New Obama proposal would help colleges with high default rates

The expanded appeal option plan would be particularly helpful to community colleges.

By Tara García Mathewson • April 8, 2015

Mitchell-Hamline law school merger sparks tenure battle

Two Mitchell College of Law professors have filed a lawsuit following proposed changes to the school’s tenure policy.

By Tara García Mathewson • April 7, 2015

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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

Ed Dept sexual assault investigations double to 106 schools

UC-Davis, UC-Santa Cruz, and Buffalo State College are among new additions to the list.

By Tara García Mathewson • April 7, 2015

20 more colleges identified with financial restrictions

The Department of Education released previously redacted names from its list of more than 550 schools under cash monitoring.

By Tara García Mathewson • April 6, 2015

edX reaches deal with Justice Dept

The MOOC platform’s accommodations for learners with disabilities were the subject of a lawsuit against Harvard and MIT.

By Tara García Mathewson • April 6, 2015

Financial scrutiny and Atlanta convictions: The week’s most read education news

Get caught up on the 556 higher ed institutions under federal financial scrutiny and more right here!

By Roger Riddell • April 2, 2015

Syracuse U divests from fossil fuel stocks

The university announced this week it would drop fossil fuel stocks from its $1.2 billion endowment.

By Tara García Mathewson • April 2, 2015

Senators propose federal data collection plan

The plan would create a database of information about colleges nationwide to aid students’ enrollment decisions.

By Tara García Mathewson • April 2, 2015

Are higher ed leaders forgetting due process in punishment?

Colleges and universities are grappling with how to set appropriate consequences for students engaging in racist or sexist acts.

By Tara García Mathewson • April 2, 2015

Virginia files suit to block Sweet Briar College closing

The state has joined the chorus of opposition to the move.

By Tara García Mathewson • April 1, 2015

UVa Miller Center to study higher ed financing

A nonpartisan National Commission on Financing 21st Century Higher Education had its first meeting this week.

By Tara García Mathewson • April 1, 2015

What's an 'emergency communication?' Blackboard seeks clarification

It has asked the FCC whether all mass notifications by schools are covered by the emergency provisions of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act.

By Tara García Mathewson • April 1, 2015

No indictment for Texas Regent Wallace Hall

A grand jury was investigating whether Hall should be charged with abuse of office, among other allegations.

By Tara García Mathewson • April 1, 2015

Indiana boycotts snarl travel plans

Outrage following passage of Indiana's 'religious freedom' law has prompted boycotts and soul-searching.

By Tara García Mathewson • April 1, 2015

Ed Dept reveals list of 556 institutions under financial scrutiny

The list contains a mix of for-profits, state schools, bible colleges, and foreign institutions.

By Roger Riddell • March 31, 2015

Reinstating Ole Miss chancellor could raise questions of trustees' leadership

Reversing course could leave Daniel Jones looking more powerful than the board that oversees him.

By Tara García Mathewson • March 31, 2015

Numerous factors work against institutions regulating frats

Colleges and national Greek organizations have little incentive to provide extensive oversight.

By Tara García Mathewson • March 30, 2015

Ed Dept to name risky colleges after all

The department’s decision comes after an Inside Higher Ed article criticizing the secrecy around financially unstable institutions.

By Tara García Mathewson • March 30, 2015

Dept of Ed stays mum on aid restrictions

Students are in the dark about whether the federal government trusts their college or university with aid money.

By Tara García Mathewson • March 27, 2015

Are student loan default rates an inadequate indicator?

Ben Miller at New America suggests a better measure would compare the number of graduates to borrowers going into repayment.

By Tara García Mathewson • March 27, 2015

Alexander releases higher ed policy papers

The documents outline initiatives that could factor into the rewrite of the Higher Education Act.

By Tara García Mathewson • March 26, 2015

No Dream Act for NY students this budget year

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo pulled the proposal from his budget because of lack of support.

By Tara García Mathewson • March 26, 2015

U of Oklahoma overdue on diversity officer hire

The university only announced it would seek to create such a position after a racist SAE video caused a firestorm on campus.

By Tara García Mathewson • March 26, 2015

Grand Canyon U probably won't go private

The for-profit school can’t convince investors to take an affordable buyout.

By Tara García Mathewson • March 26, 2015

New student privacy act neglects higher ed

The Student Digital Privacy and Parental Rights Act of 2015, to be introduced this week, is facing criticism for its limited scope.

By Roger Riddell • March 25, 2015