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State Panel Recommends Single Board to Oversee Louisiana Colleges
Louisiana has a committee that is studying the future of higher education in the state. But as that panel is...
Sen. Kennedy -- Advocate for Colleges and Students -- Dies
Sen. Edward M. Kennedy died late Tuesday night. In his role as Senate chairman of the committee with oversight of...
Stanley H. Kaplan Dies at 90
Stanley H. Kaplan, who founded his eponymous test-preparation business in 1938, died Sunday at the age of 90. Although Kaplan...
Cataloguing Private Student Loan Burdens
Nearly two-thirds of borrowers with private student loans in 2007-8 had not taken full advantage of the cheaper and safer...
Republicans Attack Syracuse Sex Study
The notion of stimulus funds for a sex study was too much for The New York Post and some Republicans...
Former Officials Sue American InterContinental for Fraud
Lawsuits charging for-profit colleges with misleading students or abusing federal financial aid laws are not uncommon, and many such suits...
Paul Quinn Loses Appeal on Accreditation
The Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools announced Monday that an appeals panel had upheld...
Bribes for Doctorates Investigated in Germany
Authorities in Germany are investigating about 100 professors involved in possible bribery to help students obtain their Ph.D.'s, the Associated...