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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.
Stanford's (Now Truthful) Aid Policy for M.B.A. Admits
A year after revelation that university's business school lied for years about how it used aid to build its class, a new approach is announced.
Universities Team Up on Completion
Public university group brings together 130 universities and systems in 16 "clusters" that will seek to improve student access and completion while curbing equity gaps.
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.
Less Accessible, Less Affordable
Two new reports find public universities less affordable for low-income students and less accessible for members of minority groups.
Illinois Looks to Chicago for Research Site
An ambitious research effort spanning much of Illinois has its eyes set on Chicago as a new "hub" that could bring together the state's largest public and private universities.