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Students in South Hit Hard by Pell Changes
Changes in Pell Grant eligibility rules likely contributed to enrollment declines last year at two-thirds of the community colleges in...
Academic Minute: Hate Speech and Free Speech
In today’s Academic Minute, Corey Brettschneider of Brown University explores American society’s ongoing struggle to minimize hate speech while preserving...
$1.3 Million Suit Over a Grade
A former student has sued Lehigh University for $1.3 million for giving her a C+ in a graduate course, a...
Report Calls for Doubling Pell
The latest in a series of papers on redesigning the federal financial aid system calls for doubling the Pell Grant...
More Money for Football Coaches
The pay for new head football coaches at big-time college athletic programs is about 7 percent higher this year than...
Illness Shuts Union University for 2 Days
Union University, in Tennessee, shut its campus Monday and will remain closed until Wednesday morning because of an outbreak of...
Study: Aid Alters Parental Contributions for Students
Government-provided tuition subsidies "crowd out" parental contributions to their children's college educations, although the effect is much more pronounced for...
Academic Minute: Discrimination and Substance Abuse
In today’s Academic Minute, Haslyn Hunte of Purdue University reveals the connection between the perception of unfair treatment and substance...