STEM bachelor's degree coming to Washington state community college

Washington is among states attempting to meet STEM demand by allowing four-year degrees at community colleges, but such programs could face significant nontraditional competition.

By Keith Button • Feb. 17, 2015

California cuts Corinthian subsidary off from aid payments

Heald College's 'at-risk reimbursement status' is the latest headache for the shuttering for-profit college chain as it attempts to sell off its campuses.    

By Keith Button • Feb. 17, 2015

What obligations do higher ed institutions have under U.S. sanctions law?

A policy enacted at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst prevents Iranian students from enrolling in certain science and engineering programs.

By Keith Button • Feb. 17, 2015

University researchers under attack from 'abusive' open records requests

Activists are using Freedom of Information laws to request massive numbers of emails and documents from university researchers.  

By Eli Dickinson • Feb. 14, 2015

Coding schools and in-flight MOOCs: The week's most read education news

Fall behind? Get caught up on Harvard Business School's global online push and more right here!

By Roger Riddell • Feb. 13, 2015

Report: Performance-based funding most effective when stakes are raised

A report sponsored by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation finds that performance-based public college funding programs are most effective when larger amounts of state funding are at stake.

By Keith Button • Feb. 13, 2015

Florida Gov. Scott pushes for grad school tuition freeze

A proposed bill would also curb college textbook prices.

By Keith Button • Feb. 12, 2015

Report confirms NYU international campus construction worker abuse

A Human Rights Watch report confirms laborers building New York University's new campus in the United Arab Emirates were arrested and even deported for protesting substandard pay.

By Keith Button • Feb. 12, 2015

Report: Fossil fuel divestment can hurt colleges

A report funded by a petroleum industry group says colleges shouldn't divest from fossil fuel investments.

By Keith Button • Feb. 11, 2015

Five years later, is Thiel's college dropout fellowship a success?

Venture capitalist Peter Thiel's 2010 idea to pay entrepreneurs to drop out of school and pursue their dreams has generated investments, buy-outs, and discussions about higher education's value of higher.

By Keith Button • Feb. 10, 2015

Boston College ordered to turn over Northern Ireland conflict research

The ongoing legal issues surrounding confidential interviews from an oral history project on the civil conflict in Northern Ireland could have a chilling effect on similar research.

By Keith Button • Feb. 10, 2015

U of California drops plan to tie coaching bonuses to academics

The university may reconsider the incentive bonus proposal next month.

By Keith Button • Feb. 9, 2015

Obama's community college push focuses on quick, cheap path to job skills

Some of the president's remarks could be perceived as a knock against four-year institutions.

By Keith Button • Feb. 9, 2015

Will Amazon campus centers push bookstores out? The week's most read education news

Pearson's Todd Hitchcock shares the secrets of successful online degree programs, Blackboard buys Schoolwires, and more!

By Roger Riddell • Feb. 6, 2015

Higher ed CIOs unclear on FCC's mobile hot spot stance

The agency has barred hotels and other establishments from blocking mobile Wi-Fi hotspots, but hasn't clarified whether that applies to college and university campuses.

By Roger Riddell • Feb. 6, 2015

Boston U adjuncts to organize under SEIU

The vote to form a union passed by a 2-to-1 margin.

By Keith Button • Feb. 6, 2015

Mandatory sex assault reporting raises concerns

Institutions' increasing requirements that professors report when students come forward with sexual assault claims could have a chilling effect on professor-student communication.    

By Keith Button • Feb. 5, 2015

Former Corinthian students to receive loan debt relief in sale

Students at the campuses sold to ECMC Group will receive cuts of as much as 40% in their student loan debt.

By Keith Button • Feb. 4, 2015

University of California considering vaccination requirement

New measles cases are drawing attention to the lack of vaccination requirements at higher education institutions, particularly in California, where 90 cases of the disease have been reported.

By Keith Button • Feb. 4, 2015

California makes progress in credit transfer acceptance

A report shows that the state's higher ed institutions are making it easier for community college graduates to transfer into public bachelor's degree programs.

By Keith Button • Feb. 4, 2015

Attending college tougher for poor students than 45 years ago

A new report shows that low-income students are falling further behind in college attendance compared to students from higher income brackets.

By Keith Button • Feb. 4, 2015

Princeton Review rankings drop U of Missouri-Kansas City business school

Chancellor Leo Morton admitted that false data had been submitted from 2011 through 2013.

By Keith Button • Feb. 3, 2015

PA community colleges launch new alternative credits for adult learners

The schools will allow adult learners to receive credit for prior life and work experience as part of a program being hailed as the first of its kind.

By Keith Button • Feb. 3, 2015

U.S. Ed Dept outlines Obama's higher ed budget proposals

Though Republicans are likely to oppose many of the proposals, there may be common ground on at least two.

By Keith Button • Feb. 3, 2015

3 lessons higher ed can learn from UMass' confidential informant program

The experiences of UMass-Amherst and other institutions offer valuable lessons for higher ed administrators and campus police to consider regarding confidential student information programs.

By Keith Button • Feb. 2, 2015