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Proposal -- on which higher ed in the state was split -- would have set aside funds for 2-year institutions and cut tuition. Universities feared impact on their budgets.

The memorandum that circulated on Capitol Hill last week sought to reassure U.S. senators that higher education leaders, who have...

Leaders of business and legal higher ed associations make the pitch to private college presidents that it's time to review -- and in some cases create -- policies.

With House poised to take up bill, one lawmaker offers plan to require 5 percent payout by endowments, and leaders back default-rate change pushed by for-profit colleges.

Bush's 2009 budget plan would lift maximum Pell Grant to $4,800, kill other aid programs -- and slash funds for minority-serving colleges that gained in last fall's budget measure.

President Bush's proposed budget for basic research and development in the 2009 fiscal year seeks a record $147 billion, a...

Leaders of Catholic institutions discuss the importance of speaking out publicly -- and not just on the usual issues.