Institutions

New research attempts to better compare the performance of for-profit colleges with nonprofits by controlling for differences in student populations, with largely negative results for the industry.

Grand Canyon University hires 98 adjuncts as full-time online professors in an attempt to boost student retention and faculty satisfaction.

Years after a court case gave a state Baptist convention more control over Shorter U., it is moving to become more "intentionally Christian" -- in part by defining who may not work there.

Community colleges want to track their performance with new accountability standards, while also sending a signal that they're serious about transparency.

The government investigator releases a potentially damaging investigation of for-profits, but its impact may be lessened because of a flawed previous investigation.

Connecticut is merging higher education systems to save money and improve degree production. The still-forming board is working to convince community colleges they won't get lost in the shuffle.

An influential foundation says Massachusetts' community colleges need to do better on workforce development, and calls for more direct oversight by the state.

Occupy Seattle picked Seattle Central Community College as its home. Protesters claim solidarity with the college, but tensions rise as campus administrators want them to leave.