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Caution on Competency
Education Department's Office of Inspector General criticizes a regional accreditor over its review of competency-based education programs, citing faculty role.
More Degree Stacking
Number of undergraduates earning a first college credential falls as economy rebounds, according to new National Student Clearinghouse Research Center report.
A Tougher Test for Colleges
Repayment rates may replace default rates as key measure of quality. That's bad news for many for-profit and historically black colleges, and some community colleges, too.
Opinion
How Did You Get Stuck Being a College President?
For college and university presidents who must deal with ever-growing challenges, Susan Resneck Pierce offers some advice.
When Regulation Pays
Coding academies and boot camps are growing fast. State agencies started paying attention to short-term training programs last year, in a move that may have helped the industry.
New Presidents or Provosts: Arkansas State U-Mid-South, Benedictine U, California State U-Bakersfield, Cayuga CC, LeMoyne-Owen College, Peralta CC District, Southern U System, Ulster County CC, Watkins College of Art, Design and Film
Ray L. Belton, chancellor of Southern University's Shreveport campus, in Louisiana, has been appointed president and chancellor of the Southern...
Were the Vetters Vetted?
A controversial pick for U of Iowa's president and a short tenure for an athletics director at Minnesota who is accused of harassment have a search firm in common.
Dating the Dean
Resignation and litigation at Stanford point to complications when an administrator has a relationship with a faculty member in his or her unit, but few colleges have formal policies about such situations.