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No Stranger to Higher Ed
Sonia Sotomayor, President Obama's pick for the U.S. Supreme Court, has held faculty positions at two universities and ruled in several cases that affected academe.
Simplification Is ... Complicated
Gathering of policy makers and researchers reveals widespread agreement that financial aid system should be streamlined -- but offers little confidence that it will be.
Calif. Legislature Turns Up Heat on Universities
As legislators in California took steps to toughen their regulation of one of the state's two major university systems, they...
U.S. Eyes For-Profit Colleges in New Round of Rule Making
Having just brought the curtain down on a series of negotiations over possible changes to federal rules governing higher education...
Opinion
Counterpoint: Why We Choose Direct Lending
In response to an essay last week, four financial aid directors explain their reasons for supporting President Obama's student loan proposal.
Tenure in a Digital Era
MLA and humanities consortium start effort to be sure scholars up for promotion receive fair evaluations of electronic contributions -- and to give peer review a needed update.
Forced Transparency
Following series of controversial political appointments, chancellor position for Alabama Community College System now must be publicly advertised when vacant.
Leach Reported Choice to Lead NEH
White House poised to tap former Republican lawmaker from Iowa to head humanities endowment; Leach endorsed Obama and co-founded Congressional Humanities Caucus.