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The 2015 Budget, Real and Illusory
President Obama's 2015 budget request would keep most student aid and research programs level-funded, and includes several ambitious new higher education proposals -- but is probably dead on arrival.
A Sustainable Campus
A former college president identifies 9 elements for success.
Tax Breaks for Students
President Obama will seek to make a tuition tax credit permanent and exempt student loan debt forgiveness from taxation.
CFPB vs. ITT
Consumer protection bureau's first action against a for-profit college signals how aggressively the watchdog agency plans to use its enforcement powers in the industry.
Handshake to Headshake
A deal to merge two Christian colleges in the South collapsed. It's not entirely clear why Montreat College and Point University weren't meant for each other, but many at Montreat agree it's a good thing.
Risk Management
The U.S. Education Department must do more to prevent financial aid fraud in distance education, a federal audit says.
New Programs: Rural Development, Nursing, Radiologic Technology, Accounting, Life Sciences, Global Health, Engineering, Mechatronics Design
American University of Beirut is starting a master of science program in rural community development. Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania is...
Private Colleges' Turn to Cry
As the budget forecast turns sunnier for California's public institutions, the privates worry about cuts to a state scholarship program on which their students rely.