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The Summer Pell Bump

More Pell Grant recipients attended community colleges last summer, survey finds, after the federal government reinstated eligibility for year-round grants.

Momentum for Prison Education

Prison education programs are thriving and enjoy bipartisan backing, but colleges say they could do more with federal and state funding.

Connecting Data Science to ‘Almost Every Domain of Inquiry’

As reach of big data and AI grows, UC Berkeley and Massachusetts Institute of Technology unveil plans for major expansions.

Another Law School Will Close

Valparaiso Law School announced its plans to close less than a month after the Tennessee Higher Education Commission rejected its plan to transfer to a public university in that state.

Few Gains for Students in Tenn. Remedial Education Program

A new study shows few student achievements from an innovative initiative in Tennessee that moved college math remediation back to high school.

Coaxing Dropouts to Return and Earn Degrees

Colleges are hoping a new initiative will help them encourage former students who stopped out to return and complete their degrees.
Opinion

The Practical Humanities

They prepare students for the challenges they will confront in their professional, political, social and cultural lives, argues Elizabeth H. Bradley.
Opinion

Saving the Humanities and Ben Franklin’s Ass

Assertions about the value of the humanities should not be predominantly defensive responses to those who mistakenly deride the economic outcomes of such an education, warns Robert Newman.