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Digging Deeper on Student Loan Default Rates
Crisis-level student loan default rates among black borrowers and those who attended for-profits cannot be explained fully by students' backgrounds, study finds, including measures of income, employment and parental wealth.
An 'Education and the Workforce' Agency?
White House plan to merge two cabinet departments, likely a political nonstarter, renews debate over how best to rationalize government role in educating and training Americans.
Embattled Community College President Gets Contract Extension
Frederick Community College's Board of Trustees approved a contract extension Tuesday for President Elizabeth Burmaster until 2023, despite the college's...
2U to Acquire Digital Annotation Platform CritiqueIt
2U is continuing its expansion, agreeing today to purchase CritiqueIt, whose platform enables real-time annotation of documents, images and other...
Southern Illinois President Survives Board Vote
The president of Southern Illinois University stayed on the job Thursday when the system's trustees deadlocked in a vote to...
Academic Minute: Women's Participation in Football
Today on the Academic Minute, Russ Crawford, professor of history at Ohio Northern University, says women also play the game...
Brown Agrees to Grad Union Election Terms
Brown University and its would-be graduate student union on Thursday announced their agreement on terms for a possible union election...
State Audit Says U California Paid $4.5 Million in Harassment Settlements
A state audit released Thursday said the University of California campuses at Berkeley, Los Angeles and Davis did not consistently...