Audit finds more lax oversight by Ed Dept on student loan management

The department let Xerox Education Solutions off the hook for a series of missed deadlines as it worked to fix the student debt management system.

By Tara García Mathewson • Aug. 28, 2015

Tennessee Promise attracts thousands more freshmen than expected

While official numbers aren’t available yet, early results show nearly 75% more incoming community college freshmen in the program than projected.

By Tara García Mathewson • Aug. 27, 2015

Lawsuit alleges illegal no-hire agreement between Duke, Chapel Hill

An assistant professor of radiology at Duke says she didn’t get a job at UNC because a binding agreement between the two medical schools prevented it.

By Tara García Mathewson • Aug. 25, 2015

Cornell president: Higher ed's social responsibility, freedom inseparable

Elizabeth Garrett says looking at higher ed through a lens framed by these two qualities will advance the conversation beyond the same arguments of recent years.

By Tara García Mathewson • Aug. 25, 2015

4 Ways Best-Fit Student Recruitment Has Changed

With college applications reaching an all-time high, best-fit student recruitment is a necessary tool to ensure that students' goals align with the mission and values of the institution.  

Aug. 25, 2015

Northeastern U to pay $2.7M in NSF grant fraud settlement

The settlement is the largest in National Science Foundation history, forcing the university to pay for nine years of mishandling federal research funding for work at CERN.

By Tara García Mathewson • Aug. 24, 2015

Arizona 'Save Our Students' group aims for guaranteed funding through ballot initiative

The group’s proposal would force the state to maintain higher ed spending at 2015 levels and cap tuition or prompt a 2% corporate tax increase.

By Tara García Mathewson • Aug. 24, 2015

Michigan ed prof argues for FAFSA elimination

In a New York Times column, Susan Dynarski said even Sen. Lamar Alexander’s two-question proposal is made unnecessary by existing IRS tax data.

By Tara García Mathewson • Aug. 24, 2015

California may provide look at future of higher ed systems elsewhere

An ambitious higher ed plan has been eroded by a lack of long-term commitment to funding a system that was supposed to have room for everybody.

By Tara García Mathewson • Aug. 21, 2015

Presidential power over admissions officially part of UT policy

UT System presidents can now safely overrule admissions decisions in cases of ‘qualified students’ whose enrollment is of high institutional importance.

By Tara García Mathewson • Aug. 21, 2015

American Council on Education report urges better calculation of college costs

The report also calls for more research into the implications for college students of costs beyond tuition, like room and board, books, and transportation.

By Tara García Mathewson • Aug. 21, 2015

Banks wield significant power over struggling for-profits

As lenders, banks get a say in management decisions and keep their interests at the forefront in decisions to sell or declare bankruptcy.

By Tara García Mathewson • Aug. 21, 2015

Lumina Foundation attempts to define meaning of affordability

The foundation's new 'Rule of 10' framework sets a benchmark for how much families should be reasonably expected to pay for college.

By Tara García Mathewson • Aug. 20, 2015

DOJ guidance outlines ADA rules regulating service animals on campus

Institutions can't require students to register service dogs or ask questions that get to the nature of a student’s disability, but they do have options.

By Tara García Mathewson • Aug. 20, 2015

Ed Dept to create student debt relief committee

Public comment concerning the rulemaking will be accepted through September and the committee will convene in January.

By Tara García Mathewson • Aug. 20, 2015

Wright State U provost, two senior leaders fired amid criminal probe

The administrators have been investigated for misconduct relating to revelations that the university sponsored more H-1B visa holders than it employed.

By Tara García Mathewson • Aug. 19, 2015

Ed Dept seeks feedback on student medical records guidance

The draft guidance outlines when administrators can and cannot share student medical records during litigation.

By Tara García Mathewson • Aug. 19, 2015

Universities, scholars anticipate new era of collaboration in Iran

A negotiated nuclear deal with Iran still needs the approval of the US Congress and Iranian parliament, but optimism is flowing in academia.

By Tara García Mathewson • Aug. 19, 2015

Assessing competency-based education in terms of outcomes

Higher ed has long been consumed with access rather than outcomes, but developing metrics for monitoring innovative programs could change that.

By Tara García Mathewson • Aug. 18, 2015

NLRB stops Northwestern football players’ attempts to unionize

The National Labor Relations Board decided it has no jurisdiction to rule on whether players may form a union, leaving them with no one to appeal to.

By Tara García Mathewson • Aug. 18, 2015

Survey aims to give colleges a path toward improving campus safety

The 32 National Campus Safety Initiative is a free self-assessment tool giving colleges a chance to review policies and compare themselves to peers.

By Tara García Mathewson • Aug. 17, 2015

Disruption and Hillary’s higher ed plan: The week’s most-read education news

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By Roger Riddell • Aug. 14, 2015

Are campuses preoccupied with becoming too intellectually safe?

Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt argue in The Atlantic that American colleges are coddling students, failing to foster in them the skills they’ll need for the world.

By Tara García Mathewson • Aug. 13, 2015

Debt-free college plans could have far-reaching consequences

Private colleges would see greater competition under the proposals, leading to less campus diversity and the closure of small liberal arts schools.

By Tara García Mathewson • Aug. 12, 2015

U of Cincinnati criminologist takes over as VP for safety and reform

The university also hired a new public safety director and director of police-community relations following the killing of Samuel DuBose by a campus officer.

By Tara García Mathewson • Aug. 12, 2015