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New Nonprofit Owner for EDMC
The Dream Center Foundation, a religious missionary organization based in Los Angeles, plans to buy EDMC, a struggling for-profit chain that enrolls 65,000 students. The resulting nonprofit college group will be secular.
Northeastern Illinois Students Lose Jobs
About 300 students at Northeastern Illinois University will lose their campus jobs, and all faculty will be required to take...
President of Ecclesia College Is Indicted
A federal grand jury has indicted the president of Ecclesia College, Oren Paris III, a former Arkansas state senator and...
Is Hip-Hop Poetry?
Would Garrison Keillor read hip-hop lyrics on The Writer’s Almanac? In today's Academic Minute, Ohio Wesleyan University's David Caplan discusses...
Pence, Not Trump, Will Speak at Notre Dame
University typically invites first-year presidents to give commencement address. Amid debate over whether to invite current president, vice president gets the nod, with praise for his “reserved dignity.”
Shouting Down a Lecture
Middlebury students chant and shout to prevent Charles Murray from speaking. He later is led to a private location, where a discussion with a professor is livestreamed. After the event some attack car carrying Murray and a professor.
From Bowdoin to Boston
Former Bowdoin College president takes a lower-ranking role at UMass Boston, saying he thinks the challenge in American higher education is in public institutions.
Study on First-Year Orientation and Retention
Incoming first-year students at Michigan State University who felt a connection with the university during orientation were more likely to...