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Marshall Backtracks on Plan to Cut Women’s Swimming and Diving
After a group of athletes sued, Marshall University is no longer planning to end its women’s swimming and diving program...
Florida Passes Bill to Promote AP Class Alternative
Florida’s Legislature passed a bill last week to further plans to develop college-readiness courses to compete with Advanced Placement, called...
Who Would Be the Women’s March Madness Champion—Based on Brains?
Inside Higher Ed has created men’s and women’s March Madness brackets using the teams’ academic scores since 2006. This year’s winner is …
ED Transfers Defaulted Student Loan Collection Responsibilities to Treasury
The Education Department says its latest move to distribute its duties to other federal agencies will include Treasury taking on much more student financial aid oversight in the future.
Are College Republicans OK?
As the Republican Party has moved further right, so have its acolytes on college campuses. But a recent spate of bigoted remarks and gestures from conservative students illuminates infighting over the party’s values, identity and future.
Group Formed to Recommend Changes to Battered NCES
A group has formed to recommend changes to the National Center for Education Statistics, a fundamental higher ed data source...
Who Would Be the Men’s March Madness Champion—Based on Brains?
Continuing a long-standing Inside Higher Ed tradition, we used NCAA data to determine which team would win if academic success, not athletic skill, was being judged.
Florida Legislature OKs Conditional Campus Carry Law
The Florida Legislature approved a bill last week that will allow faculty and staff at the state’s colleges and universities...