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Battle for Texas
President of UT Austin told to quit or be fired -- and he resists. Faculty leaders say regents -- allies of Governor Rick Perry -- are attempting "coup" against respected academic leader.
Opinion
Block the July 4 Coup
The 2013, 2014 and 2015 chairs of UT Austin's Faculty Council argue that the effort to remove the president there is shortsighted, and that academics nationwide must take note.
Know a Problem to Fix It
States have chaotic lack of consistency in how they track college remediation, according to the Education Commission of the States, which seeks national standards.
Controlled Crash?
Corinthian Colleges and the feds have a day to decide how to dismantle the huge for-profit, with the fate of students, employees and $1.2 billion in loans hanging in the balance.
For Storied Institution, a Historic Low
After more than a decade of decline and alleged financial mismanagement, the country's oldest private historically black university risks losing its accreditation, which could be fatal.
Corinthian's Cloudy Future
Corinthian Colleges Inc. teeters on the brink as the Education Department delays payments, raising worries about what will happen to the for-profit's 72,000 students.
A College Loses Accreditation
Southern accreditor strips its approval from Georgia's Brewton-Parker College, and places four others -- Louisiana, Newberry and Paine Colleges and South Carolina State -- on probation.
New Presidents or Provosts: Central CC-Grand Island, Harris Stowe State U., Minnesota State U.-Moorhead, Notre Dame College, Rochester Community and Technical College, Rutgers U.-Camden, U. of Massachusetts-Amherst, U. of Richmond
Anne Blackhurst, provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at Minnesota State University Moorhead, has been named president there...