Business degree program at Portland State focuses on e-portfolio

The undergraduate, part-time, online program sets students up with demonstrable achievements to take to future employers.

By Tara García Mathewson • June 18, 2015

Video spurs deeper interaction with college websites

Colleges that have turned still images into moving ones on their homepages have seen success driving traffic to admissions and other internal pages.

By Tara García Mathewson • June 18, 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

CFPB student loan ombudsman Rohit Chopra to step down

Chopra submitted a letter of resignation following four years in the post on Wednesday.

By Tara García Mathewson • June 18, 2015

House GOP budget would block key Obama higher ed regulations

The proposed budget would prohibit spending on gainful employment regulations and a proposed system for rating colleges and universities.

By Tara García Mathewson • June 18, 2015

Accrediting council, Ed Dept provide new competency-based clarification

The Council of Regional Accrediting Commissions and the U.S. Department of Education seem to be on the same page with assessment framework.

By Tara García Mathewson • June 18, 2015

Columbia students speak out about sexual assault handling

Three cases profiled in the Huffington Post were allegedly dragged on months longer than university policy dictates and full of questionable actions by officials.

By Tara García Mathewson • June 17, 2015

IT help desks gaining prominence on campuses

More colleges and universities are moving IT centers from obscure locations advertised only with a phone line to Apple-like service centers.

By Tara García Mathewson • June 17, 2015

Bloomberg donates $100 million to NYC Cornell campus

The donation came as Cornell broke ground on its campus for Cornell Tech, a recent collaboration between the university and the city.

By Tara García Mathewson • June 17, 2015

For-profits find a home in Brazil

DeVry, Apollo, and Laureate are all seeing growing profits globally while their business model in the United States breaks down.

By Tara García Mathewson • June 17, 2015

Can in-class communication tools boost student engagement?

Ohio State University is among hundreds of institutions hedging their bets on BYOD-friendly platforms like Top Hat and Echo 360.

By Tara García Mathewson • June 16, 2015

New Jersey's last women's college going co-ed

The College of Saint Elizabeth will begin its next chapter in the fall of 2016, opening its daytime classes to men.

By Tara García Mathewson • June 16, 2015

Student success centers on the rise

There are certain keys to designing, launching, marketing, and funding such centers, which aim to boost retention on campuses.

By Tara García Mathewson • June 16, 2015

England's University of Cambridge to hire Lego professor of play

The Lego Foundation donated £2.5 million to fund the position, which would also lead a research center focused primarily on play in education.

By Tara García Mathewson • June 16, 2015

Higher ed spending priorities criticized from both sides of the aisle

Both Sen. Elizabeth Warren and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie last week criticized lush campus amenities.

By Tara García Mathewson • June 16, 2015

UMass set to approve $250-per-year IT fee

Students are protesting the fee, which would go toward improving the information technology network across four campuses.

By Tara García Mathewson • June 15, 2015

Penn State prototype brings virtual reality to distance education

The student-designed system gives distance learners an immersive classroom experience using Oculus Rift VR tech.

By Tara García Mathewson • June 14, 2015

Ed Dept expresses concern over university access to student health records

Loopholes in FERPA give university officials access to otherwise private information.

By Tara García Mathewson • June 14, 2015

U of Illinois among 4 institutions censured at AAUP annual meeting

The move to censure the university comes after the controversial withdrawal of its appointment of tenured professor Steven Salaita last summer.

By Tara García Mathewson • June 14, 2015

Lumina Foundation launches national dialogue around credentialing

The foundation will bring together leaders in higher ed, business, and labor striving to clarify the muddled credentialing system.

By Tara García Mathewson • June 14, 2015

Pluralsight, best-paying ed jobs, and priorities: The week’s most-read education news

Fall behind? Get caught up on how humanities deans are dealing with shifting value propositions and more right here!

By Roger Riddell • June 12, 2015

Galvanize's Maia: Getting women into STEM comes down to role models

The coding education provider boasts a 50-50 split of male and female students on its San Francisco campus — one of six nationwide.

By Roger Riddell • June 12, 2015

Lawmakers propose making some UNC students attend community college first

Under a proposal, the university system would refer low-performing students to two-year schools before offering them a place on their campuses.

By Tara García Mathewson • June 12, 2015

UNC-Chapel Hill put on probation by accreditor

The most serious sanction short of revoking accreditation comes as a consequence of the university’s student athlete scandal.

By Tara García Mathewson • June 12, 2015

ScholarMatch helps low-income high schoolers find colleges

Its national counterpart, ScholarMatcher, provides an online tool for students who need good financial aid and strong first-gen support.

By Tara García Mathewson • June 12, 2015

Federal higher ed funding outpacing states as gap grows

According to a report from Pew Charitable Trusts, the government paid an increasingly larger share through 2010, when the balance tipped.

By Tara García Mathewson • June 12, 2015