticism for black male student housing plan

The university has carved out space for 43 students in a living-learning community dedicated to black scholars within the larger NextGen Hall, which will house 700 students.

By Tara García Mathewson • Feb. 3, 2016

Ed Dept blocks financial aid for two for-profit chains

Computer Systems Institute lost eligibility over inflated job placement rates, and a chain of beauty schools allegedly fabricated high school diplomas of students.

By Tara García Mathewson • Feb. 3, 2016

Cornell trustees discuss divestment from fossil fuels

While the board may not vote on the issue right away, Cornell’s 64 trustees plan to discuss the $24 million in fossil fuel investments at two meetings this week.

By Tara García Mathewson • Feb. 3, 2016

Penn State measures effects of PD for online student engagement

A pilot study with students and faculty from Penn State’s World Campus adds preliminary data to the question of whether professional development helps student engagement.

By Tara García Mathewson • Feb. 3, 2016