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House education committee leaks its ambitious first draft of a reauthorization of the Higher Education Act, with broad changes aimed at both deregulation and more accountability in how federal student aid is distributed and used.

Texas commissioner of higher education says outnumbered men are uncomfortable on some college campuses. How will the state navigate goals for growing numbers of male graduates in a world where the patriarchy women face is being laid bare?

A high school in Tennessee, backed by local politicians, isn’t accepting explanations for why scores on test taken in good faith shouldn’t count.

High schools in Georgia see surge in enrollments in computer science, and state leaders are pleased. But are those courses equivalent, as university system admissions requirements now say, to Spanish or French?

Hartwick, a private institution where three-quarters of enrollees are from New York State, seeks to counter impact of free public tuition.

States and institutions are still working out incentives and programs to get dual-credit instructors qualified to meet a change in accreditation standards.

Jim Jump considers the ethics associated with telling high school students their odds of getting in to certain colleges.

By Jim Jump