State Policy

State dollars for public higher education would go farther, prominent researchers argue, if more of it went to open-access colleges and need-based aid.

North Carolina has no shortage of higher education issues, but its gubernatorial candidates haven't been talking about them -- reflecting races across the country.

Will merger with Georgia State U, a completion rate success story, boost the rock-bottom graduation rates of two-year Georgia Perimeter College?

Ashford University cries foul on veterans' agency and California for meddling in Iowa's decision to yank the for-profit's GI Bill eligibility, and newly released emails show an Iowa official shared that view.

To receive portions of the money allocated to them in the new state budget, California's public universities will need to admit more in-state students.

North Carolina legislation would have cut tuition dramatically, and many at the institutions feared they would lose revenue. Two universities still are covered by bill.

State has changed its formula to impose deepest reductions on universities that receive more outside support.