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Revamped Loan Payment System
After years of criticism from companies it hires to collect student loan payments, the Education Department plans to create a single standardized portal for borrowers to make payments.
Fight Over Debt Collection Records
Federal lawsuit seeks to force the Education Department to provide information about its debt collection practices, including their impact on minority borrowers.
Opinion
Potentially Dire Impacts
Proposed new rules for overtime pay would not only take a grave financial toll on many institutions but also significantly limit entry-level job opportunities, argues David A. Armstrong.
Partnership or Merger? You Decide
Soon, the University of Maryland's College Park and Baltimore campuses could be combined. Will College Park's growing influence help the university system's other campuses -- or marginalize them?
Getting Ready for Another Corinthian
Education Department may soon tell more colleges to set aside money to cover federal loan discharges and other costs in case institutions collapse or become financially strapped.
Obama Education Adviser Departs
James Kvaal helped shape the administration’s sweeping higher education policies.
New Programs: Writing, Ecology, International Higher Education, Criminal Justice, Family Therapy, Health Care Interpretation, Mathematics and Engineering, Management, Sports Communications
Antioch University Santa Barbara is starting an M.F.A. in professional writing. Boise State University is starting a Ph.D. program in...
Race on Campus, Nontraditional Leaders, Rising Confidence: A Survey of Presidents
College and university presidents overwhelmingly describe race relations on their campus as excellent or good, are increasingly upbeat about their...