Institutions

After months of tension, tenured religion professor -- who wrote about challenges science poses to literal reading of Genesis -- leaves Calvin College.

Critics question plan to merge Catholic health group with teaching facility for University of Louisville medical school.

With sector under continued attack, 20 for-profit colleges -- all regionally accredited -- seek to distinguish themselves with increased transparency.

Edison State awarded degrees to students who didn't complete requirements, raising concerns that pressure to raise graduation rates could produce such incidents.

Community college students who enroll in distance courses are more likely to fail or drop out than are those in in-person classes, study finds.

A community college in Chicago finds that study groups can dramatically improve passage rates. But faculty worry that changes in grading rules are a key reason for the improvements.

To identify waste and inefficiencies, Colorado Mountain College adopted a budget process that will require administrators to justify each expenditure every year.

"Classical Christian" colleges turn to the Great Books curriculum in order to advance a small but growing sector of higher education.