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$120-million donation will fuel global expansion of Rhodes scholarship
The largest gift in the prestigious award's history will fund an expansion to students in a handful of new countries.
By Roger Riddell • Sept. 19, 2013 -
10 receive settlements in Occidental College sexual assault case
The settlements come with a condition, though.
By Roger Riddell • Sept. 19, 2013 -
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TrendlineArtificial 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
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Grand Canyon University
Deep DiveGrand Canyon CIO talks for-profits, traditional campuses and MOOCs
Grand Canyon University's Joe Mildenhall told Education Dive how the school's traditional campus sets it apart from online for-profits.
By Roger Riddell • Sept. 19, 2013 -
Oregon lawmaker proposes free community college
The state senator says not implementing the program would cost money too.
By Daniel Shumski • Sept. 19, 2013 -
Higher Education Act hearings to determine fate of college funding
Much is at stake as the 50-year-old law goes up for reauthorization.
By Daniel Shumski • Sept. 19, 2013 -
Georgetown to create public policy school with $100M gift
The gift is the largest in the university's history.
By Roger Riddell • Sept. 18, 2013 -
More colleges hitting 'reset' button on tuition
Some small private colleges are slashing their tuition in hopes of avoiding sticker shock.
By Daniel Shumski • Sept. 18, 2013 -
Small college making loan payments for some grads
Adrian College says graduates will get help until they make more than $37,000 a year.
By Daniel Shumski • Sept. 18, 2013 -
Deep Dive
The top U.S. universities have very different graduation rates
With all of the attention given to graduation rates of late, how do U.S. News' top 10 national universities compare on that metric?
By Roger Riddell • Sept. 17, 2013 -
MIT Provost Chris Kaiser to step down
Kaiser plans to return to teaching and research as a faculty member.
By Roger Riddell • Sept. 17, 2013 -
LSU gives up records after four months in contempt of court
But the move doesn't mean the information is public just yet.
By Daniel Shumski • Sept. 17, 2013 -
Duke gets OK to open campus in China
The project near Shanghai had run into delays and some controversy.
By Daniel Shumski • Sept. 17, 2013 -
CUNY faculty senate committee issues statement on Petraeus harassment
The visiting professor and former CIA director was mobbed by protesters on the way to his first class.
By Roger Riddell • Sept. 16, 2013 -
Washington university ties faculty salaries to national averages
Some Eastern Washington University professors will get big raises and some will get nothing in an unusual new deal.
By Daniel Shumski • Sept. 16, 2013 -
Duncan backs off threat over California testing plan
The education secretary says withholding federal funding would be a "last resort."
By Daniel Shumski • Sept. 16, 2013 -
U. of Illinois may strip embattled professor's tenure
Administrators say engineering professor Louis Wozniak acted inappropriately in a number of incidents.
By Roger Riddell • Sept. 13, 2013 -
Yale tries to clarify sexual consent with hypothetical scenarios
The school's president had asked for clarification after an earlier report was criticized.
By Daniel Shumski • Sept. 13, 2013 -
Is college tuition actually too low?
An economics professor argues that college prices have every reason to be higher if demand is taken into account.
By Daniel Shumski • Sept. 13, 2013 -
Historic flooding damages 25% of UC-Boulder campus buildings
Parts of campus are evacuated and classes canceled as virtually every building with a basement sustains water damage.
By Roger Riddell • Sept. 12, 2013 -
California: Enrollments, course offerings tick up at 2-year schools
State budget cuts had caused declines in class and student numbers.
By Daniel Shumski • Sept. 12, 2013 -
La. judge orders LSU records seizure, deputies come up empty-handed
The school says the records are in the possession of a Texas consulting firm.
By Roger Riddell • Sept. 11, 2013 -
Can universities retain the next Mark Zuckerberg?
Several funds are working to address a growing trend of student entrepreneurs who, like Zuckerberg before them, drop out.
By Roger Riddell • Sept. 11, 2013 -
Update: Oklahoma State responds to former football players' academic dishonesty claims
The athletes revealed to Sports Illustrated how far OSU's athletics department was allegedly willing to go in the name of a better football program.
By Roger Riddell • Sept. 11, 2013 -
Public universities in danger of leaving low-income students behind
For-profit schools and community colleges are picking up the slack as shrinking budgets squeeze some low-income students out of four-year state schools.
By Daniel Shumski • Sept. 11, 2013 -
Could online learning mean fewer buildings for Iowa colleges?
The Board of Regents wants to know if schools have considered online programs before proposing campus expansion.
By Daniel Shumski • Sept. 11, 2013
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