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A Degree of Fraud
Diploma mills are almost as old as the university itself. Scott McLemee wonders why there isn't more scholarship on the real problem of fake degrees.
Controlled Crash?
Corinthian Colleges and the feds have a day to decide how to dismantle the huge for-profit, with the fate of students, employees and $1.2 billion in loans hanging in the balance.
Public to Private MBA at UCLA
Program turns down state money in hopes of raising tuition and luring more donor support. Other programs are watching. Is this a sign of what's next for the UC system?
Blind Students and Health Professions
Iowa Supreme Court rules that chiropractic college cannot reject a student's request to meet requirements for analyzing X-rays through a reader.
Digital Feedback
As colleges turn to vendors for help on retention services, one company offers a way to give positive feedback to students.
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Proof via Straw Man
Trotting out students as victims of for-profit institutions is often an attack by false and partial anecdotes, writes Wade Dyke.
Fallen Giant
The Education Department improvised in helping to shut down Corinthian Colleges, raising questions about a similar approach with other large for-profits.
Non-Decline of Liberal Arts Colleges
New analysis suggests that the institutions aren't disappearing -- and may be growing if one counts honors colleges at public universities.