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Bloomberg-led coalition wants to help low-income students graduate college
Around 130 counselors and 4,000 college students acting as part-time advisers will encourage lower-income, high-performing students to apply at colleges with six-year grad rates of 70% or better.
By Keith Button • Oct. 28, 2014 -
Most Boston colleges not paying voluntary tax amounts
A Boston Globe analysis shows 15 of 19 city colleges and universities aren't making the payments in lieu of property taxes that city officials say the schools agreed to pay in 2011.
By Keith Button • Oct. 28, 2014 -
U of Akron 'infomercials' push 15-credit semesters
The fake infomercials are part of a marketing campaign aimed at helping students graduate on time.
By Keith Button • Oct. 28, 2014 -
U of Southern Maine cuts two more programs
The University of Southern Maine is cutting two programs as it tries to close a $16 million budget gap.
By Keith Button • Oct. 27, 2014 -
Most popular majors? Business and psychology
Using data from College Factual and PayScale, USA Today identified the most popular college majors and their respective salaries.
By Keith Button • Oct. 27, 2014 -
Coursera adds marketing chief
Former Disney and eBay executive Kurt Apen will fill the newly created position.
By Keith Button • Oct. 27, 2014 -
Deep Dive
These 10 campuses are among America's most haunted
Long, sometimes-disputed histories and creepy old buildings are the perfect recipe for ghost stories and strange happenings.
By Roger Riddell • Oct. 27, 2014 -
Report proposes joint fed-state higher ed funding
The Center for American Progress is proposing that the federal government encourage states to invest in public colleges and universities through a matching funding program-- with strings attached.
By Keith Button • Oct. 27, 2014 -
New York colleges drop broad criminal background questions
Three institutions of higher education have signed agreements with the state's attorney general to stop asking applicants broad questions about their arrest and conviction histories.
By Keith Button • Oct. 27, 2014 -
Higher ed's most expensive room and board? NY School of Interior Design
Living on-campus runs students $21,000 per year.
By Keith Button • Oct. 24, 2014 -
U of Nebraska alcohol death leads to four arrests, fraternity suspension
The arrests come two months after a freshman fraternity member at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln died from drinking too much alcohol.
By Keith Button • Oct. 24, 2014 -
Campus IT bracing for 'Internet of Things' demands
The estimated 26 billion wireless devices in the "Internet of Things" is expected to put a strain on campus wireless networks, data centers, and IT security.
By Keith Button • Oct. 24, 2014 -
Higher ed trade association CEOs well paid
Tax filings by 48 higher education trade associations reveal that most top executives were paid more than the $400,000 median salary of university presidents.
By Keith Button • Oct. 24, 2014 -
Oklahoma band director issue resolved, Ohio State still facing its own
The University of Oklahoma's marching band director resigned in response to leadership complaints, while Ohio State filed a response to its fired band director's lawsuit.
By Keith Button • Oct. 24, 2014 -
Deep Dive
These 6 incidents pitted faculties against their administrations
Votes of no confidence and other measures have seen varying degrees of success when faculty express their displeasure with campus leadership.
By Keith Button • Oct. 23, 2014 -
Loopholes give campus rapists clean slate with transfer
Many higher ed sexual assault policies don't require institutions to inform other colleges and universities, or the police, about cases when the accused student transfers.
By Keith Button • Oct. 23, 2014 -
Heavy presence for Ohio colleges on student loan default lists
According to Quartz, no state has more schools with larger increases in three-year student loan defaults.
By Keith Button • Oct. 23, 2014 -
RTI International's new tool tracks community college success
The Completion Arch analyzes federal and state data on community colleges to get a better understanding of how students progress and succeed.
By Keith Button • Oct. 23, 2014 -
Education Dept easing PLUS loan credit requirements
The new standards will take effect at the end of March 2015.
By Keith Button • Oct. 23, 2014 -
Over 3,000 students across two decades mixed up in UNC cheating scandal
The latest investigation conducted by a former Justice Department official reveals a wider-ranging fraud than prior probes.
By Roger Riddell • Oct. 22, 2014 -
Oklahoma president hears out marching band after $20K in critical ads
Much of the band's complaints were with its leadership and a rule forbidding them to publicly criticize it.
By Keith Button • Oct. 22, 2014 -
UNC-Greensboro chancellor says retirement unrelated to employee arrests
Controversy in the university's public relations office under leadership she appointed reportedly has nothing to do with Linda Brady's exit.
By Keith Button • Oct. 22, 2014 -
Ebola forces tough travel choices for campus administrators
Administrators are balancing campus health and safety with allowing faculty and students access to medical and humanitarian opportunities in affected West African countries.
By Keith Button • Oct. 22, 2014 -
U of Wisconsin campus' VHS-to-digital conversion could take 10 years
The university's La Crosse campus has over 5,000 tapes in its VHS library.
By Keith Button • Oct. 22, 2014 -
Lynda.com now offers courses for IT professionals
Online learning company lynda.com has launched courses aimed at helping businesses and individuals keep their IT skills current.
By Keith Button • Oct. 22, 2014
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