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More Debt Relief for Corinthian Students

Education Department says students who attended dozens of Corinthian-owned campuses across the country are now eligible for federal loan forgiveness.

$31 Million Court Win for a For-Profit College

Federal judge backs finding that an accreditor misled the Education Department about a now-closed for-profit institution, and relieves most of the college's debt.

The Next Domino?

Kentucky lawmakers mull a scholarship bill that could add the state to those offering free community college.

Bridging the Skills Gap

The Markle Foundation, LinkedIn and the state of Colorado team up on a jobs site that seeks to create a common, skills-based language among job seekers, employers and education providers.

New Ground for Pearson

Community colleges are getting creative with how they handle low enrollment and money problems. A two-year college in Ohio has gone farther than most by hiring education juggernaut Pearson to handle marketing, recruitment and retention of students.

‘Diploma Mills’

Historian A. J. Angulo examines the history of for-profit colleges and universities and how many of the problems surrounding these institutions aren't new, but rooted in a past that goes back to the colonial era.

Rethinking Gen Ed

Amid concerns that requirements may not mean much to students or professors, Harvard and Duke Universities both look to curricular changes to improve undergraduate education.

New or Improved?

There are no easy answers for California's two-year college system as it faces an unprecedented decision to move to a new accreditor, while also debating how to change the current one.