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Make It Mandatory?
New study finds that community college students often don't take advantage of academic support that could help get them to graduation. The solution may be to make those offerings required.
Guarding Catholic Identity
With declining numbers of priests and nuns serving as presidents, the trustee role needs to change, Catholic college leaders are told.
Race Matters
The Department of Education admits failing to include black students in its calculation of loan repayment rates in run-up to gainful employment. The mistake will fuel for-profit claims of unfair treatment by feds.
Massive Courses, Sans Stanford
The instructors of Stanford's massively open online artificial intelligence course spin their idea into a for-profit venture.
Full Sail in the Spotlight
Mitt Romney singled out the university while praising for-profits as cost-effective. Full Sail graduates 78 percent of its students, but is it really the better value Romney suggested?
Kinder, Gentler Approach?
For-profit-college group will name Steve Gunderson as its new president. The former Republican congressman has a reputation as a bridge-builder and strong ties to traditional higher education.
Separating Church and (Iowa) State
After a faculty campaign, university calls off a class on applying the Bible to business.
Price of Success
City Colleges of Chicago have a 7 percent graduation rate. If that number doesn't go up, the system's chancellor, presidents and trustees could lose their jobs.