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Community Colleges Team Up to Improve Graduation Rates for Single Moms
Education Design Lab, a nonprofit that designs and tests unique college models that seek to help underserved students, announced Thursday...
Education Department Urged to Evaluate Second-Chance Pell
In a report released Thursday, the Government Accountability Office called on the Education Department to assess the performance of a...
New Acquisition and Name for Bridgepoint
Bridgepoint Education, which owns Ashford University, changed its name on Tuesday to Zovio Inc. And on Wednesday the company announced...
Women In Political Office
Last year was a good one for increasing the number of women in political office. In today's Academic Minute, Samantha...
A Male Professor, Wronged by Title IX?
A former professor at University of the Arts says he was terminated without a hearing after a biased investigation based on allegations that he greeted one colleague at a meeting with a kiss and mistakenly gave another a hotel room key instead of a business card.
At Columbia, Questions Over Canceled Panel
Panelists say Turkish government pressure is the likely explanation for why Columbia called off a forum at the last minute. Columbia says there were irregularities in the planning process and that several institutes had withdrawn their support.
Doing More With Data
A growing number of colleges and employers are working together to better use labor-market data in postsecondary training. Two experts discuss what's possible and what's needed.
Practice for Class Project Goes Violently Awry
A University of Hartford drama student "got into his character" while he was preparing for a project and repeatedly stabbed two classmates, police say.