Institutions

Higher education officials in Tennessee are trying to determine why the state’s high school graduates are passing on college, and how to change their minds.

Education Department will make the largest group discharge of federal student loans in U.S. history.

It’s not all about personality. New research points to the importance of cocurricular learning in developing innovators, Benjamin S. Selznick and Matthew J. Mayhew write.

Mark Scheinberg paid students’ loans as owner of the for-profit Stone Academy, according to the Department of Justice. That action will cost him his position as president of Goodwin University.

Columbia University task force recommends restructuring the leadership of the undergraduate college, a donor favorite. Alumni, students and many professors object.

New data from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center show total enrollment declined 4.1 percent since last spring. Community colleges are once again the sector hit the hardest.

In light of survey results showing disconnects in general education, colleges can take steps to create more intentional, intelligible programs, Jennifer Hart writes.

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation launched a new grant program to scale already-successful initiatives across the U.S. that help high school graduates attain postsecondary degrees quickly.