Texas candidate proposes community college for all

The Democratic candidate for lieutenant governor has proposed using the state's rainy day fund to provide community college scholarships to any high school graduate in need.

By Keith Button • Aug. 15, 2014

Higher ed's greenest: Sierra Club names top 10 'Cool Schools'

The rankings of 173 colleges and universities are based on energy use, waste management, and other environmental factors.

By Keith Button • Aug. 15, 2014

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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

Devil in the details for proposed, delayed federal college ratings

The U.S. Department of Education has had to delay the system's unveiling because deciding on what measurements to use has been difficult.

By Keith Button • Aug. 15, 2014

Oregon panel: Lion's share of new funding should go to financial aid

A special commission was tasked with making recommendations to Gov. John Kitzhaber on how $147 million in new higher ed funds should be spent.

By Keith Button • Aug. 15, 2014

Penn State, MIT, others lobby for big defense programs

Big research dollars are attracting some of higher ed's most prominent names.

By Keith Button • Aug. 14, 2014

Criminal justice tops Forbes' list of most underemployed majors

A greater percentage of criminal justice majors believe they are underemployed than people who studied any other major.

By Keith Button • Aug. 14, 2014

Dakota State U. president resigns amid criticism over leadership changes

David Borofsky reportedly forced out a dean and an associate dean.

By Keith Button • Aug. 14, 2014

Desire2Learn rakes in $85M in latest funding round

One of Canada's five largest funding rounds in the last decade will help the LMS provider expand globally.

By Roger Riddell • Aug. 14, 2014

Textbooks, tech, and social media: What do students prefer? [Infographic]

Recent reports from CampusBooks.com and Uversity detail the ever-changing demands of today's students.

By Roger Riddell • Aug. 14, 2014

Corinthian subpoenaed for possibe criminal probe

The U.S. attorney's office in Los Angeles has served the for-profit with a grand jury subpoena for documents on graduation rates, job placement, and marketing.

By Keith Button • Aug. 14, 2014

Iowa universities spending more on lists of prospects

The state's public universities are buying more names at higher prices as colleges find it increasingly hard to enroll those prospects.    

By Keith Button • Aug. 14, 2014

Revised law school standards approved by American Bar Association

Outcomes like student bar exam scores and employment will now factor more heavily into accreditation.

By Keith Button • Aug. 13, 2014

Feds investigate Johns Hopkins U. for sex assault response

The U.S. Department of Education is looking into potential Clery Act and Title IX violations.

By Keith Button • Aug. 13, 2014

UConn suspends fraternity and 2 sororities

Sigma Chi, Delta Gamma, and Delta Zeta are accused of hazing and serving alcohol to minors.

By Keith Button • Aug. 13, 2014

Junction Education launches online learning platform for community colleges

The company on Tuesday launched an online learning platform that its founder described as a Flipboard for college courses.

By Keith Button • Aug. 13, 2014

Boundless expands offerings with open publishing platform

The company's new community authoring platform expands its available subjects to 25.

By Roger Riddell • Aug. 12, 2014

Advocacy apparently leads to Corcoran art school adjunct's firing

The adjunct had opposed a plan to split the Corcoran Gallery of Art from its College of Art + Design.

By Keith Button • Aug. 12, 2014

Ebola forces universities to adjust study abroad programs

The virus' deadliest outbreak in history has forced at least two universities to postpone programs in West Africa.

By Keith Button • Aug. 12, 2014

Michigan community college president suspended after DUI

Trustees at West Shore Community College issued the paid suspension along with orders to attend rehab.

By Keith Button • Aug. 12, 2014

St. Augustine's U. to cut 70 adjuncts, implement furlough

The cash-strapped North Carolina institution is making the cuts and furloughing employees for a week in December to stay afloat.

By Keith Button • Aug. 12, 2014

MIT researcher building 'YouTube for MOOCs'

Juho Kim studied more than 6.9 million MOOC video sessions to help create a new and improved viewing platform.

By Keith Button • Aug. 12, 2014

Critics of UC non-resident recruiting: Money talks, Californians walk

University of California schools are increasingly recruiting out-of-state students because of the nearly $23,000 more in annual tuition they pay.

By Keith Button • Aug. 11, 2014

CUNY adjuncts win city health insurance

The college's part-time instructors will now receive health insurance through a New York City fund.

By Keith Button • Aug. 11, 2014

House bill would let colleges off the hook for student worker health insurance

If passed, colleges and universities will be able to opt out of the mandate requiring them to provide health insurance for student employees who work more than 30 hours per week.

By Keith Button • Aug. 11, 2014

Education Fixation: The week ahead in education news

From textbook, tech, and study habits to back-to-school classroom products and deals, here's what you can expect to see on Education Dive in the coming week.

By Roger Riddell • Aug. 11, 2014