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This free, nonprofit, online university breaks rules, harnesses bots and seeks to serve the world. But its effort to seek new accreditation raises thorny higher ed innovation questions.

Most women’s colleges don’t allow transgender men to enroll. But students at Wellesley are pushing for that to change—and for administrators to recognize those who already attend.

Georgia Institute of Technology gathers student feedback on general education assessment to better understand how they frame and grasp learning outcomes.

Kalamazoo College Aurélie Chatton, French and Francophone studies Chris Ludwa, music Kathryn Sederberg, German studies Lawrence University Israel Del Toro, biology Thelma Jiménez-Anglada, Spanish Nancy Lin, art history Rebecca Perry, music theory Graham Sazama, chemistry Jesús Gregorio Smith, ethnic studies St. Bonaventure University Alex Gillham, philosophy Steven Pitt, history Rebecca Scherer, counselor education

The Temple University graduate student workers’ strike, which lasted over a month and got ugly when the university pulled tuition and health insurance benefits, has come to an end.

Who would win the NCAA Division I women’s basketball tournament if academics determined the outcome? Our distinctive methodology picks the winner(s).

On the Teaching for Student Success podcast, a physics professor at Harvard discusses his study on how much students get from active learning environments, as well as surprising findings about how they prefer to be taught.

Several institutions have replaced counseling center directors with new administrators as part of an effort to restructure health services and expand mental health care.

Multiple state legislatures are increasingly supporting measures to help young people who are leaving or have left foster care attend and complete college.