Marketing could become the most expensive part of higher ed

Colleges and universities are spending more money on recruitment to cope with increasing competition for students, and it isn’t making their products any better.

By Tara García Mathewson • April 20, 2016

What institutions can do for students with serious medical needs

While students bear the burden of notifying their institution of serious medical conditions, campuses must create an environment where they're comfortable doing so.

By Tara García Mathewson • April 19, 2016

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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

Test-optional admissions drawing more diverse applicant pools

A study for the NACAC found the difference between cumulative GPAs and graduation rates of submitters and non-submitters of standardized test scores to be almost nonexistent

By Tara García Mathewson • April 19, 2016

George Washington U grads sue over online experience

A class-action suit from graduates of an online master’s program in security and safety leadership argues the program was inferior to its in-person counterpart.

By Tara García Mathewson • April 18, 2016

UC-Davis search-scrubbing prompts protests, calls for chancellor's resignation

The university spent at least $175,000 to suppress negative Google results after video of a campus police officer pepper-spraying students went viral in 2011.

By Tara García Mathewson • April 18, 2016

CTE, robots in K-12, and tenure: The week's most-read education news

Stay ahead of the pack with the latest on a push by 13 state AGs to prevent the ACICS' accreditor recognition renewal and more here.

By Roger Riddell • April 15, 2016

States with greater need-based aid have higher grad rates

A new report links need-based grant aid to better graduation outcomes and persistence rates for low-income students who attend four-year colleges.

By Tara García Mathewson • April 15, 2016

More students successfully sue following sexual assault cases

At least 10 students disciplined for violating Title IX have successfully sued institutions in the last year, arguing their due process rights were violated.

By Tara García Mathewson • April 15, 2016

Purdue leads with new college financing option for students

The university will be among the first to offer financing plans that allow students to pledge a portion of future income to supplement federal loans and grant aid.

By Tara García Mathewson • April 14, 2016

As many as 80% of students could be pirating learning materials

A multi-country research project asked students about their behaviors and attitudes toward piracy, finding just one in five acquired all class materials legally.

By Tara García Mathewson • April 14, 2016

Serving autistic students presents a challenge in higher ed, too

Institutions can accommodate students on the autism spectrum by limiting sensory distractions in class design and keeping their needs in mind with teaching.

By Tara García Mathewson • April 14, 2016

Review finds Ed Dept's accreditor audits lacking

The Center for American Progress suggests annual audits and program review processes must be restructured to achieve meaningful oversight.

By Tara García Mathewson • April 14, 2016

Tenure is disappearing, much to the detriment of higher ed

Schools with a greater reliance on adjunct faculty have lower graduation and retention rates, among other consequences.

By Tara García Mathewson • April 13, 2016

Helping students make college decisions only gets them so far

For students living in 'education deserts,' the best info about how and where to apply doesn’t help them avoid the only open-access institution close to home.

By Tara García Mathewson • April 13, 2016

UW-Madison chancellor commits to protecting tenured faculty

Chancellor Rebecca Blank says faculty are safe from layoffs, but faculty members are not so sure of their futures.

By Tara García Mathewson • April 12, 2016

What's the best way to fix higher ed funding?

New America has laid out a plan to make debt-free college possible, positioning its solution into a number of other policy proposals floated recently.

By Tara García Mathewson • April 12, 2016

More colleges developing holistic supports for student financial wellness

A growing interest in student financial wellness, beyond just student loans, comes at at time when financial responsibility among students seems to be declining.

By Tara García Mathewson • April 11, 2016

New journal edition highlights studies of higher ed effectiveness

The latest issue of the Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences examines effectiveness relating to historical objectives, not politicized metrics.

By Tara García Mathewson • April 11, 2016

UNC caught in the middle with LGBT 'bathroom bill'

System President Margaret Spellings told chancellors their institutions had to comply with the law, though she said this was not an endorsement.

By Tara García Mathewson • April 11, 2016

13 attorneys general oppose ACICS accreditation renewal

In a letter to Education Secretary John King and the National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity, the group made a case against ACICS.

By Tara García Mathewson • April 11, 2016

UMD schools won't merge, but partnership will strengthen

The University of Maryland's College Park and Baltimore campuses considered consolidating, but the final legislation will simply bring the two closer together.

By Tara García Mathewson • April 7, 2016

Ed Dept seeking feedback on draft standards for accreditors

The standards outline circumstances under which accreditors would have to notify the department about colleges.

By Tara García Mathewson • April 7, 2016

Test-optional college admissions can increase transparency

Colleges are increasingly choosing not to require standardized test scores, touting 'holistic' admissions processes that consider an entire academic record. 

By Tara García Mathewson • April 6, 2016

Tennessee scaled corequisite remediation initiative a success

Two studies examine the first full semester of a statewide initiative that put all developmental ed students in college-level courses with supports.

By Tara García Mathewson • April 6, 2016

Achieve finds troubling variation in reporting of enrollment, remediation, persistence

The education reform organization has found significant limitations to its study of college and career readiness metrics due to wide state reporting variation..

By Tara García Mathewson • April 5, 2016