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

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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

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

Hack Reactor eyes expansion with MakerSquare acquisition

The two similar coding education programs will continue to operate separately.

By Keith Button • Jan. 22, 2015

U of Oregon accidentally releases 22K pages of confidential data to professor

Included in a release of 22,000 pages of information released by the University of Oregon were confidential records on faculty, staff and students.

By Keith Button • Jan. 22, 2015

Nonprofit group forms to assist adjuncts in need

PrecariCorps plans to take donations to help adjunct professors in financial need.

By Keith Button • Jan. 22, 2015

Georgia Tech fine-tunes academic commons for mobile learning

The school studied how its new high-tech $85 million learning center helps students learn, including through their informal gatherings, to better inform adjustments made to the facilities.

By Keith Button • Jan. 22, 2015

20 colleges face NCAA academic fraud inquiries

None of the schools involved have been named, but 18 are said to be Division I programs.

By Roger Riddell • Jan. 21, 2015

Study: Full-time college schedule not always best

A study shows that students returning to college after an extended period benefit most from a combination of full- and part-time class schedules.

By Keith Button • Jan. 21, 2015

91% of public higher ed police officers armed

A report shows public college police officers are far more likely to be armed and to have arrest powers than their peers at private institutions.

By Keith Button • Jan. 21, 2015

Obama strikes different tone on higher ed in SOTU

Tuesday night's speech featured plenty of focus on the president's free community college and higher education tax credit proposals.

By Keith Button • Jan. 21, 2015

California approves 15 community colleges for bachelor's degrees

The state is the 22nd to offer bachelor's degrees via community colleges.

By Keith Button • Jan. 21, 2015

College grant figures indicate bait-and-switch pricing

Average grant aid for college students drops after their freshman year, as does the percentage of students receiving grants.

By Keith Button • Jan. 21, 2015

Waiting for the ratings: A primer on Obama's long-brewing higher ed plan

With more details released in recent months, here's a review of the concerns and support for President Barack Obama's proposed college rating system.

By Keith Button • Jan. 20, 2015