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  • Study: Young women are more likely to attend college and graduate

    Young women out-achieve their male counterparts in every category reported from a new National Center for Education Statistics report.

    By Roger Riddell • Aug. 29, 2012
  • GOP platform offers harsh criticism of higher education

    A document approved at the Republican National Convention laying out the GOP's 2012 education platform has strong words for higher education.

    By Roger Riddell • Aug. 29, 2012
  • Trendline

    Mental Health and Wellness

    This Trendline examines how colleges can address rising mental health concerns and support at-risk groups, such as transgender students and college athletes. 

    By Higher Ed Dive staff
  • Parents can get updates on their student's progress with new app

    The app compiles weekly reports for students and parents based on questionnaires.

    By Roger Riddell • Aug. 29, 2012
  • University of Missouri Press drops digital plans, will remain open

    The decision backtracks from a May 24 announcement that would have seen a major shift toward digital priorities.

    By Brian Warmoth • Aug. 28, 2012
  • Coursera and Amara announce crowd-sourced captioning partnership

    With Coursera's million-plus registered users and reach across 190 different countries, the partnership could take crowd-sourced captioning to the next level.

    By Roger Riddell • Aug. 28, 2012
  • Annual meeting of political scientists thrown into question as New Orleans braces for Isaac

    Having already faced a boycott by political scientists over Louisiana's stance on gay relationships, an annual meeting of political scientists now faces Isaac.

    By Roger Riddell • Aug. 28, 2012
  • Colleges still measuring social media ROI with 'crude' metrics

    The third annual CASE Social Media Survey finds that not much has changed when it comes to college officials' methods for measuring social media success.

    By Roger Riddell • Aug. 28, 2012
  • One college shows value of its degree with data set spanning four decades

    The data set is the most comprehensive in American higher education.

    By Roger Riddell • Aug. 28, 2012
  • Report: Agents tend to recruit international students less prepared for college

    Report gives institutions a guideline for matching their international recruitment strategies to the types of students they wish to recruit.

    By Roger Riddell • Aug. 28, 2012
  • Lore attracts $6M for classroom-focused social networking

    The service has reached into more than 600 academic institutions as a resource for instructors and students.

    By Brian Warmoth • Aug. 27, 2012
  • Study: Community college better than no college for four-year degree seekers

    The study challenges a common belief that two-year schools are dead ends for "undermatched" students.

    By Roger Riddell • Aug. 27, 2012
  • California becomes second state to bar colleges from monitoring athletes on social media

    The California bill comes the same week other universities implement monitoring measures.

    By Roger Riddell • Aug. 27, 2012
  • Sallie Mae survey sees a major decrease in spending on colleges

    Are the survey's results not as bad as they seem?

    By Roger Riddell • Aug. 27, 2012
  • University Of Montana to require all students to take sexual violence tutorial

    The tutorial must be taken before students can return for a second semester.

    By Roger Riddell • Aug. 26, 2012
  • 'Mechanical MOOC' coming from MIT OpenCourseWare, Codecademy and others

    The course on coding will use resources from its partners to teach Python.

    By Brian Warmoth • Aug. 24, 2012
  • Money saved, students confused in e-book pilot program

    Students' negative experiences with the devices may not represent long-term challenges to e-book technology.

    By Brian Warmoth • Aug. 24, 2012
  • 15 books that investigate problems in education

    A list of muckraking books on the quality of education in America. 

    By Shehryar Nabi • Aug. 24, 2012
  • Liberal arts students' career prospects improved by summer business programs

    The programs, available at a number of schools across the nation, have given numerous students an edge career-wise.

    By Roger Riddell • Aug. 24, 2012
  • Faculty, staff disagree with management consultants on U. of North Texas at Dallas' direction

    Bain & Company were retained last year for help designing a new model for the university, but faculty and staff have their own ideas regarding the school's future.

    By Roger Riddell • Aug. 24, 2012
  • Deep Dive

    Most Read Education News of the Week: Digital textbooks, Emory University and Pinterest

    Did you read Education Dive's most read posts about Emory University and Pinterest this week? Catch up on what you may have missed.

    By Brian Warmoth • Aug. 23, 2012
  • Disruptive behavior leads to U. of Iowa's firing of a tenured professor

    The school's first firing of a tenured faculty member since 2005 isn't ending the 20-month drama and public relations headache anytime soon.

    By Roger Riddell • Aug. 23, 2012
  • New Pell grant limit goes into effect

    The reduction in semesters a student is eligible for the grant may be beneficial.

    By Roger Riddell • Aug. 23, 2012
  • Coursera now giving students honor code reminders

    Stipulations about honesty must now be acknowledged before some online assignments are submitted.

    By Brian Warmoth • Aug. 23, 2012
  • Aurora joke threatens professor's tenure

    A professor is faced with losing his tenure position after making a joke about the Aurora shootings. 

    By Shehryar Nabi • Aug. 23, 2012
  • Report: Working conditions of adjuncts impacts student learning

    Report cites hiring adjuncts at the last minute among factors that have an impact on their classroom effectiveness.

    By Roger Riddell • Aug. 23, 2012