Filter & Sort
The College That Can't Fix Itself
Suburban Chicago's College of DuPage has a long history of conflict and scandal, particularly ones involving its Board of Trustees and presidents.
Buying Outsiders
As public colleges and universities lure out-of-state students with scholarships, are in-state and low-income students losing out?
Boom Budget in California
California governor proposes funding increases for public colleges, averting showdown with the University of California over tuition hikes, but Cal State faculty remain unhappy.
Enrollments Fall
Student enrollment numbers are down at two-year colleges and four-year for-profit institutions, according to a new National Student Clearinghouse Research Center report.
Trying to Survive
Mills is across the country from Sweet Briar, but is closer in circumstance. It struggles with declining enrollment, a growing discount rate and faculty-administrator tensions. How endangered is the college?
Community College Consolidation
Two small two-year institutions in northwest Ohio craft plan to combine key administrative positions to save money. Officials say no merger is planned -- but faculty leaders are skeptical.
Opinion
The Real Change Agents
To reform community colleges, you need to reach below the presidential level, writes James Jacobs.
Legislative Fixes for Remediation
Minnesota becomes the latest state to examine remedial education reform in an effort to lower college costs and retain students.