Institutions

Those with expertise in language, writing and cultural studies may find good academic jobs far from humanities departments, write Thomas Lawrence Long.

States have chaotic lack of consistency in how they track college remediation, according to the Education Commission of the States, which seeks national standards.

Diploma mills are almost as old as the university itself. Scott McLemee wonders why there isn't more scholarship on the real problem of fake degrees.

Corinthian Colleges and the feds have a day to decide how to dismantle the huge for-profit, with the fate of students, employees and $1.2 billion in loans hanging in the balance.

Program turns down state money in hopes of raising tuition and luring more donor support. Other programs are watching. Is this a sign of what's next for the UC system?

Trotting out students as victims of for-profit institutions is often an attack by false and partial anecdotes, writes Wade Dyke.