Filter & Sort
Fixing the Online Plumbing
Ed-tech start-up Ranku pitches efficiency, not marketing, to universities interested in enrolling more students online. Early results from Columbia University are promising.
Unsealing Police Records
Ohio Supreme Court rules that sworn police departments at private colleges are subject to open-records laws. A judge in Indiana disagrees.
Widening Wealth Gap
The gap between wealthy universities and the rest of the pack is widening at an ever faster pace, leaving low-income students in the lurch.
New Programs: Educational Technology, Bioethics, Drones, Network Technology, International Development, Urban Placemaking, Children's Literature
Central Michigan University is starting an online doctoral degree in educational technology. Johns Hopkins University is starting a master of...
Opinion
Climate Surveys Are Coming
It’s clear the federal government is going to require colleges to ask students about sexual assault. Scott Coffina and Rachel Share tell them what they need to know to be prepared.
Bringing Back Pell for Prisoners
The Education Department is considering a limited experiment to allow incarcerated students to receive Pell Grants, which could build momentum for lifting a Clinton-era congressional ban.
The College That Can't Fix Itself
Suburban Chicago's College of DuPage has a long history of conflict and scandal, particularly ones involving its Board of Trustees and presidents.
Trying to Survive
Mills is across the country from Sweet Briar, but is closer in circumstance. It struggles with declining enrollment, a growing discount rate and faculty-administrator tensions. How endangered is the college?