Filter & Sort
Debates Differ on Completion Incentives
A growing number of states are experimenting with different ways to encourage students to take more credits.
B-Schools That Don't Boast About Billionaire Alumni
At religiously affiliated universities, professors tackle the issue of income inequality.
Counting Credentials
The Credential Registry is several months into its mission to document all U.S. credentials, but the finish line is further than ever.
A More Restrictive Rule for Defrauded Borrowers
The Education Department's proposed rule would make students show that a college knowingly misled them while also restricting consideration of loan relief to borrowers in default.
Opinion
Accountability for All Colleges
Congress should pass the House GOP’s plan to overhaul the Higher Education Act, writes Daniel Elkins, who argues that veterans’ groups need to broaden their accountability focus beyond for-profit colleges.
Good Time to Add a Law School? One University Says Yes
University of Illinois at Chicago moves to acquire nearby private law school while, to the west, the University of Iowa closes a branch campus it was given in 2015.
A New 2-Year College in Chicago
A Chicago-based nonprofit is opening a private two-year institution aimed at Latino immigrants.
The Evolving English Major
Report documents decline in numbers of majors but growth in new tracks. Of the specializations within major, writing is doing relatively well, and literature not so much.