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  • Ousted Santa Fe Community College president to receive $500K settlement

    Ana Guzmán was voted out in December following a contentious year.

    By Roger Riddell • March 5, 2014
  • Deep Dive

    How the world's 10 richest billionaires are shaping education

    Through their funding and influence, these 10 people have (sometimes controversially) made an impact in the education space.

    By Roger Riddell • March 5, 2014
  • Trendline

    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
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    Apollo Education launches course catalog tied to jobs

    Learners can see a position's required skills and then find the courses that teach them.

    By Daniel Shumski • March 5, 2014
  • Obama budget pushes billions for education incentives

    The proposal would also increase the maximum Pell Grant.

    By Daniel Shumski • March 5, 2014
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    UPDATED: College Board announces SAT changes

    The revisions are the first since 2005.

    By Daniel Shumski • March 5, 2014
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    States may fully abandon higher ed support within decades

    Projections say some states are on track to cut off funding entirely. 

    By Daniel Shumski • March 4, 2014
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    Battle brewing over online class ownership

    Only 10% of schools surveyed give faculty sole ownership of material.

    By Daniel Shumski • March 4, 2014
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    Colleges reluctant to use endowments as cushioning in rough times

    One researcher questions exactly what the funds are for.

    By Daniel Shumski • March 4, 2014
  • A.P. classes see success with project-based experiment

    An experiment based in Washington state is seeing passage rates improve when traditional lectures are thrown out the window.

    By Roger Riddell • March 3, 2014
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    Bethany College cashier admits $1M embezzlement

    The former employee stole the money to pay off blackmailers.

    By Roger Riddell • March 3, 2014
  • Gee likely to make WVU position permanent

    The search committee says no one is more qualified to head the school.

    By Daniel Shumski • March 3, 2014
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    Administrator pay rises faster at public colleges

    Overall salary growth beats last fiscal year by nearly a percentage point.

    By Daniel Shumski • March 3, 2014
  • Boston's Emerson opening 10-story Hollywood headquarters

    The satellite campus is believed to be the first of its kind there.

    By Daniel Shumski • March 3, 2014
  • Tech tools and MOOCs: This week's most read education news

    Find out about Facebook and edX's Rwandan partnership, Google's new MOOC, and more right here.

    By Roger Riddell • Feb. 28, 2014
  • Deep Dive

    6 university presidents to watch in 2014

    These leaders are championing bold agendas, setting the standard for outreach, or overcoming obstacles threatening their schools.

    By Roger Riddell • Feb. 28, 2014
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    Are falling college graduation rates a supply-side problem?

    Maybe it's more the schools than the students, an author argues.

    By Daniel Shumski • Feb. 28, 2014
  • Student sues Northwestern professor, alleging sexual assault

    The lawsuit follows a similar suit filed against the university. 

    By Daniel Shumski • Feb. 28, 2014
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    Report: College enrollment will grow, but more slowly

    The Department of Education predicts a 14% increase through 2022.

    By Daniel Shumski • Feb. 28, 2014
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    Are accreditors keeping up with changing education?

    Competency-based education is just one trend that might not mesh well with traditional accreditation.

    By Daniel Shumski • Feb. 27, 2014
  • UC Berkeley accused of mishandling sexual assault reports

    Thirty-one current and former students have filed federal complaints. 

    By Daniel Shumski • Feb. 27, 2014
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    Common Application leader out of a job

    The organization says the decision was mutual; he vehemently disagrees.

    By Daniel Shumski • Feb. 27, 2014
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    Government sues ITT, alleges predatory lending

    The for-profit school pushed students into debt it knew they couldn't handle, the suit says.

    By Daniel Shumski • Feb. 27, 2014
  • Data for 146K IU students compromised in breach

    Social security numbers and addresses were among the data accessed.

    By Roger Riddell • Feb. 26, 2014
  • Can colleges better demonstrate value with student test data?

    Usually kept private, the data is now being used by some institutions to prove their worth to skeptical prospects and parents.

    By Roger Riddell • Feb. 26, 2014
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    Audit criticizes disbursement of $222M to distance education

    The federal report says regulators and accreditors aren't doing enough to fight fraud.

    By Daniel Shumski • Feb. 26, 2014