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Gambling on the Lottery
Lottery-based scholarships are popular and bring benefits, but often accompany other budget cuts and can fail to benefit students who most need funds, new report finds.
Campus Sex Assaults Draw State Scrutiny
Federal attention to colleges’ handling of sexual assaults is spilling over to a handful of statehouses, where lawmakers are proposing new legislation to curb incidents and looking to convene best practices.
Less Prescriptive in California
California's Democratic leaders have taken a gentler approach in push for the state's colleges to get creative with online courses, including with a $50 million award fund.
Aggressive Pragmatism
Tennessee's Republican governor, Bill Haslam, is big on accountability in higher education -- and he backs it up with state funding. He also staked his legacy to making community college tuition-free.
Outgunned, for Now
What do faculty members do when their state permits guns on campus? Idaho illustrates the challenges.
Letting Go in Louisiana
Louisiana lawmakers wanted more authority over the state's top higher education official. Now, some want to give it back.
State Regulation of Study Abroad?
Minnesota lawmakers are poised to pass legislation requiring colleges to report on the safety of study abroad programs; bill in New York would mandate disclosure of financial relationships with providers.
Fight on State Authorization
State regulators are concerned that the Education Department's new proposal will impose substantial new burdens on their offices.