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Sallie Mae Bows Out of Parent Loan Auction
The Education Department's plan to carry out state-by-state auctions among lenders for the right to originate federal student loans for...
Potential Relief for Students on Birth Control
The 2009 federal spending bill that President Obama signed Wednesday reverses a 2007 change that led to sharp increases in...
Southeastern U. Poised to Lose Accreditation
Southeastern University in Washington has been told that it will lose its regional accreditation in August, and the small private...
Waterloo for Small Classes
The University of Waterloo, in Ontario, wants to largely eliminate small classes -- those with fewer than 10 students --...
DeVry to Purchase Brazilian Higher Ed Provider
DeVry Inc. says it has agreed to purchase a majority stake in a private higher education provider that operates three...
U. of Texas Official Nominated for White House Science Post
President Obama has nominated Sherburne (Shere) Abbott, director of the Center for Science and Practice of Sustainability at the University...
Maryland Finds Growing Racial Gap in Graduation Rates
In the past three years, Maryland's state university system has seen a sharp increase in the gap between the six-year...
College Women, College Men and Drinking
Female college students may be drinking excessively based on a false assumption. A study published in this month's Psychology of...