Institutions

Major report from community college association sets broad goals for the sector, but is couched in familiar terms.

For two decades, Brownsville's community college and university shared almost everything. Now they're separating, posing challenges and opportunities for both sides.

Pearson announces new self-paced, general education courses in hope of catching overflow from crowded colleges. Ivy Tech cautiously becomes its first partner.

Democratic senators take aim at career colleges' marketing budgets, but bill would affect nonprofit colleges, too. While the legislation faces long odds, it could shape the ongoing debate over for-profits.

The Education Department plans to change widely disparaged federal definition of completion rate to include transfers and nontraditional students.

Despite the uproar over Santa Monica, differential tuition has become normal at many public universities and is making inroads in community colleges.

City Colleges of Chicago and union representing adult education instructors agree to bonus pay based on student performance.

Connecticut lawmakers want to eliminate all non-credit remedial courses. While a compromise is likely to emerge, the state's approach is seen as visionary by some, foolish by others.