What happened when Nevada higher ed officials read unflattering reviews?

The Nevada System of Higher Education commissioned the study, but suppressed the critical review.

By Tara García Mathewson • June 29, 2015

Impact of gay marriage ruling on Christian schools

The Supreme Court’s ruling legalizing gay marriage nationwide could eliminate tax-exempt status for Christian schools.

By Tara García Mathewson • June 29, 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

Court to Kansas: Rework school funding law, again

A district court ruled Friday that the state's controversial school funding structure is unconstitutional.

By Kate Schimel • June 28, 2015

UW System CIO Sasi Pillay talks retention, transitioning from NASA

The world's top space agency and higher ed aren't so different after all.

By Roger Riddell • June 26, 2015

Video, game-based testing, and PowerSchool: The week’s most-read education news

Fall behind? Get caught up on the latest win for 'gainful employment' regulations, video's rising prominence in education, and more right here.

By Roger Riddell • June 26, 2015

U of Cincinnati president donates $200K bonus

Santa Ono’s annual bonus will go to 14 organizations and scholarships, as well as the family of a fallen police officer.

By Tara García Mathewson • June 26, 2015

Is the Chinese student bubble set to pop?

At least one analyst sees a number of reasons Chinese enrollment in US schools is on the verge of a decline.

By Tara García Mathewson • June 26, 2015

More Florida students are failing college-level coursework

After legislators banned requirements for remedial courses, students started skipping them and proving they weren’t ready for harder work.

By Tara García Mathewson • June 26, 2015

Education Department backs off of college ratings

The department instead plans to launch a consumer-oriented college comparison tool using many of the same metrics it had discussed for ratings.

By Tara García Mathewson • June 26, 2015

Purdue invests in multipurpose classroom for on-campus, online use

The reimagined 75-student space features overflow seating for 100 students, who would participate similarly to their online peers.

By Tara García Mathewson • June 24, 2015

Online course provider Simplilearn acquires Market Motive for $10M

The acquisition will open Market Motive’s online courses in digital marketing to a much larger audience.

By Tara García Mathewson • June 24, 2015

Education Dept reportedly undercounted Navient wrongdoing

Nearly 78,000 service members will receive a collective $60 million in a Justice Dept settlement that advocates say proves a miscalculation.

By Tara García Mathewson • June 24, 2015

Survey explores higher ed severance packages

While only 63 of 400 institutions responded to the survey, 60% of them said they had severance pay agreements with their presidents.

By Tara García Mathewson • June 24, 2015

Gainful employment rule upheld by DC judge

The regulations would require career-focused programs to prove graduates make enough money to repay student loans.

By Tara García Mathewson • June 24, 2015

Judge orders Education Management Corp. to continue paying bondholders

The for-profit college operator tried to restructure its assets without bondholder consent and lost.

By Tara García Mathewson • June 24, 2015

Columbia University pledges to end investments in private prisons

The university previously had millions invested in Corrections Corp. of America.

By Tara García Mathewson • June 24, 2015

Sweet Briar's new president has no time for a learning curve

The former lawyer, college president and accrediting council board chairman will have to address mounds of paperwork, enrollment, staffing and fundraising.

By Tara García Mathewson • June 24, 2015

Carnegie Mellon tests impact of blended learning on computer science

A new course will experiment with techniques to help scale the class and make it effective for all learners.

By Tara García Mathewson • June 24, 2015

UC Irvine launches new Ph.D. program model

The 5+2 program would expect humanities students to finish their dissertations within five years and then provide them funding as post-docs for an additional two.

By Tara García Mathewson • June 24, 2015

Kansas State University president to donate raise

The 2% raise approved by the state board of regents will be returned in the form of a gift to the University Support Staff Awards program.

By Tara García Mathewson • June 23, 2015

Indiana officials criticize Ivy Tech

The community college system gets significant state funding, but officials want to cut back because of poor student outcomes.

By Tara García Mathewson • June 23, 2015

International students flock to community colleges, too

Two-year schools provide these students more flexibility with language requirements, as well as cheaper tuition.

By Tara García Mathewson • June 23, 2015

How to keep STEM students in the major and in school

Significant attrition by students originally selecting STEM majors is something all colleges should be concerned about.

By Tara García Mathewson • June 23, 2015

Arizona State writing instructors win contract fight

The instructors argued against an increase in teaching responsibility that wasn’t paired with a pay increase.

By Tara García Mathewson • June 23, 2015

A framework for increasing pass rates on high stakes exams

Using ExamSoft’s robust exam features like question categories, test plan blueprints and strengths & opportunities reports, Uni of Arkansas finds success for NCLEX-RN exam takers.

By Sherri Graves, MNSc, RN, Clinical Instructor, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College of Nursing • June 23, 2015