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Romney's Higher Ed Platform
The presumptive Republican nominee proposes loosening regulations on for-profit colleges, returning to bank-based student lending and consolidating federal grant programs.
Reopening 'Yeshiva'?
NLRB request suggests push to reconsider the landmark decision that effectively killed unionization of private college faculty members.
Tax and Spend
California's governor lays out deep "trigger cuts" to higher education if a tax hike fails in November. But business leaders and one faculty union appear unlikely to back the tax plan.
The New Politics of Student Debt
In the first weeks of the 2012 campaign, Obama and Romney focused not on economic or foreign issues but on the student loan interest rate. Could student debt play a significant role in this year's elections?
Study: Voters Value Education
A survey suggests the 2012 electorate in swing states cares more about education than it does about the deficit or taxes.
Doubling Down on Degrees
A plan for Indiana's colleges to expand their reach and double the state's woeful college attainment by 2025 has Republican support.
Santorum and Higher Ed
He questions whether higher ed is necessary for everyone, and calls colleges godless, but in the Senate, the candidate had a history of supporting colleges.
Romney and Higher Ed
So far, the Republican front-runner has said little about colleges. But as governor, he quarreled with the UMass president, and more recently he has praised for-profit colleges.