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States' Student Achievement Data Still Lagging
The quality of data used to inform state policy decisions on education has improved, according to a new analysis from...
Consumer Group Criticizes State Oversight of For-Profits
Inadequate and diluted resources at the state regulatory level have led to lax oversight of for-profit colleges, according to a...
A Black Student's Defense of Confederate Flag
A black student at the University of South Carolina at Beaufort has set off a campus debate by displaying the...
Probe of Collegiate Licensing Industry
The Justice Department has started a probe of the multibillion-dollar collegiate licensing industry, USA Today reported. The IMG College Licensing...
U.S. Publishes Final Rules on Student Privacy Law
The U.S. Education Department today published final rules to update the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, making relatively few...
Academic Minute: Infants and Language
In today’s Academic Minute, Jill Lany of the University of Notre Dame explains the complex nature of an infant's ability...
Penn Professor Wins Grawemeyer Award in Religion
Barbara D. Savage, a professor of history and American social thought at the University of Pennsylvania, has been named winner...
Penn State Pledges $1.5M to Fight Sex Abuse of Children
Pennsylvania State University, still reeling from the recent sex-abuse scandal, announced Thursday that it will give $1.5 million to groups...