Ed Dept taken to task for database vulnerabilities

Officials appeared before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, admitting weaknesses in personal student loan data protection.

By Tara García Mathewson • Nov. 20, 2015

Will Princeton disown Woodrow Wilson?

Student protesters have joined peers at other institutions in making demands to improve racial campus climates.

By Tara García Mathewson • Nov. 20, 2015

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Obama administration takes executive action on accreditation

The administration has also proposed additional legislation to urge Congress to make its own changes.

By Tara García Mathewson • Nov. 20, 2015

73% of campus officials say cybersecurity a top concern

A recent survey from Dell and the Center for Digital Education saw 72% of respondents report that data breaches are their top cyberattack concern.

By Roger Riddell • Nov. 19, 2015

Kadenze follows up arts-focused MOOC platform with LMS

Kannu is designed to handle the media-rich content inherent in arts and creative technology education.

By Tara García Mathewson • Nov. 19, 2015

Yale commits considerable resources to diversity initiatives

The expansion comes amid a wave of student unrest following high-profile resignations at Mizzou, as students at Occidental College call for their own ouster.

By Tara García Mathewson • Nov. 19, 2015

Internationalizing higher ed has to include faculty

A new report from ACE provides a guide for schools to incentivize internationalization in tenure and promotion policy.

By Tara García Mathewson • Nov. 19, 2015

Montana State faculty senate rejects hospitality management program

The 16-to-12 vote reflected concerns that the proposed offering would take money from other programs.

By Tara García Mathewson • Nov. 19, 2015

Harvard admissions dean questions new application

William R. Fitzsimmons is skeptical an alternative to the Common App will really provide more access to low-income students.

By Tara García Mathewson • Nov. 19, 2015

Higher ed trails behind peer industries in social recruitment strategies

Faculty hiring processes generally pull from traditional pipelines, missing qualified, diverse talent.

By Tara García Mathewson • Nov. 18, 2015

Corinthian ‘consistently misled students’ according to investigation

California Attorney General Kamala Harris and the U.S. Department of Education found the shuttered for-profit lied to students about job prospects.

By Tara García Mathewson • Nov. 18, 2015

U of Kansas students try to separate organizing efforts from Mizzou

Despite a contentious forum on race with the campus chancellor, students are trying to work with administrators instead of against them.

By Tara García Mathewson • Nov. 18, 2015

Colleges with minimal student interest in athletics pay the most

A look at 201 public, Division I universities shows more than $10.3 billion in student fees have gone to athletic programs in the last five years.

By Tara García Mathewson • Nov. 18, 2015

Ed Dept expands CBE experiment to include subscription tuition

The department’s competency-based education experiment gives schools the freedom to provide credit for prior experience.

By Tara García Mathewson • Nov. 18, 2015

Will Ed Dept have more talk than action with accreditors?

The Obama administration has proposed a range of tough new policies for accreditors, but its own history shows hesitation to actually crack down.

By Tara García Mathewson • Nov. 18, 2015

Baylor U expects to opt out of Texas campus carry law

Baylor President and Chancellor Ken Starr told a gathering Monday he had 'little doubt' the university would opt out, using its freedom to do so as a private institution.

By Tara García Mathewson • Nov. 17, 2015

Sorority opposition to Safe Campus Act prompts umbrella groups' switch

The North-American Interfraternity Conference and the National Panhellenic Conference pulled support from the controversial bill after first lobbying for it.

By Tara García Mathewson • Nov. 17, 2015

Minority-serving institutions get access to STEM grants

The Department of Education is splitting $3 million among 13 institutions with large minority student populations to strengthen their STEM programs.

By Tara García Mathewson • Nov. 17, 2015

APLU aims to scale adaptive learning with grant program

The Association of Public Land-grant Universities is opening a competitive grant process focused on adaptive learning for general ed courses.

By Tara García Mathewson • Nov. 17, 2015

NCAA president discusses ethical responsibilities to athletes

Mark Emmert told a group of university leaders they have a responsibility to prevent ‘mismatches' on their campuses.

By Tara García Mathewson • Nov. 17, 2015

Education Management Corp to pay $95.5M in fraud violation

The company saw a $684 million loss last year amid hundreds of job cuts, though it still has more than 20,000 employees.

By Deborah Barrington • Nov. 16, 2015

International student population grows at fastest rate in 35 years

The results of the IIE’s latest Open Doors survey shows a 10% jump in the number of international students studying in the U.S.

By Tara García Mathewson • Nov. 16, 2015

Survey identifies policies for on-campus and online adjuncts as place for improvement

Often the same policies govern on-campus and online adjuncts, but the one-size-fits-all approach may be flawed. 

By Tara García Mathewson • Nov. 16, 2015

Tuition-free University of the People seeing big boost in immigrant students

University of the People is an accredited online institution that has seen enrollment in the U.S. surge in the last year, particularly among students who are immigrants.

By Tara García Mathewson • Nov. 16, 2015

University of Illinois settles with Salaita, but still under censure

The Urbana-Champaign campus has settled two lawsuits filed after the university backed out of an accepted tenure offer following Salaita’s Twitter commentary about Israel.

By Tara García Mathewson • Nov. 16, 2015