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NYU Downgrades Dual Enrollment
Beginning in 2009, New York U. will no longer award academic credit to freshmen for college courses they took while in high school.
Non-Cognitive Qualities Join the GRE
After several years of research and testing, ETS will add a major component to the primary test for those enrolling in graduate school, potentially changing how professors evaluate students.
An American Law School in China
An international faculty will offer a curriculum for a U.S.-style J.D. at Peking University.
The Government Gets It Right
As federal agencies formally unveil plan to avert student loan availability crisis, officials earn grudging credit from players across the political and student aid spectrum.
Not So International After All?
For all the talk about globalization, new survey finds many colleges don't show much evidence of embracing study of the world outside the United States.
Wake-Up Call for American Higher Ed
New analysis of Europe's "Bologna" movement suggests that colleges in the U.S. could soon face substantial pressure to better define what their own degrees and credits mean.
Unusual (and Improper) Way to Lower Default Rates
Federal audit finds that New York for-profit college paid off students' loans to protect itself -- then turned delinquent borrowers over to collection agencies.