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  • Boston will inspect 580 student apartments

    City housing inspectors are cracking down on student apartment addresses that appear to violate zoning rules against overcrowding.

    By Keith Button • Jan. 5, 2015
  • Arkansas launches financial aid website for mobile devices

    The state's Department of Higher Education is focusing on prospective students with mobile devices to encourage more college applications.

    By Keith Button • Jan. 5, 2015
  • Trendline

    Student Success

    Explore how universities are working to boost student outcomes by integrating remedial education, providing mental health tools and making education more accessible. 

    By Higher Ed Dive staff
  • Asia set to dominate ed tech

    For a number of reasons, the continent is lining up to be the epicenter of the K-12 and higher education technology efforts of the future.

    By Keith Button • Jan. 5, 2015
  • Gaming industry programs on the rise in higher ed

    More institutions are viewing video games as worthy of serious academic study, from both a business and artistic standpoint.

    By Keith Button • Jan. 2, 2015
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    Harvard agrees to sex assault policy changes

    A U.S. Department of Education Title IX investigation into Harvard Law School is over, and the school has signed an agreement.

    By Keith Button • Dec. 31, 2014
  • Deep Dive

    How might these 6 for-profit institutions fare in 2015?

    U.S. regulatory pressures loom large for the sector in the coming year.

    By Keith Button • Dec. 31, 2014
  • Universities offering MOOCs doubled in 2014

    The number of massive open online courses continued to grow in 2014, and the number of universities offering them doubled.

    By Keith Button • Dec. 30, 2014
  • Does lecture-style teaching still make the grade?

    Research shows there's a better way of teaching introductory math and science courses than the traditional large-class lectures.

    By Keith Button • Dec. 29, 2014
  • GAO reccommends stronger federal oversight of accreditors

    A new report suggests that the U.S. Department of Education take a more prominent role in overseeing higher education accreditation and institutions.

    By Keith Button • Dec. 26, 2014
  • Census Bureau proposes dropping college question

    A question about college majors may be cut from an annual survey, much to the chagrin of some higher education researchers.

    By Keith Button • Dec. 23, 2014
  • For-profit Career Education Corp to sell culinary school

    Le Cordon Bleu recently gained students at a time when total enrollment for Career Education's schools dropped.

    By Keith Button • Dec. 23, 2014
  • Audit faults Pima Community College's attendance tracking

    The Arizona community college's failure to adequately track class attendance could jeopardize its federal financial aid eligibility.

    By Keith Button • Dec. 23, 2014
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    Lynn U claims free iPads are boosting education

    Among the institutions iPad accomplishments: 24 digital textbooks created by faculty members, most of which are free to students.

    By Keith Button • Dec. 23, 2014
  • Coding educator boasts 80% employment for grads

    Seattle's Code Fellows offers an eight-week trade program for students to build their coding and development skills to a professional level.

    By Keith Button • Dec. 23, 2014
  • Harvard backs off SodaStream boycott

    The university managed to anger both pro-Israeli and pro-Palestinian groups with a dining hall boycott that was reversed.

    By Keith Button • Dec. 22, 2014
  • Ed Dept issues competency-based education guidance

    The document, published Friday, includes a Q&A format attachment answering a number of questions received since a March 2013 release.

    By Roger Riddell • Dec. 22, 2014
  • NLRB makes faculty unions easier

    A National Labor Relations Board ruling could make it easier for tenure-track faculty and those at private and religious higher education institutions to unionize.

    By Keith Button • Dec. 22, 2014
  • Will Supreme Court intervene in U of Iowa employee discrimination case?

    The lawsuit involves an employee who claims she was passed over for a faculty position because of her political views.

    By Keith Button • Dec. 22, 2014
  • Arizona State signs Thunderbird deal

    The nation's largest public university will acquire the Thunderbird School of Global Management.

    By Keith Button • Dec. 22, 2014
  • Obama college ratings get 'thumbs down' from Republicans

    The Obama administration likely won’t be able to accomplish its ultimate goal of tying some $150 billion in federal financial aid to the ratings as a result.

    By Keith Button • Dec. 22, 2014
  • Emerging tech and collaboration: The week's most read education news

    Fall behind? Get caught up on ACE's new online course credit project and more right here!

    By Roger Riddell • Dec. 19, 2014
  • U.S. Dept of Education releases college ratings framework

    The release is short on specifics, though the plan still focuses on access, affordability, and outcomes.

    By Keith Button • Dec. 19, 2014
  • Simpsons university courses grab spotlight with show's 25th anniversary

    The long-running animated series is yet another pop-culture source that college professors are using to reach students.

    By Keith Button • Dec. 19, 2014
  • AFT joins calls for Congress to act on campus sex assault

    The president of the union, Randi Weingarten, recently revealed in an essay that she was sexually assaulted when she was in college.

    By Keith Button • Dec. 19, 2014
  • Perry turns down Texas A&M offer to rename building

    A proposal would have changed the iconic Academic Building’s name to the Governor Rick Perry ’72 Building.

    By Keith Button • Dec. 19, 2014