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Strings Attached
Pizza baron's gift to Wayne State business school draws scrutiny over provisions requiring consulting with donors on certain courses and stipulations on what a dean should be paid.
When Millions Pledged Never Materialize
A medical school building keeps its name at Marian University in Indianapolis, even after the man it's named for can't fulfill a $48 million pledge.
U.S. Cuts Off ITT Tech
Education Department's new sanctions against the for-profit college include a ban on enrolling new students who receive federal aid and tougher financial oversight.
Bard's Big Cash Crunch
Bard College takes (another) ratings downgrade on liquidity concerns. Can leaders keep defying the conventional financial wisdom?
Baby Steps
Washington & Jefferson dips its toe into graduate programs, but leaders of the traditionally undergraduate college admit it's a balancing act, and are moving more modestly than other colleges trying to diversify their offerings.
Quality and Noncollege Learning
Education Department announces eight winning partnerships in experiment to open federal aid to alternative providers, with a possibly influential new way of assuring academic quality.
New Programs: Entrepreneurship, Homeland Security, Shakespeare, Information Management, Sports Management
Kennesaw State University is starting an undergraduate major in entrepreneurship. Monroe Community College, of the State University of New York...
Prioritization Anxiety
How can a process more and more administrations are embracing be supported by professors? Or are they right that the process is really about eliminating programs that aren't seen as rainmakers?