Policy & Legal: Page 189


  • For-profit American Commercial College to pay at least $1M in federal settlement

    The school allegedly falsified financial documents to receive more federal student aid funding.

    By Roger Riddell • June 3, 2013
  • St. Paul's College in Virginia to close

    The historically black college was founded in 1888.

    By Roger Riddell • June 3, 2013
  • Trendline

    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
  • Coursera, Google Glass and Common Core: This week's most read education news

    Want to see what everyone else was reading this week? Have a quick look right here.

    By Brian Warmoth • May 31, 2013
  • Accrediting agency denies wrongdoing in City College of San Francisco sanctions

    The college's faculty union says the sanctions were without merit.

    By Roger Riddell • May 31, 2013
  • Grade-changing scheme lands U. Oklahoma student computer fraud charges

    The student used his position in the campus' IT department to gain access to faculty accounts.

    By Roger Riddell • May 31, 2013
  • NYU's Silver School of Social Work rejects 'no confidence' vote

    Only the NYU School of Law had previously voted in President John Sexton's favor.

    By Roger Riddell • May 30, 2013
  • AAUP recommends more communication between faculty and governing boards

    Citing a trend toward corporate-style management across higher education, the American Association of University Professors today released new guidance concerning communication between faculty members and governing boards. "Communication between faculties and governing boards has worsened...

    By Linda Cui • May 30, 2013
  • Obama to urge legislative action ahead of doubling of student loan rates

    The White House will hold an event on Friday urging Congress to push forward a bill that would keep interest rates low.

    By Davide Savenije • May 29, 2013
  • Boston schools back Warren's proposal to stall student loan interest rate increases

    Dozens of Boston area schools have stepped up in support of a proposal put on the table by Sen. Elizabeth Warren which would essentially stop interest rates for students to borrow from doubling, and set the rates equal to those given to large financial institutions like banks. Read more »...

    By Linda Cui • May 29, 2013
  • State education spending still lower than in 2008: report

    on Wed, 05/29/2013 - 11:53am High school students who are graduating this year and getting ready to enter college face a higher education system that still hasn't rebounded from the budget cuts of the Great Recession. Every state except for North Dakota and Wyoming has cut funding for high...

    By Linda Cui • May 29, 2013
  • Faculty has 'no confidence' in Transylvania U. president

    Differences in opinion over tenure and leadership styles led to the vote.

    By Roger Riddell • May 29, 2013
  • Evergreen State College student services workers go on strike

    The workers want independent reviews of firing and disciplinary actions, as well as annual step pay increases.

    By Roger Riddell • May 29, 2013
  • Oakland U. wants 'Hot for Teacher' lawsuit dismissed

    The student's lawsuit argues that an essay detailing his sexual urges for an instructor is free speech.

    By Roger Riddell • May 28, 2013
  • Most Read Education News of the Week: edX, Tumblr and iPads

    Need to catch up on the week's biggest ed tech news? There was a lot to see in our most popular posts.

    By Brian Warmoth • May 24, 2013
  • Have good grades? Wilson College will pay your loans

    The loan buyback program will pay back as much as $10,000 in loans to students meeting its requirements.

    By Roger Riddell • May 24, 2013
  • Education Dept. to grant $1.3M to Newtown schools

    The grant is part of the department's efforts to help schools in the community recover from the Sandy Hook massacre.

    By Roger Riddell • May 24, 2013
  • Meningitis outbreak at Princeton University

    All four cases of meningitis occurred within the last two months.

    By Roger Riddell • May 23, 2013
  • For-profits triumph as Ed. Dept. won't appeal federal aid ruling

    But the department intends to revisit the issue in new rule-making sessions later this year.

    By Roger Riddell • May 23, 2013
  • Students allege Title IX, Clery Act violations at 4 big-name universities

    The complaints accuse the universities of creating a hostile environment for women and misreporting crime statistics.

    By Roger Riddell • May 23, 2013
  • Are community colleges becoming 'separate and unequal?'

    A new report from the Century Foundation recommends how lawmakers at the state and federal levels can prevent a widening division between two-year and four-year colleges.

    By Roger Riddell • May 22, 2013
  • White House threatens to veto student loan bill

    While similar to the president's own proposals, the bill's differences may be enough to result in a veto.

    By Roger Riddell • May 22, 2013
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    Longtime NIU administrator to retire in wake of FBI investigation

    Eddie Williams allegedly used campus police for private security needs at his housing development.

    By Roger Riddell • May 22, 2013
  • Officials battle faculty poaching at Colorado's research universities

    Dozens of professors at Colorado's research universities have been approached with outside offers in the past year.

    By Roger Riddell • May 21, 2013
  • Congressional Democrats scrutinize Obama student loan policy

    The congressmen said current policy looks at struggling students and parents as a source of profit.

    By Roger Riddell • May 20, 2013
  • UCF allows instructor who made 'killing spree' joke to return to work

    Hyung-Il Jung's students rallied for his return following his suspension.

    By Roger Riddell • May 20, 2013