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A Promise With Limits
Arkansas becomes latest state to create a free community college plan. But it limits programs of study and could require some recipients to pay back the money.
Competency at Scale
Big for-profit American Public now offers competency-based undergraduate degrees that don’t rely on the credit-hour standard, but federal aid isn’t part of the mix, for now.
Hungry and Unable to Complete
A new study points to food and housing issues that prevent many community college students from progressing.
A Boom in Promise
While California considers a plan to cut tuition and lower the cost of going to college, more than 50 local free two-year initiatives are popping up across the state.
Make History
Wick Sloane challenges the college leaders at this weekend’s annual meeting of the American Council on Education: fight for low-income students.
Political Turmoil, Public Misunderstanding: A Survey of Presidents
Higher education is widely misunderstood by the public, struggling to enroll sufficient numbers of students from low-income backgrounds and likely...
Harvard Law Will Accept GRE
Move could change the debate in legal education about alternatives to the LSAT.
New Nonprofit Owner for EDMC
The Dream Center Foundation, a religious missionary organization based in Los Angeles, plans to buy EDMC, a struggling for-profit chain that enrolls 65,000 students. The resulting nonprofit college group will be secular.