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VCU Cuts 14 Faculty Jobs
Facing a $25 million budget gap, Virginia Commonwealth University is cutting 14 jobs in the Department of Focused Inquiry, according...
Senate Proposes $250 Pell Grant Increase
The Senate wants to give the Education Department more money; House Republicans would cut billions. Dueling budgets show the yawning gaps between the chambers.
Accreditor Requests Closure of the King’s College
Faced with the possibility of closure since January, the King’s College’s chances of survival took another blow Thursday when its...
House Subcommittee Members Disagree Over Higher Ed’s Value
Republicans argue that college prices are too high for inadequate outcomes and that institutions are to blame. Democrats focus their ire on for-profit colleges.
The Stock Market’s Impact on Tipping: Academic Minute
Today on the Academic Minute: Cihan Uzmanoglu, Zurack Professor of Finance and Economics at Binghamton University, examines the relationship between...
Japan Expected to Lose 140,000 Students by Midcentury
The decline could prompt government intervention.
Competition for Students Presents ‘Fraught’ Route Forward
Prospective students view regional public colleges as more affordable but also as having less stature and academic rigor than the national public universities now recruiting those students, new report says.
RAND Corporation Graduate Student Researchers Unionize
Graduate student researchers at the RAND Corporation think tank’s Pardee RAND Graduate School have voted to unionize. Out of 122...