First-time enrollment in Ph.D. programs on the rise, with some exceptions

Enrollment in arts and humanities disciplines dropped .5% from 2013 to 2014, business dropped 1.3%, and physical and earth sciences dropped nearly 2%.

By Tara García Mathewson • Sept. 21, 2015

State regulation may help coding bootcamps maintain quality

Coding bootcamps have remained largely untouched by accreditors and the federal government, but states have worked to ensure careful growth.

By Tara García Mathewson • Sept. 21, 2015

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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

Pathway programs help international students prepare for university rigor

Programs are rare in the US, but prevalent in the UK and Australia, with growth expected.

By Tara García Mathewson • Sept. 18, 2015

Udacity's new business model markets nanodegrees for in-demand skills

Udacity focuses on adults who want new skills and offers them intensive courses backed by the industry.

By Tara García Mathewson • Sept. 17, 2015

NYU's in-house talent revamps registration tutorial with gaming

The NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering offers a pre-registration tutorial students can conveniently access. 

By Tara García Mathewson • Sept. 17, 2015

New paper argues for the centrality of faculty in student success

The paper, by the Campaign for the Future of Higher Education advocates for funding to be allocated accordingly, increasing the proportion of tenured faculty on campus.

By Tara García Mathewson • Sept. 17, 2015

Study shows students benefit from interactive elements of MOOCs

The research comes out of Carnegie Mellon following up on a study of students who took an intro to psychology course.

By Tara García Mathewson • Sept. 17, 2015

Smaller colleges feeling financial stress of lower enrollment

Moody's called the industry as a whole stable, but that obscures colleges at the lower extreme, which are often smaller with minimal endowments.

By Tara García Mathewson • Sept. 17, 2015

Texting could help students in the transition from high school to college

A new book shows how texting programs benefit college preparation. 

By Tara García Mathewson • Sept. 16, 2015

Accelerated learning program to offer computer science training for teachers

Flatiron School supports idea that training teachers in computer science is easier than training programmers to teach.

By Tara García Mathewson • Sept. 16, 2015

Rosemont College to join schools lowering tuition to attract students

The Philadelphia college's 43% price drop will reduce aid disbursements.

By Tara García Mathewson • Sept. 16, 2015

University of California policy against intolerance meeting resistance

The policy has been criticized by First Amendment advocates and by those who view higher education as a place for open discourse. 

By Tara García Mathewson • Sept. 16, 2015

Dean's resignation points out difficulty of personal relationships among faculty

Some policies ban or manage romantic relationships between faculty members and supervisors.

By Tara García Mathewson • Sept. 16, 2015

2015 college access index unveiled at NYT Schools For Tomorrow Conference

The University of California System dominates the top 10 in the Upshot's annual ranking of institutions based on how well they serve low-income students.

By Roger Riddell • Sept. 16, 2015

Georgia Regents becomes Augusta U with name change

The university was only called Georgia Regents since 2012, when Augusta State and Georgia Health Sciences consolidated.

By Tara García Mathewson • Sept. 16, 2015

Nation's oldest existing HBCU struggles to stay afloat

Amid enrollment declines, financial mismanagement, building deterioration, and unstable leadership, some wonder whether Cheyney University should be allowed to fail.

By Tara García Mathewson • Sept. 16, 2015

How liberal arts colleges can prove their own effectiveness

While these colleges have not historically prized systemic assessments of student growth, one analyst argues a shift in culture is necessary.

By Tara García Mathewson • Sept. 16, 2015

New Penn State department separates cybersecurity from IT

The Office of Information Security will be led by a CISO and will be tasked with protecting the university from the millions of hostile cyberattacks it fields on an average day.

By Tara García Mathewson • Sept. 16, 2015

Obama speaks out against oversensitivity on campuses

The former law professor joined the conversation about how college students are being 'coddled.'

By Tara García Mathewson • Sept. 16, 2015

What are the 'most innovative' schools doing to earn their titles?

For the first time, the US News & World Report rankings included a look at the nation's most innovative schools, as nominated by higher ed administrators. 

By Tara García Mathewson • Sept. 15, 2015

U of Iowa's no-confidence vote in new president backed by other state schools

The board of regents hired a businessman with no experience in university administration to lead the university in what faculty argue was a breach of shared governance.

By Tara García Mathewson • Sept. 15, 2015

U of California regents appeal campus sexual assault ruling

The July ruling reversed a UC San Diego suspension order levied after finding a male student in violation of the university’s sex offense policy.

By Tara García Mathewson • Sept. 15, 2015

What institutions should know when considering an innovation space

These spaces should accommodate makers, hackers, and coworkers from a central location that encourages cross-disciplinary interest, but starting small is OK.

By Tara García Mathewson • Sept. 15, 2015

Levine: Competency-based education not a fad

The Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation president argues the rise in CBE reflects the transition out of an industrial economy.

By Tara García Mathewson • Sept. 15, 2015

U of Florida re-evaluating Pearson's role in UF Online

The university signed an 11-year contract with the vendor to launch the program, but with out-of-state enrollment low, it is reconsidering the terms.

By Tara García Mathewson • Sept. 15, 2015