InsideTrack, Chegg join forces on career coaching service

The new partnership aims to address the hardships recent grads face in their job searches.

By Tara García Mathewson • April 6, 2015

Study shows primary edX users are teachers

Harvard and MIT researchers found that 39% of surveyed participants were current or former teachers.

By Tara García Mathewson • April 6, 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

20 more colleges identified with financial restrictions

The Department of Education released previously redacted names from its list of more than 550 schools under cash monitoring.

By Tara García Mathewson • April 6, 2015

Jones to end tenure at Ole Miss after declining deal

The state college board had offered a limited contract to appease Jones’ supporters.

By Tara García Mathewson • April 6, 2015

edX reaches deal with Justice Dept

The MOOC platform’s accommodations for learners with disabilities were the subject of a lawsuit against Harvard and MIT.

By Tara García Mathewson • April 6, 2015

Financial scrutiny and Atlanta convictions: The week’s most read education news

Get caught up on the 556 higher ed institutions under federal financial scrutiny and more right here!

By Roger Riddell • April 2, 2015

Lumen Learning raises $2.5 million in venture capital

The for-profit open educational resources company initially tried to avoid venture capital, but found it necessary to scale up.

By Tara García Mathewson • April 2, 2015

Syracuse U divests from fossil fuel stocks

The university announced this week it would drop fossil fuel stocks from its $1.2 billion endowment.

By Tara García Mathewson • April 2, 2015

Professor: Law schools are not dying

Law professor Steven Davidoff Solomon finds positive signs in enrollment and industry trends.

By Tara García Mathewson • April 2, 2015

Senators propose federal data collection plan

The plan would create a database of information about colleges nationwide to aid students’ enrollment decisions.

By Tara García Mathewson • April 2, 2015

Are higher ed leaders forgetting due process in punishment?

Colleges and universities are grappling with how to set appropriate consequences for students engaging in racist or sexist acts.

By Tara García Mathewson • April 2, 2015

Tyton report highlights dearth of tech solutions for adult ed programs

The sector has demand for instructional technologies but very little supply.

By Tara García Mathewson • April 1, 2015

Virginia files suit to block Sweet Briar College closing

The state has joined the chorus of opposition to the move.

By Tara García Mathewson • April 1, 2015

UVa Miller Center to study higher ed financing

A nonpartisan National Commission on Financing 21st Century Higher Education had its first meeting this week.

By Tara García Mathewson • April 1, 2015

What's an 'emergency communication?' Blackboard seeks clarification

It has asked the FCC whether all mass notifications by schools are covered by the emergency provisions of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act.

By Tara García Mathewson • April 1, 2015

No indictment for Texas Regent Wallace Hall

A grand jury was investigating whether Hall should be charged with abuse of office, among other allegations.

By Tara García Mathewson • April 1, 2015

Indiana boycotts snarl travel plans

Outrage following passage of Indiana's 'religious freedom' law has prompted boycotts and soul-searching.

By Tara García Mathewson • April 1, 2015

Ed Dept reveals list of 556 institutions under financial scrutiny

The list contains a mix of for-profits, state schools, bible colleges, and foreign institutions.

By Roger Riddell • March 31, 2015

America's High School Graduation Rate and its Impact on Higher Education

U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan urges institutions to harness educational technology to curb dipping enrollment and completion rates.

By Jeff Roberts, content marketing editor at Collegis Education • March 31, 2015

Western Governors University takes hold in online ed

The online-only, no-teacher model caters to nontraditional students looking for degrees that will lead directly to career growth.

By Tara García Mathewson • March 31, 2015

Customized student outreach becoming key to admissions

Prospective students are looking for personalized attention and answers to their nuanced questions.

By Tara García Mathewson • March 31, 2015

Rhodes scholarships to be offered in China

The Rhodes Trust announced a new scholarship program offering Chinese students expenses-paid study at Oxford.

By Tara García Mathewson • March 31, 2015

MIT tests new program for grading coding assignments

A new system called OverCode allows faculty to analyze student programming far more quickly.

By Tara García Mathewson • March 31, 2015

Reinstating Ole Miss chancellor could raise questions of trustees' leadership

Reversing course could leave Daniel Jones looking more powerful than the board that oversees him.

By Tara García Mathewson • March 31, 2015

AAUW has new recommendations for women in STEM

The organization's latest report examines the most male-dominated STEM fields, and what higher ed can do to improve the stats.

By Tara García Mathewson • March 30, 2015