By Stefanie Botelho. Traditional four-year schools are on the verge of losing an entire generation of student veterans because of lackluster recruiting and support programs, according to new research. More...

By Stefanie Botelho. Americans are right to be worried about the ever-rising cost of college and student debt. The U.S. Department of Education's recently-released College Scorecard is an attempt to quell this anxiety by providing accessible data on the costs and outcomes for colleges across the nation. More...

By Stefanie Botelho. Last week, students marched across America demanding free tuition. But if their goal is making higher education more accessible, free tuition won’t work. It is a blunt and ineffective tool to increase the number of college-degree holders. More...

By Stefanie Botelho. When Rider University announced plans last month to close some academic programs and lay off 14 faculty members, it cited financial struggles and a need "to adapt to the changing climate." More...

By Stefanie Botelho. Government is moving faster than startups.
That may be the first time anyone’s written those words, but it’s exactly what’s happening in the nascent coding bootcamp market. More...

By Stefanie Botelho. This week Indianapolis will host the annual meeting of the nation’s public research universities. With issues of inclusiveness and free speech at college campuses in the news, I want to take this opportunity to discuss the core values of these universities. More...

By Stefanie Botelho. Increasingly, American universities are paying high fees for speakers, for both commencement and academic-year lectures. More...

By Stefanie Botelho. The passion that ousted the heads of the University of Missouri after protests over racial discrimination on campus is spreading to other colleges across the country, turning traditional fall semesters into a period of intense focus on racial misunderstanding and whether activism stifles free speech. More...

By Stefanie Botelho. American society is collectively suffering from a multiple personality disorder: let’s touch on three of those “personalities.” Some Americans, particularly in the universities, try to emulate the straight-laced Puritans: extremely intolerant of others, they want to condemn and ostracize anyone who says an offensive thought, or is a bit crude, or who makes fun of others by, say, wearing funny Halloween costumes. More...

By Stefanie Botelho. West Virginia University Libraries has hired the first Wikipedian in Residence for gender equity, Kelly Doyle, to help Wikipedia address its gender gap while increasing the presence of Mountain State natives in the online encyclopedia. More...