Filter & Sort
An Unlikely Campaign to Move Beyond GRE Scores
ETS plans to discourage graduate departments from relying in excess on test scores in deciding whom to admit.
Black Colleges Dropped From Bill They Opposed
North Carolina legislation would have cut tuition dramatically, and many at the institutions feared they would lose revenue. Two universities still are covered by bill.
The Department and St. Catharine
St. Catharine College is closing, and the small private institution blames its demise on a version of the same Education Department sanction that toppled the for-profit Corinthian Colleges.
State Agency as Bully
Arizona Board of Regents probably violated First Amendment rights of state's student association when it stopped collecting fees for the group, U.S. appeals court rules.
College Majors and Voting
On college campuses, voter turnout is low. But voting behavior varies widely across disciplines and regions, a new study finds.
Hillary Clinton's Focus on Students Who Are Single Parents
As a model for a federal initiative, she points to a program she helped start in Arkansas.
What's the Matter With Kansas Budget Cuts?
State has changed its formula to impose deepest reductions on universities that receive more outside support.
Opinion
Inner Check, Please
The 2016 election cycle is a murky paradox in which it seems impossible to think of Donald Trump as ever exemplifying a certain long-held conservative doctrine, writes Scott McLemee.