New partnership joins corporations and community colleges

The College Employer Collaborative will design content with CorpU for community colleges to incorporate into their certificate programs.

By Tara García Mathewson • June 12, 2015

Humanities deans cope with shifting value proposition

Colleges facing shrinking enrollment in humanities and social science courses are launching new initiatives to re-engage students.

By Tara García Mathewson • June 11, 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

Grovo, Capital One partner on free digital literacy training

The Future Edge Digital Literacy Challenge aims to teach adults basic computer skills necessary for many jobs.

By Tara García Mathewson • June 11, 2015

Students speak out in the face of state cuts

Students in states facing potentially significant cuts have fought against them with a range of local activism and outreach to legislators.

By Tara García Mathewson • June 11, 2015

Warren blasts Ed Dept's oversight

The Massachusetts senator is speaking out against the department’s response to Corinthian Colleges and loan servicer Navient.

By Tara García Mathewson • June 11, 2015

Cooper Union president, five trustees resign amid tuition debate

The departures come after a hard year of not only defending new tuition charges, but responding to an attorney general probe.

By Tara García Mathewson • June 11, 2015

AAUP survey: Despite flaws, teaching evaluations valuable

Around 9,000 faculty members, mostly tenure or tenure track, reported that subjective, personal comments from students are bleeding into formal evaluations.

By Tara García Mathewson • June 11, 2015

Injunction to Sweet Briar closing still on the table

The Virginia Supreme Court sent a case back to the circuit court for review after ruling that its initial decision on the closure was in error.

By Tara García Mathewson • June 10, 2015

XPRIZE, Barbara Bush Foundation offering $7M to top adult literacy app creators

The global competition will challenge developers to create scalable mobile apps that can help adult students make significant progress in basic literacy.

By Tara García Mathewson • June 10, 2015

Mixed reviews for Ed Dept's loan forgiveness plan

While it gives some borrowers hope, critics say the proposed process will require too much of individual borrowers and unfairly stick the bill on taxpayers.

By Tara García Mathewson • June 10, 2015

UW-Madison chancellor vows to protect tenure

While Rebecca Blank doesn’t think any legislative changes to tenure would affect Madison directly, she is still working to alter the language of a state proposal.

By Tara García Mathewson • June 10, 2015

Alexander opposed to 'gainful employment' rule, federal ratings system

The leader of the Senate education committee vowed to block both Obama initiatives if implemented as proposed.

By Tara García Mathewson • June 10, 2015

EAB: Tracking outcomes top of mind in online, professional ed

Annual survey of online and professional ed administrators also offers insights on alternative credentials and hybrid programs.

By Roger Riddell • June 9, 2015

ACT Profile and Noodle now offer college cost comparison tool

Partnerships with College Abacus are expected to bring its cost calculator tool to millions of families.

By Tara García Mathewson • June 9, 2015

Coding bootcamps expected to graduate 16K students in 2015

A Course Report survey found the number of coding bootcamp grads sharply on the rise from 6,740 last year.

By Tara García Mathewson • June 9, 2015

College contractors subject to increased federal oversight

Colleges have increasingly outsourced tasks that relate to student aid dollars, which fall under the U.S. Department of Education's purview.

By Tara García Mathewson • June 9, 2015

Ed Dept to forgive Corinthian student debt

The announcement applies to all former students enrolled when the company agreed to sell its properties.

By Tara García Mathewson • June 9, 2015

Public higher ed presidents see benefits on the rise

The Chronicle of Higher Education's annual survey of executive compensation revealed benefits ranging from housing and cars to maids and personal trainers.

By Tara García Mathewson • June 9, 2015

US lags in responsiveness to prospective international students

A new report from Study Portals and The British Council ranks America behind Scandinavian countries, the UK, Australia, and parts of Europe.

By Tara García Mathewson • June 8, 2015

City College of San Francisco chancellor steps down

Art Tyler, who served just 19 months, will take over as vice chancellor of facilities with no explanation for the move.

By Tara García Mathewson • June 8, 2015

Bowdoin College turns to Chegg for textbook sales

Many students already buy their textbooks online, making the campus textbook center less profitable and worth running.

By Tara García Mathewson • June 8, 2015

Northwestern increasing minimum grad student stipend to $29K

The move represents a 26% increase for the lowest-paid PhD students, making the university more competitive with its peers.

By Tara García Mathewson • June 8, 2015

Wisconsin higher ed board doesn't speak up for tenure

The Board of Regents passed up the opportunity to denounce a budget proposal that would eliminate legal protection of tenure but added tenure to its own policy.

By Tara García Mathewson • June 8, 2015

Daphne Koller: Online ed won't replace the traditional model

The Coursera co-founder argues online courses are more effective for certain topics, but traditional classroom experiences have their own draw beyond learning.

By Tara García Mathewson • June 8, 2015

Tech learning 'Netflix' Pluralsight offering free courses to reservists, vets, and families

The promotion runs through the end of July, opening the platform’s training library to hundreds of thousands.

By Tara García Mathewson • June 5, 2015