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Good Cop, Bad Cop From White House
The summit underscores a tension in the Obama administration’s higher ed approach: how to promote colleges' and universities' successes while holding them more accountable.
Opinion
15 Hours Doesn't Work for Everyone
We can do a lot to help adult students finish college. But increasing the course load for full-time Pell Grant recipients could actually hurt some of them, Pamela Tate argues.
Minimum Wage, Not Yet
As voters and politicians in California's expensive Bay Area push higher minimum wages, at least two public universities aren't paying it.
'Dirty Money?'
Anthropologists discuss student debt and other concerns about the "commodification" of higher education, and debate role of faculty members in reform efforts.
State-Related Community Colleges
Illinois leads list of states where community colleges already get only a single-digit percentage of their budgets from the state, and more cuts may be on the way.
Colleges Consider Cosby Ties
Allegations against the comedian, an active fund-raiser and speaker in higher education, have led one college to drop his name, while others stand by him.
Harkin’s Last Act?
Among the new provisions in the retiring Democrat's final proposal to rewrite the Higher Education Act are a student unit record system and incentives for colleges to graduate more Pell Grant recipients.
Promise Goes Grassroots
National "free tuition" group changes its name and pitch with plan to support state and city tuition scholarships while continuing to push on the federal level.