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Black Colleges Dropped From Bill They Opposed
North Carolina legislation would have cut tuition dramatically, and many at the institutions feared they would lose revenue. Two universities still are covered by bill.
Controversial Accreditor Freezes Membership
The Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools today will announce a temporary halt in accepting new applications for colleges...
Chestnut Hill Kills Raises, Cuts Some Salaries
Chestnut Hill College, in Pennsylvania, is dealing with a deficit by canceling all raises for the 2016-17 academic year, The...
Colleges See More Cheating With Foreign Students
A Wall Street Journal analysis of data from more than a dozen large U.S. public universities found higher rates of...
Northeastern Criticized for Fund-Raising Pitch
Northeastern University is getting grief on social media for a text it sent encouraging alumni to donate and to win...
Final Push for State Authorization Rule
Education Department will push to finalize rule on state approval of online programs before the end of the year.
Academic Minute: Hydrogen Biofuel
Today on the Academic Minute, Trevor Douglas, professor of chemistry at Indiana University, discusses an enzyme that may help us...
The Lives of Academics
Just what do academics do when they’re not teaching? In today's Academic Minute, the University of Southern California's Martin Krieger...