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Experimenting With Aid
The U.S. Education Department opens the door to more tests with competency-based education, which could help set a new regulatory framework.
Dropping the Ball?
Colleges and universities need to get involved in the the rollout of the Common Core curriculum, argues a new paper from the New America Foundation.
Dropping Profit
For-profits are under fire, and a few have made the jump to become nonprofits. But the process is tricky and offers a mixed bag on regulatory benefits.
New Presidents or Provosts: St. Joseph's College, Suffolk U., Tuskegee U., U. of North Carolina-Greensboro, Vanderbilt U., Washington State U., Westmoreland County CC
Daniel J. Bernardo, interim provost and executive vice president at Washington State University, has been named to the job on...
Opinion
Email and Higher Ed History
Colleges need to find ways to preserve the digital record of presidential decision-making, writes Glenn C. Altschuler.
Leaving the System
More students are leaving higher education after their first year, according to new national numbers that are bad news for the college completion push.
Texas President Holds On
U. of Texas chancellor, following protests from faculty and students, backs down on demands that the popular president of Austin campus leave office quickly. How was his job saved?
An Arms Race
Big-time college sports programs are competing to offer more to their athletes. Are they creating more gender inequity at the same time?