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Seeking Answers on Loan Relief Claims
With borrowers who attended for-profits having waited years on loan relief applications, lawyers this week sued the Education Department to take action on more than 150,000 claims.
Supreme Court Blocks Census Citizenship Question, for Now
The Supreme Court on Thursday blocked the addition of a question about citizenship to the 2020 Census on the grounds...
Study Recommends Larger State Investment Into Prison Education
A study from the National Conference of State Legislatures concluded investing in prison postsecondary education has benefits to reduce recidivism...
NIH Official Cites 'Egregious' Violations of Foreign Funding Rules
A senior official at the National Institutes of Health said that the number of cases in which universities have fired...
Citizen Scientists
If you want to get involved in science, look to astronomy. In today's Academic Minute, part of Wheaton College (Mass.)...
Ex-USC Doctor Charged With Assaulting 16 Students
The Los Angeles district attorney on Wednesday brought long-expected criminal charges against George Tyndall, the former University of Southern California...
Academic Minute: Citizen Scientists
Today on the Academic Minute, part of Wheaton College (Mass.) Week: Dipanker Maitra, associate professor of physics, explores how amateur...
Free Tuition -- After a Drug Test
West Virginia joins other states in offering free tuition at community colleges. But the new law is unique in asking all students seeking eligibility to pass a drug test.