College Scorecard lacks a 'value-added' measure

The Obama administration’s scorecard highlights schools with high-paid graduates, but critics say it doesn’t separate correlation from causation.

By Tara García Mathewson • Oct. 4, 2015

Resource barrier presents security hurdle for community colleges

Two-year schools attempt to serve students before and after tragedy on significantly smaller budgets than their four-year peers.

By Tara García Mathewson • Oct. 4, 2015

Duncan, higher ed's purpose, and school health: The week's most-read education news

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By Roger Riddell • Oct. 2, 2015

Perkins Loan Program dies as Alexander blocks funding bill

An extension to the program passed in the House, but Alexander blocked its advance out of the Senate’s education committee.

By Tara García Mathewson • Oct. 2, 2015

U of Iowa expands in-state recruitment, to the dismay of its competitors

The recruitment push follows a mandate from regents that criticized the university’s resident to non-resident ratio, threatening to pull funding.

By Tara García Mathewson • Oct. 1, 2015

Court: Colleges don’t owe student-athletes beyond cost of attendance

The panel upheld a previous federal ruling that chided the NCAA's efforts to preserve amateurism and declared it is 'not above antitrust laws.'

By Roger Riddell • Sept. 30, 2015

New York latest state to consider free community college

Gov. Andrew Cuomo confirmed he is in talks with the White House about the affordability of a statewide program.

By Tara García Mathewson • Sept. 30, 2015

Wisconsin HOPE Lab highlights states' per-student higher ed funding disparities

The state's two-year colleges get just $3,211 per full-time-equivalent student, while the its flagship institution gets $12,410 under the same measure.

By Tara García Mathewson • Sept. 29, 2015

Daemen College president calls for more equitable higher ed reform

Gary A. Olson argues the major reform proposals offered by presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders need to better address the role of private colleges.

By Tara García Mathewson • Sept. 28, 2015

U of New Haven president: Keep higher ed's property tax exemption

As Connecticut considers reversing a centuries-old property tax exemption for higher ed, schools fight to prove the benefits of such arrangements.

By Tara García Mathewson • Sept. 25, 2015

Education Trust report shows gaps in Pell Grant recipients' outcomes

About one-third of institutions have 9% gaps in graduation rates for Pell and non-Pell students, with the national gap around 14%.

By Tara García Mathewson • Sept. 25, 2015

Teach For America CEO talks school quality, reform at Harvard

Elisa Villanueva Beard said some schools’ current struggles are 'a design question,' where they don’t meet students’ needs.

By Kate Schimel • Sept. 24, 2015

College Scorecard repayment rate data goes further than defaults

Data shows more than a third of student borrowers don't pay anything toward the principal balance in their first three years out of school.

By Tara García Mathewson • Sept. 24, 2015

Ed Dept to release CBE Experiment Reference Guide

The guide for competency-based education experiments was initially expected earlier this summer.

By Tara García Mathewson • Sept. 23, 2015

Questions over divestment's financial consequences continue

A study funded by oil industry advocates finds endowments are bound to take a hit, though other research indicates a potential financial boost.

By Tara García Mathewson • Sept. 22, 2015

AAU campus sexual assault survey finds high rates of violence

Like other surveys, a broad definition of sexual violence that includes forced kissing and groping, revealed one in five college students are affected and few report.

By Tara García Mathewson • Sept. 22, 2015

Ed Dept announces $60M in First in the World grants

More than 300 applicants competed for the grants, which finance the implementation and evaluation of programs and test interventions.

By Tara García Mathewson • Sept. 22, 2015

Andrew Marcinek is the Ed Dept's first OER advisor

Marcinek will help expand open educational resource access to K-12 and higher ed institutions by coaching schools about the public domain.

By Tara García Mathewson • Sept. 22, 2015

4 ways colleges can better serve low-income high-achievers

A panel of four influential higher ed presidents convened at the New York Times Schools For Tomorrow Conference to talk strategies for improvement.

By Roger Riddell • Sept. 21, 2015

Professor argues for more ethical approach to grad school

Fordham University's Leonard Cassuto says graduate schools must do a better job of giving Ph.D. candidates more realistic expectations for future work.

By Tara García Mathewson • Sept. 21, 2015

'Knowledge Management & E-Learning' showcases higher ed smart city partnerships

The special issue of the journal offers nine cases of partnerships in the United States and other countries, including Russia, India, Italy, and Pakistan.

By Tara García Mathewson • Sept. 21, 2015

State regulation may help coding bootcamps maintain quality

Coding bootcamps have remained largely untouched by accreditors and the federal government, but states have worked to ensure careful growth.

By Tara García Mathewson • Sept. 21, 2015

University of California policy against intolerance meeting resistance

The policy has been criticized by First Amendment advocates and by those who view higher education as a place for open discourse. 

By Tara García Mathewson • Sept. 16, 2015

Dean's resignation points out difficulty of personal relationships among faculty

Some policies ban or manage romantic relationships between faculty members and supervisors.

By Tara García Mathewson • Sept. 16, 2015

2015 college access index unveiled at NYT Schools For Tomorrow Conference

The University of California System dominates the top 10 in the Upshot's annual ranking of institutions based on how well they serve low-income students.

By Roger Riddell • Sept. 16, 2015