Educause selects O'Brien as president and CEO

The Minnesota State Colleges and Universities senior vice chancellor starts his new role June 1.

By Roger Riddell • Jan. 20, 2015

Revisiting the Student Advising Session

With the help of ExamSoft’s student assessment & evaluation solutions, Regis University’s assistant dean uses data-driven feedback to better assist his students.

Jan. 20, 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

Iowa State researcher plans guilty plea in fraud case

An AIDS researcher who admitted to falsifying experiments at Iowa State University, Dong-Pyou Han, allegedly spiked rabbit blood to make it seem a vaccine was effective.

By Keith Button • Jan. 20, 2015

UC to tie coach pay to grades

The change was prompted by national-low student-athlete graduation rates at UC-Berkeley.

By Keith Button • Jan. 20, 2015

UNC System president forced out

Some suspect political motivations in the board's decision to oust Thomas Ross, who has dealt with Chapel Hill's 'paper classes' scandal in his short tenure.

By Keith Button • Jan. 20, 2015

Obama tax plan hits higher ed issues

The president is announcing a tax reform plan with several higher education initiatives during his State of the Union address Tuesday night.

By Keith Button • Jan. 20, 2015

States boost higher ed spending in 2015

Overall state spending on higher education rose more than 5% for fiscal 2015.

By Keith Button • Jan. 20, 2015

Ed tech and free community college: The week's most read education news

Get caught up on President Obama's Tennessee Promise-like proposal, Google's new Classroom mobile app, and more right here!

By Roger Riddell • Jan. 16, 2015

Inside Higher Ed founder regrets lack of transparency in sale

The publisher has taken steps to avoid potential conflicts of interest with its new majority owner, a top editor says.

By Roger Riddell • Jan. 16, 2015

Standards, enrollment dropping at some law schools

Students with lower grades and test scores are being admitted into some programs.

By Keith Button • Jan. 16, 2015

For-profit college investment group gains controlling interest in 'Inside Higher Ed'

The publication's editors say they will maintain their editorial independence, even though the sale raises obvious conflict-of-interest questions.

By Keith Button • Jan. 16, 2015

U of Iowa's president to retire

Sally Mason is leaving Aug. 1 after eight years in the position.

By Keith Button • Jan. 16, 2015

ASU to host demo of new gen ed science achievement network

The Inspark Science Network is a Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation-funded initiative by ASU's Center for Education Through Exploration (ETX) and Australian adaptive learning company Smart Sparrow.

By Roger Riddell • Jan. 16, 2015

UMass Amherst halts confidential informant program

The decision to end the program, which used students as informants for campus police, follows a highly critical report.

By Keith Button • Jan. 16, 2015

MIT's new adult learning tools use children, seniors, mobile devices

The programs are aimed at improving literacy and earning power for adults learning English, as well as English speakers with reading and writing difficulties.

By Keith Button • Jan. 16, 2015

Philanthropist proposes MOOCs as a 'free' freshman year

A professional investor is donating $1 million toward free online courses that would help students prepare for College Board tests, allowing them to enter as sophomores.

By Keith Button • Jan. 16, 2015

What you need to know about Educause's latest research [Infographic]

Staffing issues and a widening tech adoption gap are just two of the issues higher ed institutions must contend with in 2015.

By Roger Riddell • Jan. 15, 2015

City College of San Francisco granted two-year repreive

A San Francisco Superior Court judge is expected to rule this week on a lawsuit filed last year by the city, accusing the school's accreditor of political bias and conflicts of interest.

By Keith Button • Jan. 15, 2015

Noodle founder wants college-search site disclosures

The entrepreneur says the U.S. Department of Education should require colleges to prominently disclose the payment arrangements they make to boost their standings on the sites.

By Keith Button • Jan. 15, 2015

Free tuition plan would help community college student debtors

President Obama's plan would help a group of student debtors that need it the most.

By Keith Button • Jan. 15, 2015

Feds weigh in on campus debit cards

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is proposing guidelines for colleges and universities to use when negotiating campus debit card deals with banks.

By Keith Button • Jan. 15, 2015

Lynda.com funding round rakes in $186M

The company is expected to make more acquisitions, with coding education startups among the likely candidates.

By Roger Riddell • Jan. 14, 2015

Educause identifies top 10 IT issues for 2015

Higher ed's largest technology association says colleges and universities must act if they are to address a widening adoption gap.

By Roger Riddell • Jan. 14, 2015

Louisiana higher ed facing steep cuts

Louisiana's governor plans to cut up to $300 million from the state's public college and university budget next year.

By Keith Button • Jan. 14, 2015

Nanodegrees may be for-profits' future

While traditional for-profit college degree programs are suffering, smaller, cheaper, skill-specific bootcamps and nanodegree programs associated with potential employers are gaining popularity.

By Keith Button • Jan. 14, 2015