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Nationwide Protest Against Tax on Grad Students
At Penn and elsewhere, students organize “grade-ins” to show what they do and how House Republicans’ tax legislation could make it harder for them to make ends meet.
GOP Begins Rewrite of Federal Aid Law
House education committee leaks its ambitious first draft of a reauthorization of the Higher Education Act, with broad changes aimed at both deregulation and more accountability in how federal student aid is distributed and used.
A Call to Reform Undergraduate Education
Major study by American Academy of Arts and Sciences seeks change in curriculum and assessment, commitment to funding public higher education, new ideas about the faculty role, and more.
New Presidents or Provosts: Brock U, Franklin College, Mount St. Mary's U, Norwich U, Oberlin College, St. Petersburg College, Truman State U, U of the Incarnate Word, U of Liberia, U of Miami, Washington College
Sandra G. Affenito, associate provost and dean of graduate studies and research at the University of Saint Joseph, in Connecticut...
'We Didn't Do Well'
Susan Herbst is a scholar of political incivility. She's also president at UConn, where a campus talk went off the rails Tuesday. She discusses lessons from her research and this week's incident.
Sara Goldrick-Rab Wins Grawemeyer in Education
Sara Goldrick-Rab, a professor at Temple University, has been named this year's winner of the University of Louisville Grawemeyer Award...
Calif. Attorney General Sues For-Profit Ashford
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra on Wednesday announced a lawsuit against for-profit Ashford University and its parent company, Bridgepoint Education...
Education Department Signals Possible Changes to Gainful-Employment Rule
In documents released this week ahead of a negotiated rulemaking session on the gainful employment rule, the Department of Education...