By Doug Lederman. The University of Chicago has agreed to pay $6.5 million to settle a class action alleging that it failed its fiduciary duty to employees in ways that forced them to pay excessive fees in their retirement plan, Investment News reported. More...

By Doug Lederman. The California Community Colleges and California State University have teamed up to create a catalog of 10,000 classes that are transferable between the two systems, to improve students' ability to complete courses during the summer to speed their path to a degree. More...

By Doug Lederman. British universities will no longer require applicants to declare previous criminal convictions, The Guardian reported. More...

By Doug Lederman. The U.S. Education Department formally announced in the Federal Register last week what it implied earlier this month: it will delay for two more years implementation of its controversial regulations requiring online programs to show that they are approved to operate in every state where they enroll students. More...