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The Sum or Its Parts?
A new marketing drive at Ithaca College emphasizes the overall student experience rather than individual programs. Marketing experts say this is a smart move, but some faculty members fear it's too generic.
New Programs: Business Analytics, Interfaith Leadership, Global Risk, Music, Public Health, Biomathematics, Business and Medicine, Engineering, Mathematical Finance, Computer Engineering
Case Western Reserve University is starting a master of science in management, with a focus on business analytics. Elizabethtown College...
Endowments Under Fire Again
House Republicans question endowment spending and executive compensation in what may signal another round of federal scrutiny over tax benefits flowing to wealthiest universities.
What $20M Can't Buy
Judge says Paul Smith's College didn't present compelling evidence that a name change was necessary -- even in return for a large gift.
Opinion
Expand Work-Study’s Community Service Requirement
It will help students not only pay for college and develop skills in a real-world setting but also tackle important social issues, write Marvin Krislov and Robert Hackett.
Duncan Legacy: Innovation and Regulation
The long-serving education secretary expanded Pell Grants, encouraged experimentation, cracked down on for-profit colleges and took federal regulation into uncharted waters.
Default Rates Drop
The share of students defaulting on their federal loans within three years fell this year, as the Obama administration again made a controversial tweak to the default rates in ways that helped some colleges.
Buying Back Iowans
Under pressure from its governing board the University of Iowa is leveraging financial aid to increase resident enrollment. And as competition for the state's students is increasing, the number of college-bound Iowans is not -- causing concern among Iowa's private colleges.