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Davenport University in Michigan added a feature to help current and potential students identify how their experiences outside of college apply to their degree programs. The tech tool serves as a tactic to expose students to credit for prior learning.

Test-optional admissions policies remain a valuable tool for expanding access, even if impacts are modest, Julie J. Park, Kelly Rosinger and Dominique J. Baker write.

Data from Bay View Analytics found the price of textbooks and other class materials has negatively impacted many students’ ability to enroll in courses or resulted in a nonpassing grade.

A local philanthropy is giving tens of millions of dollars to advance short-term workforce training programs at Maine community colleges.

The Education Department has issued $61.7 million in fines and cut off aid to 35 colleges for violations since 2021. Some critics say it hasn’t gone far enough in holding rule breakers accountable; others say the feds have a “vendetta” against career colleges.

Student protesters at three universities, suspended for violating campus codes of conduct, are suing their institutions to end punishments or expunge their records.