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Three foundations are starting a major effort to help low income students move from two-year institutions to top universities.

GAO analysis of change in aid formula finds that approaches other than that used by the Bush administration would have hurt far fewer students.

Florida board moves toward requiring specific percentages of undergraduates to specialize in certain areas that the state needs.

A new book urges colleges to give low-income students the same admissions edge they give to children of alumni.

Case Western officials say this fall's freshman class is 61 percent larger than last fall's -- an unexpected but welcome boost to a growth plan.

Next chancellor of Los Angeles Community College District has a growth agenda.

A new report says that the United States needs to change numerous policies on visas and security clearances.

After long legislative fight, Arizona lawmakers turn back bid by community colleges to offer four-year degrees.

DeVry University cut back faculty positions last week in a continuing effort to bolster profits amid decreasing enrollment.

The for-profit institution said Wednesday that it had eliminated the jobs of 134 faculty members, both full-time and part-time. DeVry had already carried out two voluntary buyout programs earlier in the fiscal year. This most recent reduction, in which 29 faculty members voluntarily took a buyout, followed an evaluation of DeVry’s “campus-based instructional needs.”

U. of Richmond and Roosevelt U. take unusual steps -- one adopts a 27% increase, the other discounts to urge timely graduation.