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Endowment Debate Seeps into the States
Massachusetts legislator proposes tax on college funds over $1 billion; plan tabled in favor of study, but lawmakers argue that universities should share wealth in tough times.
The Spending Side of the Equation
New analysis -- attempting to shift college cost debate -- finds shrinking share of funds going to instruction and growing public-private gap.
Unusual Model for an Online College
Seeing potential niche, Tiffin U., a private institution in Ohio, starts two-year distance education college, hoping to build transfer market.
International Development Goals
University leaders from around the world convene for summit on higher education and development. Attendees are each (supposed) to return home with two new partnerships.
Drift Toward Direct Lending (Update)
More than a quarter of colleges in guaranteed student loan program say they are contemplating switch to government-run program; change likeliest among 2-year colleges.
Ethnic Profiling Alleged at Georgetown
Grad student, also a journalist for the BBC Persian Service, says university cleared campus police who singled him out at graduation ceremony.