Senate committee considers limits to higher ed innovation

The education committee’s latest hearing included discussion of competency-based programs and their accreditation.

By Tara García Mathewson • July 23, 2015

Texas A&M students to receive mobile planners

The university's Galveston campus launched a personal assistant app for students, replacing the school’s age-old paper planner.

By Tara García Mathewson • July 23, 2015

Index finds 20% of US college students are 'high thrivers'

Vibeffect's 2015 College Optimizer Index measures the extent to which students are thriving across academic, social, and personal dimensions.

By Tara García Mathewson • July 23, 2015

Georgia State prompts collaboration with massive visualization space

A 3,300-square-foot section of the university library is now home to CURVE, the Collaborative University Research & Visualization Environment.

By Tara García Mathewson • July 23, 2015

CFPB orders Discover Bank to pay student borrowers $16M

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau alleges the student loan servicer inflated borrowers’ bills and did not provide them with proper tax information.

By Tara García Mathewson • July 23, 2015

Kean U pitches new program with in-state quota

The New Jersey public institution promised a state panel its new bachelor’s program in architecture would enroll only 25 in-state students per year.

By Tara García Mathewson • July 23, 2015

Are standardized tests approaching their end in grad school admissions?

Programs across disciplines are considering whether to drop exam requirements.

By Tara García Mathewson • July 22, 2015

Santa Fe university gives community college grads tuition break

The Santa Fe University of Art and Design has partnered with Santa Fe Community College to offer reduced-price degrees to the two-year graduates.

By Tara García Mathewson • July 22, 2015

ASU president forges path to 'New American University'

Michael Crow's tenure has been defined by efforts to create a modern version of the public research university — an urban, technologically advanced, diverse entity.

By Tara García Mathewson • July 22, 2015

ACE examines impact of legal challenges to race-conscious admissions

A new report finds that few schools have changed admissions practices since Fisher, but many have tried to increase diversity.

By Tara García Mathewson • July 22, 2015

Ed Dept weighing aid options for alternative credentialing

The department is seeking input for how to judge quality in programs like coding bootcamps and MOOCs.

By Tara García Mathewson • July 22, 2015

Adaptive learning for the next generation MBA

As MBA programs shift once again to welcome a new kind of student, adaptive learning programs offer ways to reach them and play to their strengths.

By Tara García Mathewson • July 21, 2015

Dunwood provost: Colleges must better prepare technical workers

Jeff Ylinen says college administrators must also cultivate employer relationships to keep curriculum in line with workforce needs.

By Tara García Mathewson • July 21, 2015

Texas A&M offers engineering program through community colleges

The university is partnering with four of the state's two-year schools to provide a pipeline for students into its 16 engineering degrees.

By Tara García Mathewson • July 21, 2015

Higher ed outlook now 'stable': Moody's

The investor services company has labeled the sector’s outlook as ‘negative’ since January 2013.

By Tara García Mathewson • July 21, 2015

California considering free community college

The state may have the money, but it must decide whether to use it on free college or other targeted higher ed spending.

By Tara García Mathewson • July 21, 2015

Using CRMs in higher ed recruitment

Colleges and universities are increasingly tapping a number of companies to redesign admissions.

By Tara García Mathewson • July 20, 2015

More campuses trading bookstores for online sales

With online moves for textbook sales come questions of whether to close campus stores or stock them with other retail items.

By Tara García Mathewson • July 20, 2015

U of Florida, CCSSO effort aims to transform educator prep

Recommendations include strengthening licensure standards and identifying key skills for educators to better serve all students.

By Tara García Mathewson • July 20, 2015

Study examines online, on-campus price models

A professor of management information systems at UMass Dartmouth is presenting a glimpse of pricing practices across a diverse sample of 103 schools.

By Tara García Mathewson • July 20, 2015

Bringing college presidents and enrollment chiefs together

ACT held its annual Enrollment Planners Conference on Friday, aimed at finding ways enrollment chiefs can reach common ground with campus presidents.

By Tara García Mathewson • July 20, 2015

College CFO survey finds closure, financial strategy concerns

Inside Higher Ed and Gallup’s fifth annual survey found fewer than half of respondents confident in their institution’s long-term financial model.

By Tara García Mathewson • July 20, 2015

ESEA, Udacity, and testing: The week's most-read education news

Fall behind? Get caught up on the Senate's overhaul of No Child Left Behind, the difficulty of New York's tests, and more right here.

By Roger Riddell • July 17, 2015

Missouri bans aid to undocumented college students

State legislators approved a change in the latest budget prohibiting offering lower tuition to undocumented students protected by DACA.

By Tara García Mathewson • July 17, 2015

Wisconsin to offer online data science master's

The online degree will be offered in partnership by the University of Wisconsin Extension and six UW campuses.

By Tara García Mathewson • July 17, 2015