After eight hours of intense debate, the University of Michigan's Central Student Government voted in favor of calling on university leaders to investigate divestment from companies that do business with Israel. More...
Area colleges offer hand to displaced SGU students
In the coming weeks, St. Gregory’s University (SGU) students will be scrambling to get back on track after receiving news Wednesday that the school is suspending operations after the fall semester ends. More...
Online program management (OPM) or not?
In November 2000, I became the director of distance education at a university in the Boston area. There was no staff, no institutional experience in online programming, no marketing expertise to recruit or retain students at a distance, and no internal infrastructure to support these students on any level. More...
Colleges battle FAFSA obstacles
If it wasn’t for federal financial aid, huge numbers of students would be shut out of college, yet it’s a continuing struggle for community colleges to persuade prospective students eligible for aid to fill out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). More...
Essex Hall construction on track
The university celebrated the “topping off” ceremony today by lifting the final steel beam in the construction project. More...
Talks underway on college student fraud-protection rules
Education Department officials opened formal negotiations on Monday to rewrite federal rules meant to protect students from fraud by colleges and universities. More...
Saving struggling colleges: The role of the board
A foundation president once said, “A college is only as strong as its board of trustees.” If that is true, more attention needs to be paid to the governing boards of the numerous colleges struggling to survive. More...
China's vocational education in bloom with industry integration
After an 18-hour contest against 30 competitors from around the world, 21-year-old Hu Ping won the gold medal in Fashion Technology at the 44th WorldSkills Competition. More...
Foreign enrollment up in N.J., but colleges worry about 'Trump effect'
The number of foreign students studying in New Jersey jumped 7 percent last year, though colleges across the country say the number of new international enrollments fell this fall amid worries that President Donald Trump's policies are scaring applicants away. More...
The vast majority of students with disabilities don’t get a college degree
About a third of the students with disabilities who enroll in a four-year college or university graduate within eight years. For those who enroll in two-year schools, the outcomes aren’t much better: 41 percent, according to federal data. More...