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State policy makers often overlook the important role that private colleges can play in providing opportunities for higher education to state residents, argues Richard Ekman.

Think managing a university social media account is easy? Think again.

Mobile trivia app promises borrowers a chance to have debt paid. But game, which lets users pay for more chances at points and steers them to corporate partners, alarms some experts. Most users spend $4 a month, but company has imposed a limit of $2,500 a week.

Tennessee's tuition-free community college program is proving popular with adults.

Oglethorpe aims to win academically strong students by aligning tuition with their states' flagships.

Worries rise about the university's financial situation and accreditation -- plus recent events in which professors say the faculty was "blatantly disregarded" and "the Faculty Senate mocked."

College says it's eliminating programs such as math, physics and religion, in attempt to keep costs down.