Filter & Sort
Kaplan-Owned Coding Boot Camp Will Close
Dev Bootcamp, an early skills-training provider for software developers, struggled to find a viable business model. Experts predict other boot-camp closures or consolidations.
Texas Requires Credit-Bearing Remediation
State requires a change to remedial education that’s based on an increasingly popular reform concept.
Support Grows for Major Shift in Pell
Bipartisan support builds for expanding Pell Grant eligibility to short-term certificates, although some experts worry about quality control and funding.
Samford Refuses Baptist Funding
Avoiding rebuke of conservative donors, Samford declines to give LGBTQ-oriented group recognition, but gives up funding from Alabama Baptist State Convention.
How Higher Ed Would Feel Medicaid Cuts
Medicaid cuts in proposed Senate GOP health-care legislation would mean bigger tabs for teaching hospitals and less state support for public universities.
Helping Career Education Become a First Choice
California’s community colleges seek to rebrand career and technical education amid a broad state push that includes $200 million more in annual funding.
DeVos Allows Career Programs to Delay Disclosure to Students
Shift on gainful-employment rule is latest move by Trump administration that pleases for-profit sector but dismays its critics.
Opinion
Who’s Afraid of Course Requirements?
Without rigor and cohesive requirements, the liberal arts will eventually confront a future of irrelevance, argues Michael B. Poliakoff.