Filter & Sort
Texas Gets an Incomplete
The Gates Foundation gives Texas community colleges the boot in Completion by Design project. State officials are surprised and disappointed by the decision, but vow to continue work.
Discounts at For-Profits?
Strayer offers big new scholarships, with tuition savings of as much as 30 percent. Will for-profits begin discounting tuition to cope with declining enrollment and federal scrutiny?
Opinion
NCAA Misstep on Penn State
The association's penalties did nothing for the victims and largely spared the perpetrators, writes Robert King. So why did it get involved, and what are the implications for the future?
Bacon Ban
The president of Paul Quinn makes no apologies for eliminating pork from dining options as part of health initiative. But students don't always take well to menu tinkering.
Interns Without (Major) Borders
Opportunities for students in the liberal arts typically aren't the focus of college internship programs, but that may be changing -- and for good reason, experts say.
By the Numbers
Departures and a reorganization at the National Center for Education Statistics stir fears the feds are less focused on higher ed data. Not so, says the center's commissioner.
'A Role for All of Us'
Chair of new federal effort to promote black educational attainment says that focus on data and accountability could yield much-needed results.
Turning Young Alumni Into Donors
"Millennial" donors need to be reached through online and smartphone-accessible campaigns that provide tangible explanations of what impact their donations will have.