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Silencing Advocacy That Irritates State Leaders

UNC board members want law school’s civil rights center to be barred from lawsuits and suing the state -- which the center has done with success in the past.

Title IX Enforcement and LGBT Students

Obama administration guidelines for LGBT student protections under Title IX remain in place, and the student codes at Liberty and Bob Jones Universities appear to violate them.

Critiquing 'The Quad'

Some black college presidents don't like the new BET television show about a fictional HBCU, but that doesn't mean students aren't enjoying the somewhat scandalous portrayal.

'Lower Ed'

A new book argues that the focus on credentials and growing inequality led to the rise in for-profit colleges.

Liberal Arts College Students Are Getting Less Artsy

At colleges proud of attracting students who want a broad-based, non-vocational education, numbers of majors in arts and humanities are falling.
Opinion

Welcome to Shark Tank U

Entrepreneur mania seems to be sweeping higher education institutions, but an entire university based largely on those principles is problematic, argues Steven C. Ward.

Money Woes Extend Beyond Tuition

New survey of community college students reveals financial insecurity, including rising housing, food, transportation and child care costs can keep them from completing.
Opinion

College Can Improve Transfer Rates

State policy isn’t the only way to tackle low community college student transfer rates, write Josh Wyner and Alison Kadlec. Institutional action matters, too.