By Scott Jaschik. University inquiry sees no signs employees broke laws, but finds donations close in time to admissions decisions on donors' children. Plus, more parents plead guilty and a son arrested for attacking father. More...

By Scott Jaschik. New analysis raises questions about fairness. But is issue rich students getting accommodations they don't deserve or low-income students whose needs are not being met. More...

By Scott Jaschik. If you live in a certain kind of suburb, you know some of the ways that students and parents boast about getting into the "right" colleges. The casual references to planning for Cambridge or New Haven. More...

By Scott Jaschik. At Inside Higher Ed conference, college leaders will have chance to meet with junior high students to talk about the importance of higher education. More...

By Scott Jaschik. Students and others at the University of Oxford have been demanding that the university revoke an honorary degree awarded in 1993 to the sultan of Brunei. On Friday, the university announced that in response to a letter from the university seeking to clarify his views, the sultan returned the degree. More...

By Scott Jaschik. The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign announced Friday that it plans to shut down its residential M.B.A. programs -- full-time and part-time -- to focus on its online M.B.A., which it calls the iMBA. More...

By Scott Jaschik. The University of Oxford, in Britain, has announced a series of new efforts to increase the number of disadvantaged students it admits. One program will provide extra academic support -- prior to enrollment -- to those who are from disadvantaged backgrounds and "may have narrowly missed out on a place in previous years". More...

By Scott Jaschik. ACT has come out against the new adversity score that the College Board will soon assign to students based on their high schools and neighborhoods. The idea is to provide colleges with more context about applicants, who would not know their score. More...

By Scott Jaschik. Students who attend wealthy high schools appear more likely than those who attend low-income high schools to get extra time on the SAT and other exams, according to a new analysis by The Wall Street Journal. At some wealthy high schools identified by the Journal, one in four students is permitted to have extra time on tests by virtue of having claimed a disability. More...

By Scott Jaschik. Many presidents make donations to their colleges and universities, but a gift announced Wednesday stands out in its size. More...