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Suffolk U. hires turnaround artist as president
Former Wagner College president Norman Smith has a reputation for improving struggling colleges.
By Keith Button • Aug. 28, 2014 -
Education Management Corp. works out agreement with creditors
Under the agreement, the for-profit college change will lower its total debt to $400 million, from $1.5 billion
By Keith Button • Aug. 28, 2014 -
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TrendlineEnrollment and Retention
A look at the pandemic's continuing impact on enrollment and how colleges can ensure students stay on course.
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Federal higher ed spending law had unintended consequences
A law designed to keep states from reducing their higher education spending was successful, but failed to prevent them from cutting financial aid funding.
By Keith Button • Aug. 28, 2014 -
Admittedly rakes in $1.2M during seed funding round
The startup's college match-making quizzes have been compared to those of dating site OKCupid.
By Roger Riddell • Aug. 27, 2014 -
Northeastern's playbook for gaming U.S. News revealed
The Boston university has spent nearly two decades focused on improving its standing in the publication's highly regarded rankings.
By Keith Button • Aug. 27, 2014 -
Colleges pushing personal safety apps this fall
Can the tech help fight campus assaults?
By Keith Button • Aug. 27, 2014 -
California lawmakers define sexual consent for college students
The 'yes means yes' law is headed back to the state's senate for a final round of votes.
By Keith Button • Aug. 27, 2014 -
North Dakota neglects crumbling universities as oil booms
The state's frugality with its public universities, in spite of a massive oil and natural gas revenue windfall, has created a long list of badly needed repairs.
By Keith Button • Aug. 27, 2014 -
Boxer asks California campuses to appoint victim advocates
U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer is proposing a bill that would require higher ed institutions to appoint advocates if they don't act to create the positions now.
By Keith Button • Aug. 27, 2014 -
Elite colleges failing to increase poor student enrollment
Selective colleges and universities have failed to boost enrollment of poor students.
By Keith Button • Aug. 26, 2014 -
GI Bill funds pulled for Corinthian in California
The California Department of Veterans Affairs announced its decision on Monday.
By Keith Button • Aug. 26, 2014 -
Deep Dive
Corinthian's laundry list of scrutiny detailed
The Form 8-K listing the extent of the shuttering for-profit's legal woes is quite a read.
By Keith Button • Aug. 26, 2014 -
Group proposes setting standards for for-profit colleges
B Lab, a non-profit standard-setting group that evaluates the level of public service of companies in various industries, has turned its eyes to for-profit colleges.
By Keith Button • Aug. 26, 2014 -
Washington Monthly ranks higher ed on public-mindedness
Four of the top five universities are in the University of California system.
By Keith Button • Aug. 26, 2014 -
Blackboard answers higher ed's 'ice bucket challenge' with scholarship contest
The #paymytuitionchallenge took off on Twitter late last week, and Blackboard answered the call Monday afternoon.
By Roger Riddell • Aug. 25, 2014 -
U. of Phoenix founder John G. Sperling dies
Despite criticism of his company, the 93-year-old was a higher education innovator.
By Roger Riddell • Aug. 25, 2014 -
Scholars cancel U. of Illinois speaking engagements following job denial
Backlash persists following the university's decision to rescind a job offer to Steven Salaita in response to his critical and controversial tweets about Israel.
By Roger Riddell • Aug. 25, 2014 -
California higher ed must provide employee insurance coverage for abortions
The state reversed a previous decision that allowed two Catholic universities to eliminate the coverage.
By Keith Button • Aug. 25, 2014 -
Burlington College facing cuts due to low enrollment
The financially shaky Vermont school has two years to get its act together.
By Keith Button • Aug. 25, 2014 -
Education Fixation: The week ahead in education news
Corinthian Colleges is facing more issues than many may have considered, but that's just one thing you can expect to learn more about on Education Dive in the coming week.
By Roger Riddell • Aug. 25, 2014 -
Higher ed shifting more healthcare costs to employees
A new survey shows over a quarter of institutions increasing in-network deductibles, as well as the employee's share of dependent coverage.
By Keith Button • Aug. 25, 2014 -
Southern U. president's contract not extended
Ron Mason and the university's board of supervisors butted heads over what direction Southern should be heading.
By Keith Button • Aug. 25, 2014 -
Universities sue FAA over drone ban
A group of research universities is among three organizations that filed suit against the regulator for effectively grounding their use of unmanned aircraft.
By Keith Button • Aug. 25, 2014 -
Online trends, IPOs, and green schools: The week's most read education news
Are MOOCs about to become a lot less open? Get caught up here!
By Roger Riddell • Aug. 22, 2014 -
One list Harvard doesn't make: 50 Fittest Colleges
The Active Times' list is perhaps the only in higher ed without an Ivy in the top 20.
By Keith Button • Aug. 22, 2014
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