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A report by the National Student Legal Defense Network highlights how the Department of Education seeks to collect debt from student borrowers while appearing to not put the same energy into collecting debt from hundreds of institutions.

Chowan University is starting a major in mass communication. New York Institute of Technology is starting a Ph.D. in engineering.

More than half of CUNY community college students drop out within three years without a degree and struggle with hefty nontuition costs, a new report found. These are long-standing problems system leaders have tried combat.

Oxford rejected her request to delay release of error-strewn dissertation.

Using a loan designed specifically for historically Black colleges and universities, Bethune-Cookman was able to refinance a dorm that would have cost the university $306 million.

Arkansas State University Scott Bruce, athletic training Jessica Curtis, psychology Katerina Hill, marketing Donghoon Kim, computer science Jeff McLaughlin, theater Marcus Tribbett, English Carleton College Daniel Hernández, biology V. Constanza Ocampo-Raeder, Latin American studies Asuka Sango, religion Katie St. Clair, mathematics and statistics David Tompkins, history

The combined 2U-edX company will be a larger threat to Coursera, which has become the behemoth of the online education space.

Arizona executive order barring public colleges from mandating COVID-19 vaccines, testing and mask wearing is expected to be codified into law.

Joshua Baker, vice president of instructional services at Pikes Peak Community College, in Colorado, has been selected as president of Mountwest Community and Technical College, in West Virginia. Wayne D. Lewis Jr., dean of the School of Education at Belmont University, in Tennessee, has been chosen as president of Houghton College, in New York.