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A Case Against Lambda School
Lambda School advertised a job placement rate of 80 percent or higher for its coding boot camps. Three students say the for-profit company knew that was false. They are demanding arbitration.
The Return of Earmarking
Congressional committees are once again accepting proposed earmarks from lawmakers, and reforms to the controversial practice could be in higher education’s favor.
FTC Bars Businesses From Offering Student Loan Debt Relief Services
The Federal Trade Commission has banned several businesses that falsely promised to relieve student loan debt for clients from providing...
Minnesota to Create Task Force on Abusive Faculty
The University of Minnesota has created a committee to investigate and deal with abusive faculty members, the Associated Press reported...
Jackson State's Class of 1970 Finally Gets to Graduate
The killing of two Jackson State University students in May 1970, and the wounding of 12, still haunts those who...
Education Behind and Beyond Bars
Spurred by the national focus on racial justice and socioeconomic disparities revealed by the pandemic, the country's higher education institutions and philanthropists are ramping up efforts to serve students currently or formerly in prison.
New Presidents or Provosts: Carroll College (Mont.), Holy Family U, North Carolina Central U, Point Park U, Reinhardt U, Trinity College Dublin, U of South Carolina Aiken, U of Wisconsin-Whitewater, Western New England U
John Chenoweth, dean of the College of Business and Economics at the University of Wisconsin Whitewater, has been appointed provost...
Opinion
Are Universities Contributing to Religious Polarization?
Ilana Horwitz explores some of the consequences of higher education institutions sweeping religion under the rug.