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Paper (Tuition) Cuts
Small private colleges cut their sticker price in an effort not to scare away middle-class students. But will it work or hurt? Will anyone really save much money?
New Programs: Architecture, Taxation, Public Health, Homeland Security, Analytics, Environmental Studies
Alfred State College of Technology of the State University of New York is starting a bachelor of architecture program. Benedictine...
How Do You Lose $250M?
What would have been the largest donation ever to a liberal arts college isn't headed to Centre College and it's not exactly clear why.
Margaret Spellings on Obama Plan
President George W. Bush's education secretary got slammed when her commission proposed a new accountability regime for higher education. She responds to the new president's ideas, and academe's reactions to it.
Kick the Reform Habit
President Obama should promote accountability through student aid, but if he wants real change he must abandon the fantasy that an algorithm can judge colleges, writes Sherman Dorn.
Leaner and Meaner
As Education Department begins new round of deliberations over "gainful employment," its draft language is both simpler and stricter.
Downgrading Elite Colleges
Prestigious liberal arts colleges are facing financial pressures, according to recent credit ratings.
A Restrained Response, For Now
In wake of president's ambitious college ratings proposal, higher ed groups -- despite concerns about potential impact of the amorphous plan -- generally take a wait-and-see approach.