City College of San Francisco faces financial scandal amid accreditation woes

The troubled community college is still on shaky footing with its accreditor amid reports of potential misuse of funds by administrators, including resigning chancellor Art Tyler.

By Tara García Mathewson • Jan. 15, 2016

Ithaca president resigns following protests over racial climate

Tom Rochon announced he will retire July 1, 2017, giving the board of trustees time to choose a leader well-suited to address the college’s challenges.

By Tara García Mathewson • Jan. 15, 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.

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U of Oregon targets redundancy, cancels outside branding contract

The university terminated a high-profile advertising contract with an outside firm and plans to restructure communications across the university in a broad push to limit duplication.

By Tara García Mathewson • Jan. 15, 2016

Higher ed leaders weigh pros, cons of Tennessee's restructuring

Gov. Bill Haslam plans to create new governing boards at the universities in the Tennessee Board of Regents system and let the board focus on community and technical colleges.

By Tara García Mathewson • Jan. 15, 2016

Coalition advocates for '21st century' HEA rewrite

As Congress considers reauthorization, the OLC, UPCEA, and WCET have released a set of guiding principles aimed at taking modern realities in higher ed into account.

By Tara García Mathewson • Jan. 15, 2016

Black students less likely to seek campus services for mental health support

An online survey asked 1,500 second-semester freshmen about their college experiences and found a clear racial disparity in help-seeking between black and white students.

By Tara García Mathewson • Jan. 14, 2016

ACE aims for equal gender representation in higher ed leadership

The Moving the Needle campaign calls for support from higher education leaders to ensure half of all college and university chief executives are women by 2030.

By Tara García Mathewson • Jan. 14, 2016

CFPB student loan watchdog Rohit Chopra joins Ed Dept

Chopra has not minced words in his criticism of the department’s student loan contractors, institutions accused of fraud, and the department itself.

By Tara García Mathewson • Jan. 14, 2016

National survey provides first clear look at competency-based ed

The survey, produced by Public Agenda and funded by the Gates and Lumina foundations, incorporated information from more than 170 higher ed institutions.

By Tara García Mathewson • Jan. 14, 2016

Share of educational costs covered by families stabilizes

A new report from the Delta Cost Project using the latest year of federal data shows the share of tuition that covers educational costs largely leveled out in 2013.

By Tara García Mathewson • Jan. 14, 2016

Obama argues for free community college in final State of the Union

Education received several mentions in Tuesday's address, including another call to cut the cost of college through free community college proposals.

By Tara García Mathewson • Jan. 13, 2016

Supreme Court won’t consider case about student loan erasure in bankruptcy

A Wisconsin man with more than $260,000 in student loan debt tried to appeal his case to get clarity from the nation’s top court.

By Tara García Mathewson • Jan. 13, 2016

Washington community college faces criticism over international recruitment

Green River College aggressively recruits international students, in most cases through proxies, and it has come to rely on their tuition — but faculty take issue with the school’s priorities.

By Tara García Mathewson • Jan. 13, 2016

Schools consider WiFi upgrades to meet growing demand

The latest WiFi technology, 802.11ac Wave 2, is nearly here, and some campuses are already planning infrastructure changes to make use of the faster, more powerful connection.

By Tara García Mathewson • Jan. 13, 2016

Embry-Riddle, Penn State top US News' best online programs

US News & World Report released its fifth annual quality rankings of online education programs, including best bachelor’s, MBA, and a handful of other graduate-level programs.

By Tara García Mathewson • Jan. 13, 2016

What are Educause's top 10 IT issues and technologies of 2016?

The leading higher ed technology association urges institutions to divest, reinvest, differentiate.

By Tara García Mathewson • Jan. 13, 2016

With Gen Z headed to college, questions of where and how to adapt

Today's teenagers will set foot on campuses with a unique set of preferences for learning — but should schools be selective in how they adapt?

By Tara García Mathewson • Jan. 12, 2016

Jack Kent Cooke Foundation urges new definition of 'merit'

In a new report titled 'True Merit,' the foundation shows how it is harder for high-achieving, low-income students to get into elite colleges than it is for other applicants, including legacies and athletes.

By Tara García Mathewson • Jan. 12, 2016

Hobsons buys Predictive Analytics Reporting Framework

PAR is a national membership collaborative that helps colleges and universities analyze data to improve student outcomes, including retention and graduation rates.

By Tara García Mathewson • Jan. 12, 2016

Despite shrinking achievement gap, black men remain outliers at VCU

Virginia Commonwealth University has gained attention for raising graduation rates of underrepresented minorities, but men of color remain behind.

By Tara García Mathewson • Jan. 12, 2016

Association of Governing Boards launches consulting service

AGB Institutional Strategies Consulting will focus on the operational and financial challenges of colleges and universities, serving as a resource for new business models.

By Tara García Mathewson • Jan. 12, 2016

Apollo Education stocks soar over word of $1B sale

The owner of the University of Phoenix may be finalizing a sale following tough years of stricter regulation and falling enrollments.

By Tara García Mathewson • Jan. 12, 2016

U of Maryland forges partnership with Baltimore teaching hospital

The partnership with St. Agnes Healthcare is part of a trend spurred on by the Affordable Care Act’s mandate for improved health care and expanded access.

By Tara García Mathewson • Jan. 11, 2016

Startups use tech to solve ed's '2 Sigma Problem'

Benjamin Bloom wrote about the '2 Sigma Problem' in 1984, identifying the benefits of one-on-one tutoring using mastery learning techniques, but the strategy has long been cost-prohibitive.

By Tara García Mathewson • Jan. 11, 2016

Historians debate role in campus protests at annual meeting

Campus protests over statues, names, and other monuments to a racist past have brought accusations of a desire to 'erase history,' something to which historians can respond.

By Tara García Mathewson • Jan. 11, 2016