Inside Higher Ed's News

The numbers are bleak and -- for anyone who cares about the vibrancy of the American economy or the importance of an educated citizenry -- deeply worrisome: the United States has fallen to 17th in the world in high school graduation rates and 7th in college-going rates, and is the only industrialized country whose rates are falling.And perhaps most troubling of all, the rates are lowest among those segments of the American populace that are growing the fastest.

A lawsuit challenges federal grants to an Alaska Bible college that primarily serves Native Americans.

Checker Finn asked George Mason U. to keep an adjunct away from his campus lecture. Now the adjunct -- a top education scholar -- is losing his job.

Many at Hope College believe a popular faculty member was forced out because his views offended religious leaders.

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

5 students have died in 3 fires in 2 weeks. College officials react, and Congress weighs action.

Can the U.S. go after a student loan defaulter's Social Security benefits? The justices will decide.

A civil rights group visits Liberty University to start a campaign that will focus on religious and military colleges.

The Knight Foundation Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics has urged the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I Board of Directors to reject a proposal to let football teams play a 12th regular season game.