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Wisconsin governor who has pushed for deep cuts to higher education is now seeking increased spending. Academics welcome the shift, but some worry about the details, including a requirement for monitoring teaching loads.

The Education Department needs to better monitor colleges' finances to prevent another costly fiasco like the 2014 collapse of Corinthian Colleges, says the agency's Office of Inspector General.

Decisions to remove the names of controversial people from campus buildings show that the heritage of higher education is complex and even conflicting in its symbols and celebrations, writes John Thelin.

At Simmons College, two online degree programs launched less than five years ago are about to become the greatest source of tuition revenue on the campus.

States often don't calculate revenue lost through higher education income tax benefits for students, report finds.

Right-leaning policy thinkers push agenda to simplify loan system, inject bigger role for private lenders. But proposals to eliminate PLUS loans likely to draw opposition from advocacy groups.

Tuition rose faster than state appropriations fell, and federal aid helped make that possible, study asserts.

University drops logo opposed by many students because it featured university without a capital U.