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Gaming the System
Public colleges may be using grade inflation or tightening admissions standards to comply with performance-based funding, survey finds.
Recession and Completion
More students enrolled in college when the recession began, new data from the National Student Clearinghouse show, but a smaller percentage graduated within six years.
HBCU of Phoenix
University of Phoenix is looking to work with historically black colleges, and some advocates for the institutions are skeptical.
Opinion
Community Colleges Make Four-Year Degrees Pay Off
Bachelor's degrees earned at community colleges are often a ticket to the middle class, writes Mark Schneider, and they can outperform similar degrees from universities.
Underlying Turmoil at Lincoln
President of Lincoln U. in Pennsylvania, widely criticized this week for remarks on rape, has many more problems on his plate, according to faculty and students.
Competency, Texas-Style
The University of Texas System wants to create a competency-based pathway for medical sciences that will stretch from high school to medical school.
The Long View
The final gainful employment rules have plenty of critics, but it's undeniable that the Obama administration has made a difference with its five-year crackdown on for-profits.
Gainful Employment Arrives
The Education Department releases its long-awaited gainful employment rules, making one key change and drawing complaints from both for-profits and their critics.