During the three years they spent at Savannah State, Sanders and Leon struggled to pay their tuition, fees and living expenses. They accumulated more than $50,000 in loans between the two of them, despite working up to 40 hours a week. More...
Majoring in construction gets more popular
College students can study anything from accounting to zoology, but there's one discipline that's becoming especially popular. More...
DeVos says she didn't decry racism enough in comments about black colleges
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos on Wednesday distanced herself from her comment earlier this year about the nation's historically black colleges and universities being pioneers of school choice, saying that in the past "there were no choices" for African-Americans in higher education. More...
Instructional design firm launches digital marketplace
Instructional design firm, iDesign, today announced Course Market, a digital marketplace that universities can use to offer standalone courses and digital credentials in high demand fields. More...
SAU, Cuban university ink pact for exchange program
About two years and four trips later, Southern Arkansas University finalized an agreement for scientific and cultural exchanges with a Cuban university on Wednesday. More...
Santa Fe open to uses beyond education for arts college campus
The city of Santa Fe is exploring broader use of the 64-acre property set to be vacated next year by the Santa Fe University of Art and Design. More...
Some U.S. coding boot camps stumble in a crowded field
The hype is fading for coding "boot camps," for-profit U.S. schools offering graduates entry into the lucrative world of software development. More...
Harvard and the false premise of meritocratic university admissions
The debate over affirmative action in college admissions has taken a new twist: The Justice Department is seeking lawyers for investigations and possible lawsuits against universities to prohibit what they deem is “intentional race-based discrimination.” More...
Why universities must plan for generation alpha
Universities are already thinking about how to accommodate generation z. Born from the mid-1990s onwards, they are today’s students and prospective applicants. More...
Are lawmakers' business ties with public entities a conflict of interest?
Like most higher education institutions, Houston Community College officials had a lot they wanted state legislators to do for them in Austin earlier this year. The school found a champion in a veteran Democratic senator from Dallas. More...