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

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

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Artificial Intelligence

As AI continues its forward march in education and the workplace, colleges are grapplling with how best to incorporate the emerging technology into admissions, courrsework and elsewhere

By Higher Ed Dive staff

Bob Jones University resumes investigation into handling of sexual assault

The school had abruptly halted a group's inquiry. 

By Daniel Shumski • Feb. 26, 2014

Southern U. votes to oust chancellor — again

Baton Rouge Chancellor James Llorens is extremely popular in the campus community, but has once again fallen to a divided board.

By Roger Riddell • Feb. 25, 2014

'Post-racial' generation struggling with race on campus

The federal government has seen a jump in race-related complaints at colleges.

By Daniel Shumski • Feb. 25, 2014

Texas lets students 'comparison shop' colleges online

A new website offers information on tuition, fees, and potential earnings. 

By Daniel Shumski • Feb. 25, 2014

Northwestern defends actions in sexual assault investigation

The university denies a lawsuit's claim that it violated Title IX. 

By Daniel Shumski • Feb. 24, 2014

CU-Boulder harassment investigators saw confidential files

The consultants who were looking into allegations accessed documents normally kept secret.

By Daniel Shumski • Feb. 24, 2014

Online accreditation and flipped learning: The week's most read education news

Get caught up on President Obama's apology to an art history professor and more right here!

By Roger Riddell • Feb. 21, 2014

California lawmaker wants new community college accreditation process

Schools would be able to choose their accrediting agency under the bill.

By Daniel Shumski • Feb. 21, 2014

UMD hacking exposes data on 309K at two campuses

Student records dating as far back as 1998 at the College Park and Shady Grove campuses were compromised.

By Roger Riddell • Feb. 20, 2014

College group wants to link its president's salary to janitor's

A salary cap at St. Mary's would limit highest pay to 10 times lowest pay.

By Daniel Shumski • Feb. 20, 2014

Ex-employees file lawsuit against for-profit school

They say the company falsified records to keep government money flowing.

By Daniel Shumski • Feb. 20, 2014

Occidental pledges not to invest in assault weapon manufacturers

The board of trustees voted against such investments at the behest of professors due to the increasing number of mass shootings at schools.

By Roger Riddell • Feb. 19, 2014

Women at U. of Colorado speak out after harassment report

Six women with ties to Boulder's philosophy department describe the negative impact of releasing a report.

By Daniel Shumski • Feb. 19, 2014

OU dean questions graduates' skills in TEDxOU talk

Professor David Ray's concerns about graduates' skillsets echo those from lawmakers and the workforce.

By Roger Riddell • Feb. 18, 2014

University workplaces and Olympians: The week's most read education news

Which university is behind 10% of U.S. Olympians? 

By Roger Riddell • Feb. 14, 2014

5 issues that threaten academic freedom

Could recent policies set a precedent for academic censorship?

By Gabriel Salkin • Feb. 14, 2014

3 Florida colleges would lose money in new funding plan

One school says just one Pell Grant recipient is all it needs to keep its funding.

By Daniel Shumski • Feb. 14, 2014

Free online university wins accreditation

University of the People will soon graduate its first seven students.

By Daniel Shumski • Feb. 14, 2014

Rutgers to pay $11.5M in Big East exit

The school will now be able to enter the Big Ten, hopefully letting its athletic department cut the cord from university funds.

By Roger Riddell • Feb. 13, 2014

Income-based loan repayment: Well-meaning but flawed?

The system might be well intentioned and better than some alternatives, but it's undermined by its defects.

By Daniel Shumski • Feb. 13, 2014

Affirmative action in admissions endangered — and perhaps soon extinct

The policy has been under attack for decades, but a recent and an upcoming Supreme Court case may deal fatal blows.

By Daniel Shumski • Feb. 13, 2014

Senator rails against 'higher education cartel'

He wants states to be able to set up accreditation systems.

By Daniel Shumski • Feb. 13, 2014

U. of Mississippi officials discover 1,000 unmarked graves on campus

The bodies are thought to have been lunatic asylum patients.

By Roger Riddell • Feb. 11, 2014