Student debt growing, but amount varies widely by state

Average amount of loan debt rises for fifth year running.

By Daniel Shumski • Dec. 5, 2013

Education Department wants advice on ratings system

The agency also wants ideas on experiments to improve affordability. 

By Daniel Shumski • Dec. 5, 2013

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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

MOOC completion rate just 4%, study says

About half who register view at least one lecture, researchers report.

By Daniel Shumski • Dec. 5, 2013

With university research comes tension over goals

Can schools strike a balance between commercial research and fundamental science?

By Daniel Shumski • Dec. 4, 2013

UC Santa Barbara faces meningitis outbreak

The cases come on the heels of a Princeton outbreak that infected eight students. 

By Daniel Shumski • Dec. 4, 2013

SAT revamp delayed a year

The new test is now expected in spring 2016.

By Daniel Shumski • Dec. 4, 2013

Harvard's most common grade revealed to be 'A'

At least one professor is worried about grade inflation and says he assigns two grades: a realistic one and one for the transcript. 

By Daniel Shumski • Dec. 4, 2013

Santa Fe Community College board votes to fire president

The board says it fired Ana "Cha" Guzmán for "just cause," but didn't specify details.

By Roger Riddell • Dec. 3, 2013

Former UNC prof. charged with taking $12K for class he didn't teach

The payment was for one of as many as 50 classes that never met. 

By Daniel Shumski • Dec. 3, 2013

Pasadena instructor reinstated after harassment and retaliation complaints

The journalism teacher calls his ordeal "unimaginably traumatic."

By Daniel Shumski • Dec. 3, 2013

Dept. of Ed. report recommends changes at accreditation body

The government advises giving the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges a year to correct faults.

By Daniel Shumski • Dec. 3, 2013

Police call delay in disclosing Yale professor's death an 'oversight'

Authorities link three-day wait to report of a shooter on campus.

By Daniel Shumski • Dec. 3, 2013

Adapt Courseware introduces business administration offerings

Two core course curriculums have been added, with more on the way.

By Roger Riddell • Dec. 2, 2013

Texas A&M receives $150K STEM grant from Cognizant

The three-year commitment will primarily see the IT firm support a National Center for Therapeutics Manufacturing outreach program.

By Roger Riddell • Dec. 2, 2013

School construction debt reaching dangerous levels, expert says

A professor questions whether borrowing to fund new buildings is wise.

By Daniel Shumski • Dec. 2, 2013

Study measures wealthy students' advantage in higher ed

Working-class students may have disadvantages even if test scores are the same as higher-income peers, the findings suggest.

By Daniel Shumski • Dec. 2, 2013

Senators promoting open-source textbooks

Since 1978, textbook prices have risen 812%. 

By Daniel Shumski • Dec. 2, 2013

Yale professor dies in police custody

The 34-year-old had been arrested after a domestic dispute.

By Daniel Shumski • Dec. 2, 2013

What's in store for MOOCs in 2014?

Money questions, as well as how to measure success, loom large on the horizon. 

By Daniel Shumski • Nov. 27, 2013

City, union ask judge to help save City College of San Francisco

The two parties argue that an injunction is necessary to block revocation of the school's accreditation.

By Daniel Shumski • Nov. 27, 2013

Are MOOCs a bad match for the labor market?

One columnist argues that focusing on technical education may be ignoring a jobs trend.

By Daniel Shumski • Nov. 27, 2013

NYU to let grad students vote on union

University wins concession on research assistants in the hard sciences. 

By Daniel Shumski • Nov. 27, 2013

UNC faculty defend colleague after email records request

"What are they scared of?" asks a think tank leader.

By Daniel Shumski • Nov. 27, 2013

Bowling Green cutting 30 faculty positions

The school says a smaller freshman class is part of the reason.

By Daniel Shumski • Nov. 27, 2013

Antioch College to offer full ride to all students one more time

The college began giving the Horace Mann Fellowship to all incoming freshmen after reopening in 2011.

By Roger Riddell • Nov. 26, 2013