By Scott Jaschik. An investigation in The Portland Press Herald details questions being raised about the EDMC Foundation and its ties to the for-profit Education Management Corporation, known as EDMC. Read more...

By Scott Jaschik. The for-profit chain ITT Technical Institutes, already facing scrutiny over its financial condition, may be in for tough times ahead. Read more...

By Scott Jaschik. Federal appeals court says former adjunct may not use Title VII, a federal antidiscrimination statute, to sue a college for bias based on her sexual orientation. Read more...

By Scott Jaschik. The Coalition for Access, Affordability and Success -- a group of dozens of leading colleges and universities -- has released its first application form. Read more...

By Scott Jaschik. Universities should evaluate their graduate programs in science and technology for ways to reduce “stereotype threat,” in which female and minority students may feel less able to succeed academically even if in fact they can do so, says a report issued Thursday. Read more...

By Scott Jaschik. Hillary Clinton, the Democratic nominee for president, included her college affordability plan in her speech Thursday night accepting the nomination. Read more...

By Scott Jaschik. Federal appeals court finds enough evidence of possible antimale bias to revive a lawsuit. Ruling could inspire more litigation. Read more...

By Scott Jaschik. Fifty years ago today, Charles Whitman killed 17 people and injured 30 more (one of the victims lived for years but ultimately died from wounds linked to the shooting). Whitman killed his wife and mother first and then went up the clock tower at the University of Texas at Austin and fired on the campus, terrorizing everyone who was there that day. In the era before Columbine or Virginia Tech or Orlando, it was a kind of tragedy people could not imagine until it happened. Read more...