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New Federal Experiment on Private-Sector Work-Study
The U.S. Department of Education has granted waivers on federal aid rules to 190 institutions under a new initiative aimed...
OER Can Save Colleges Money, Too
A new study shows that open educational resources can help students save money, which encourages them to enroll in more...
Democratic Senators Oppose Religious Freedom Rule
The top Democrat on the Senate’s education committee and 15 other Democratic senators oppose U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos’s religious...
Texas State Fires Tenured Professor for Sexual Misconduct
Texas State University’s Board of Regents has voted to fire a tenured professor for sexual misconduct against four faculty members...
A Playbook for Woke Investing?
Efforts to invest university endowments in socially responsible companies have yielded promising early results, according to a new report sharing several institutional strategies.
Treatment for Psychiatric Illnesses
New psychiatric therapies are needed. In today's Academic Minute, part of New York Institute of Technology Week, Navin Pokala, assistant...
Effort to Increase Pell Enrollment Slows
Initiative aimed at increasing Pell-eligible student enrollment at high-performing colleges is doing well. But a sudden plateau in progress shows hard choices colleges may need to make to move forward.
Course Hero Woos Professors
The company's website for sharing course materials is popular with students but a decade ago raised faculty hackles over copyright and enabling cheating. Has its outreach to professors changed the narrative?