The historically black university in Little Rock had seen enrollment fluctuations, gotten in -- and back out -- of debt, been subject to ongoing financial monitoring from the U.S. Department of Education and was once at risk of losing its accreditation. More...

Getting fired has become one of the sweetest career moves in higher education. As long as the jettisoned employee happens to be a failed football coach. More...

Should presidents, legislators, corporate executives, and university leaders squash ugly and divisive speech in order to protect us from it. More...

Governor Charlie Baker announced today he will establish a new Commission on Digital Innovation and Lifelong Learning to develop recommendations that will lead to more online learning opportunities for Massachusetts residents to obtain education and skills for in-demand fields. More...

JAGGAER, a leading independent spend management technology company, today announced that it plans to acquire BravoSolution from Italmobiliare S.p.A., subject to customary closing conditions, effectively rendering JAGGAER the largest independent, vertically focused spend management solutions company in the world. More...

If you are a regular reader of this blog, you are aware of my emphasis on data. Today’s post focuses on data scientists: our need for them, how we should train them, and the role that entrepreneurship in the education space has to play (and is playing) in this endeavor. More...

The University of Missouri is setting lofty goals to not only increase enrollment but to help students finish their degrees and find employment after graduation. More...

Tax universities? The unthinkable is now a live possibility. Congressional plans to tax the endowments of wealthy private schools and the tuition benefits of graduate students have elicited outrage from universities and schadenfreude from Trump supporters. More...

Lackawanna College today announced that students will now be able to fund part of their college costs with income share agreements (ISAs), an innovative solution that allows students to pay for college with a set percentage of their income after graduation. More...

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has surpassed, for the first time, $1 billion in annual research expenditures, according to the nation’s annual Higher Education Research and Development (HERD) survey. More...