Institutions

Research suggests that new courses at liberal arts colleges these days may increasingly be coming from practical fields.

Bennington College’s pop-up courses allow professors and students to tackle world events as they happen.

Christopher Newfield examines how the nation’s electoral divisions highlight fundamental questions about the role of public universities.

New company hopes to increase number of community college transfers by offering a marketplace for students and four-year institutions to better understand degree paths.

Instructor says he was fired -- shortly after he complained to accreditor -- for refusing to water down his curriculum and requirements. Another instructor quit rather than comply.

Mike Rose explores the myriad status games in higher ed.

Potential revisions to the OMB's standards for collecting data on race and ethnicity draw interest from medical educators and anthropologists.

Investors fret that the Education Department's lengthy scrutiny of the U of Phoenix's proposed sale means the deal might be nixed. Politics and optics might be reasons for the delay.