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Swift Changes to Aid Sites
Responding to unusually detailed criticism from a member of Congress last week, dozens of colleges change the wording of their financial aid websites.
Deeper Pockets
Generous alumni helped colleges rake in nearly $34 billion in donations in 2013, a 9 percent increase over 2012.
Politician-Public Divide
Seeking to gauge how to rebuild public support for higher ed, survey project finds that Americans have less vocational view of college than their leaders do.
It's Not Faculty Salaries
Study documents that growth in higher ed hiring in recent years has failed to keep pace with enrollment increases, and challenges idea that tuition increases can be blamed on professors' pay.
Financial Aid Fee Flap
Congressman accuses elite colleges of misleading students into believing they must fill out fee-based form to qualify for federal aid.
No Interest-Rate Crystal Ball
A new federal report says that it's impossible to set interest rates on federal student loans in advance so that the government breaks even on the program.
New Programs: Innovation, Medicine and Law, Radiologic Technology, Hospitality, Health Communications, Communication Sciences, Data Science, Nuclear Engineering
Art Center College of Design and Claremont Graduate University are starting an M.S./M.B.A. degree in innovation systems design. Boston University...
A Focus on Job Training
In a State of the Union address that is mostly retread, President Obama calls for expanded access to apprenticeships and improved training programs at community colleges that are more targeted to employer-demanded skills.