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Cash for Courses

City College of San Francisco's plan to court donors to sponsor canceled classes seemed a classic sign of the times, with even skeptics seeing no hope elsewhere. But since the idea surfaced, the plan has evolved.

More Questions on Rankings

Study of "peer assessment" of U.S. News's graduate and professional rankings suggests benefits for institutions being large and relying on standardized testing.

AAUP Blasts Move by Yale University Press

The American Association of University Professors issued a statement Thursday sharply criticizing a decision by the Yale University Press, first...

Anti-Smoking Rules With Fines

Many colleges ban smoking on campus. Grand Rapids Community College is now going further, with campus police issuing tickets --...

Higher Ed Publisher to Help Students Rent Its Textbooks

Cengage Learning said Thursday that it would become the first higher education publisher to let students rent as well as...

Piling Up Penalties

NCAA finds Southeast Missouri State guilty of major rules violations for second time in just over a year, imposing harsh punishments – but no institutional ban.

Hiring Women as Full Professors

U. of Texas has success by deciding not to wait for the pool of younger scholars to come up for advancement.

Accreditation Discrimination

Wisconsin denies state financial aid to students at Christian university -- not for religious reasons, but because it is not regionally accredited.