Online institutions

Grand Canyon University hires 98 adjuncts as full-time online professors in an attempt to boost student retention and faculty satisfaction.

Connecticut is merging higher education systems to save money and improve degree production. The still-forming board is working to convince community colleges they won't get lost in the shuffle.

Enrollments at for-profits decline steeply, but some of those cuts have been voluntary, and could be smart moves in the long run.

Ambitious online partnership between National Labor College and the Princeton Review ends, but big investment from the education company may help keep college viable.

American Public University System taps professors to write e-textbooks. The move could be a cost-saving innovation, but will raise hackles among publishers and some faculty members.

A fire chief without a college education sparks disagreement about growing value of degrees for firefighters.

For-profits complain that U.S. News is trying to rank virtual programs by traditional standards that don't fit their student profiles.