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Advocacy Group Sues GAO Over For-Profit Report
Continuing its campaign against federal efforts to dramatically toughen oversight over for-profit colleges, an advocacy group on Wednesday sued the...
Not So Full Recovery
Contributions to colleges increased by 0.5% in 2010, a negligible gain but much better than 2009's 12% drop. Alumni participation rate continued to fall.
Ramping Up Rigor
Lynn University in Florida finds a way to answer general critiques of academic quality: a return to a retooled core curriculum.
Washington Wrapup
Leading Democrat blasts for-profit colleges; U.S. affirms $5,500 maximum Pell Grant; no earmarks in 2011 and 2012.
How RPI's Faculty Voice Was Quieted
When the Faculty Senate at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute voted, in spring 2006, to widen its membership to include contingent faculty...
Green Ideas
One college breaks ground on a massive geothermal system, another boasts a new park in an unexpected location and a third has a new green bus (literally) on the road.
Cuomo Proposes 10% Cut for New York's Public Colleges
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo on Tuesday unveiled a 2012 budget proposal that would cut spending on New York's public colleges...
Protest Over Possible Criminal Charges Against Irvine Students
Students at the University of California at Irvine are protesting an apparent criminal investigation by a local district attorney into...