Governance

An alliance of 11 public research universities shows that sharing data, ideas and practices can help more low-income students graduate.

Education Department’s inspector general labels Western Governors as a correspondence-course provider, seeks reimbursement of $713 million in aid and may broadly threaten competency-based education.

President who apologized for cotton centerpieces at event for black students now is sorry for a menu that many see as insensitive for being stereotypically black cuisine.

Accreditor’s rejection of Scottsdale Community College’s proposed expansion suggests that consistency and mandated faculty training could become a focus for quality control in online learning.

After 23 years as a teaching professor at his university, six as assistant dean, Mark Zeigler questions why he has no representation on the faculty senate.

By Mark Zeigler

Non-tenure-track faculty members contribute to their colleges and universities in many ways, and they should not be excluded from serving on faculty senates, argue Neal Hutchens and Willis Jones.

By Neal H. Hutchens and Willis Jones

Arkansas’s new public online university chooses national accreditor over its regional agency, raising questions about pace, prestige and the state of quality assurance.