Wisconsin governor plans $300M cuts, autonomy for universities

The two-year cut in state spending on Wisconsin's university system would come with more operational freedom for university officials.

By Keith Button • Jan. 29, 2015

Higher ed fundraising at all-time high

Charitable donations to U.S. colleges and universities rose to $37.5 billion in 2014, with Harvard University raking in the most at $1.2 billion.

By Keith Button • Jan. 29, 2015

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Emerging Technology

As higher ed deals with enrollment declines and other challenges, colleges need to consider how increased and changing use of technology affects students and campus finances. 

By Higher Ed Dive staff

VCU to no longer require SAT from some applicants

With a few exceptions, Virginia Commonwealth University applicants will no longer be required to submit SAT scores if their high school grade point average is 3.3 or higher.    

By Keith Button • Jan. 29, 2015

Maine university system to divest from coal

The University of Maine System is reportedly the first public land grant institution or university system to vote for fossil fuel divestment.

By Keith Button • Jan. 28, 2015

Second vote to be issued in controversial College of DuPage presidential buyout

The board of trustees for Illinois' largest community college in Illinois cited 'procedural error' as the reason for its revote on the controversial $763,000 pay package.

By Keith Button • Jan. 28, 2015

U of Iowa-Des Moines acquires private business college

The private nonprofit AIB College of Business has over 1,000 students, who will all be transitioned into the University of Iowa over the next year or more.

By Keith Button • Jan. 28, 2015

Cyber competition rankings topped by Dakota State students

The National Cyber League had 1,368 competitors in its 2014 regular season, along with 86 colleges competing in its postseason.

By Keith Button • Jan. 28, 2015

$1M in grants will convert out-of-print humanities books to digital

The funding for the e-book conversion project comes from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

By Keith Button • Jan. 27, 2015

Metropolitan State U data breach uncovered following hacker's blog post

The data breach compromised personal data for employees and students, including Social Security numbers.

By Keith Button • Jan. 27, 2015

Report highlights video's advantages over red-pen critiques

Two Australian professors found that students believe individual video feedback from their professors is more honest and authentic.

By Keith Button • Jan. 27, 2015

Pluralsight acquires online coding school

Code School is the online technology training company's sixth acquisition in 18 months.

By Keith Button • Jan. 27, 2015

U of Michigan rolls out first 'residential' MOOC

The online healthcare policy course is reserved exclusively for students at the university.

By Keith Button • Jan. 27, 2015

5 pros and cons of Obama's free community college plan

Those on both sides of the aisle have found plenty to debate in 'America's College Promise.'

By Keith Button • Jan. 26, 2015

College of DuPage's controversial president gets $763K severance

The president of Illinois' largest community college will get a severance payment worth more than twice his base salary when he retires next year, in spite of recent financial controversies under his watch.

By Keith Button • Jan. 26, 2015

Does the student loan crisis already have a solution?

Two minor changes to student loan forgiveness rules for direct federal lending may have already turned the tide against the debt crisis.

By Keith Button • Jan. 26, 2015

Flatiron School and TFA plan crash courses for coding teachers

A pilot program is expected to launch in June with a two-week bootcamp.

By Keith Button • Jan. 26, 2015

MIT sexual harassment case raises new MOOC issues

Experts say a Massachusetts Institute of Technology sexual harassment case involving a MOOC instructor and online students is unprecedented.

By Keith Button • Jan. 26, 2015

Colleges using social media data miners to identify likely donors

A number of startups are helping colleges connect to potential alumni donors based on their social media activity.

By Keith Button • Jan. 26, 2015

Campus free speech suits win over $200K

The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education reports that at least nine higher education institutions have changed their policies in response to its recent spate of campus free speech suits.

By Keith Button • Jan. 23, 2015

AT&T launches ed tech accelerator

The telecommunications giant's Aspire program is said to be looking for potential returns as measured by impact on society as opposed to monetary value.

By Keith Button • Jan. 23, 2015

Brown and Napolitano's UC 'committee of 2' clashes over tuition increases

Gov. Jerry Brown and University of California President Janet Napolitano are a committee of two, assigned to advise on the university system's cost structure.

By Keith Button • Jan. 23, 2015

Sex assault survey enrolls 28 schools

Only 27 of the Association of American Universities' members have signed up for the group's campus sexual assault survey, which will also include non-member Dartmouth.

By Keith Button • Jan. 23, 2015

Kindle debuts e-textbook tool for authors

Amazon's Kindle Direct Publishing is making it easier for textbook authors to turn their printed books into e-textbooks.

By Keith Button • Jan. 23, 2015

Is there a conflict of interest in the Inside Higher Ed deal?

Media ethics experts and readers have varying opinions.

By Roger Riddell • Jan. 22, 2015

Adjuncts split from Illinois Education Association

Part-time faculty at Columbia College in Chicago voted in favor of the split on the grounds that their courses were being poached by full-timers also represented by the union.

By Keith Button • Jan. 22, 2015