Pennsylvania state colleges increase tuition, fees in pilots

The state’s higher education governing board approved the new price structures, which include per-credit-hour cost increases.

By Tara García Mathewson • Oct. 12, 2015

Wisconsin Regents waive out-of-state student cap at UW-Madison

University leaders argued the cap prevents them from recruiting talented out-of-state students who could stay after graduation and improve the state's economy.

By Tara García Mathewson • Oct. 12, 2015

Colleges offering Perkins Loans may owe billions to feds

When Congress failed to extend the program earlier this month, it set 1,700 institutional partners up to eventually return billions in federal grants.

By Tara García Mathewson • Oct. 12, 2015

U of Phoenix banned from recruiting on military bases

While the Department of Defense investigates recruiting practices, it has also barred the enrollment of students with Tuition Assistance Program funding.

By Tara García Mathewson • Oct. 12, 2015

Brown vetoes proposed higher ed oversight agency for California

The agency would have replaced the California Postsecondary Education Commission, which was defunded in 2011.

By Tara García Mathewson • Oct. 9, 2015

House Republicans criticize higher ed's largest endowments

Suggestions made during a hearing this week included cutting tax benefits and further regulating how wealthy universities spend endowment returns.

By Tara García Mathewson • Oct. 9, 2015

In the wake of tragedy, campuses consider areas of improvement

Shootings like the one at Umpqua Community College prompt wider reviews of security procedures across higher ed.

By Tara García Mathewson • Oct. 8, 2015

Big ideas research gaining popularity, but maybe only making a splash

Initiatives aimed at solving the world’s biggest problems have received big money, but critics say they’re overly ambitious and mere marketing ploys.

By Tara García Mathewson • Oct. 8, 2015

Excelsior to develop open-source college-level skills assessment with $1.9M from Ed Dept

The First in the World Program grant will provide financing for two years of development and piloting, after which the product will be available to all.

By Tara García Mathewson • Oct. 7, 2015

Century Foundation research finds fault with for-profits converting tax status

A new paper includes four case studies of colleges that became nonprofits, arguing that a primary reason for conversion was avoiding regulation.

By Tara García Mathewson • Oct. 7, 2015

Illinois college presidents facing compensation-limiting legislation

Recent scandals at two colleges have prompted a flood of bills attempting to limit executive compensation and perks at public institutions.

By Tara García Mathewson • Oct. 7, 2015

Support for accreditors follows latest criticism from WSJ

An editorial arguing accreditation bodies operate like a cartel prompted a wave of support and a call for a halt to name-calling.

By Tara García Mathewson • Oct. 6, 2015

NACAC to ban questions about where students most want to go

The National Association for College Admission Counseling approved new ethical guidelines that will prevent members from asking students to rank prospective institutions.

By Tara García Mathewson • Oct. 6, 2015

Inspector General audit prompts additional concern over CBE's future

The office has again shown concern over the level of student-teacher interaction in competency-based education programs.

By Tara García Mathewson • Oct. 6, 2015

College Scorecard lacks a 'value-added' measure

The Obama administration’s scorecard highlights schools with high-paid graduates, but critics say it doesn’t separate correlation from causation.

By Tara García Mathewson • Oct. 4, 2015

Resource barrier presents security hurdle for community colleges

Two-year schools attempt to serve students before and after tragedy on significantly smaller budgets than their four-year peers.

By Tara García Mathewson • Oct. 4, 2015

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By Roger Riddell • Oct. 2, 2015

Perkins Loan Program dies as Alexander blocks funding bill

An extension to the program passed in the House, but Alexander blocked its advance out of the Senate’s education committee.

By Tara García Mathewson • Oct. 2, 2015

U of Iowa expands in-state recruitment, to the dismay of its competitors

The recruitment push follows a mandate from regents that criticized the university’s resident to non-resident ratio, threatening to pull funding.

By Tara García Mathewson • Oct. 1, 2015

Court: Colleges don’t owe student-athletes beyond cost of attendance

The panel upheld a previous federal ruling that chided the NCAA's efforts to preserve amateurism and declared it is 'not above antitrust laws.'

By Roger Riddell • Sept. 30, 2015

New York latest state to consider free community college

Gov. Andrew Cuomo confirmed he is in talks with the White House about the affordability of a statewide program.

By Tara García Mathewson • Sept. 30, 2015

Wisconsin HOPE Lab highlights states' per-student higher ed funding disparities

The state's two-year colleges get just $3,211 per full-time-equivalent student, while the its flagship institution gets $12,410 under the same measure.

By Tara García Mathewson • Sept. 29, 2015

Daemen College president calls for more equitable higher ed reform

Gary A. Olson argues the major reform proposals offered by presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders need to better address the role of private colleges.

By Tara García Mathewson • Sept. 28, 2015

U of New Haven president: Keep higher ed's property tax exemption

As Connecticut considers reversing a centuries-old property tax exemption for higher ed, schools fight to prove the benefits of such arrangements.

By Tara García Mathewson • Sept. 25, 2015

Education Trust report shows gaps in Pell Grant recipients' outcomes

About one-third of institutions have 9% gaps in graduation rates for Pell and non-Pell students, with the national gap around 14%.

By Tara García Mathewson • Sept. 25, 2015