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Wis. Governor Kills For-Profit Oversight Agency
After years of attempts, Scott Walker, Wisconsin's Republican governor, has successfully eliminated the state's Education Approval Board as an independent...
Lumina and Kresge to Fund 17 ‘Talent Hubs’
The Lumina Foundation this week announced the designation of 17 cities around the country as "talent hubs," with each receiving...
Madison Student Explains Controversial Clothing Line
University of Wisconsin, Madison, student Eneale Pickett released a video over the weekend explaining his controversial anti-police brutality clothing line...
Lessons From the Past on Health Care
Governments taking away health care is actually quite rare. In today's Academic Minute, West Virginia University's Simon Haeder explores the...
The Tuition-Reset Strategy
Large number of private colleges plan tuition resets next year despite many experts’ view that the practice is a gimmick. The colleges hope to grow enrollment, contain student costs and prove critics wrong. But it won’t be easy.
New Instructions on Title IX
Education Department rescinds two guidance documents from Obama administration and issues new directions on how colleges should comply with Title IX. New regulation will follow a formal notice-and-comment period.
Naviance Ends Requirement That Students Select Gender
New option also allows “nonbinary” selection.
Ninth-Grade Marks as Predictor of College Success
Study finds that educators can tell quite a bit from the freshman year -- and that colleges may be able to use this information in recruiting.