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Another New Name
A public institution in Georgia is changing its name just three years after an initial, controversial switch that angered alumni, faculty and students.
An HBCU Fights to Survive
Cheyney U, the nation's first black college, faces rising deficits, falling enrollments and a crumbling campus. Are its problems due to decades of unfair treatment by Pennsylvania, inept management or both?
Would-Be Disruptor Shifts Gears
A plan to create an accreditor for online programs adopts a new model: free MOOCs to help students earn placement credit.
New Presidents or Provosts: Anna Maria College, Bellingham Technical College, California State U-Northridge, Cape Fear CC, Catholic U of America, Concorde Career Colleges, Grambling State U, Iowa Wesleyan U, U of Missouri-Kansas City
Andrew V. Abela, dean of the School of Business and Economics at Catholic University of America, in Washington, D.C., has...
Keeping Up With Competency
With 600 institutions at least in the design phase for a competency-based credential, college officials will meet this month to talk about how to build a program -- and how to ensure its academic quality.
Republican Roundup
Jeb Bush and other candidates for the Republican presidential nomination begin to follow Senator Marco Rubio down the wonkier corridors of higher education policy.
Faculty Posts for Nonacademic Presidents
New U of Iowa leader was offered the prospect of a tenured position, but he passed. When presidents never earned tenure, does a faculty job belong in the contract?
Unpopular Pick
Iowa Board of Regents on Thursday unanimously votes to appoint former IBM senior vice president Bruce Harreld as Iowa’s next president -- despite outspoken criticism by professors.