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VA Dealing With Backlog of GI Bill Benefits
GI Bill recipients are waiting longer than three weeks on average to receive housing benefits this fall. There were 158,922...
Colleges Partner With Housing Authorities to Combat Student Homelessness
Some community colleges have found innovative partnerships with their public housing authorities may help combat student homelessness.
Paine College on the Brink?
The private historically black institution in Georgia says it will seek a new accreditor after a federal judge rules that a regional agency can withdraw its stamp of approval, blocking access to federal financial aid.
Tennessee Rejects Plan to Move Law School
The Tennessee Higher Education Commission voted 8 to 5 Monday to reject a plan to relocate a private law school...
Jury Awards Professor $1.3M in Age Bias Case
American University discriminated against a former professor on the basis of her age when it denied her tenure, a unanimous...
Vulcanism and Mass Extinctions
Volcanic eruptions have shaped life’s history on Earth. In today's Academic Minute, part of Amherst College Week, David Jones details...
Chinese Companies Seek to Buy U.S. Campuses
When a Chinese company seeks to buy an American music college, opponents of the sale raise academic freedom concerns. Over the last several years, Chinese buyers have purchased a number of campuses in the U.S.
To Find the Best Fit, Ignore the Rankings
Stanford study finds that U.S. News and other rankings are based on factors that don't actually reflect what students and parents say they want in a college.