Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. Online education has been hailed by some politicians and higher education experts as an innovation with the potential to deliver courses and degrees to students who might not otherwise attend college at a fraction of the typical cost. More...

Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. The president of Arkansas Tech University said Wednesday she is watching a bill before the Arkansas Legislature in Little Rock that would expand the use of concealed weapons on the state's college campuses and universities. More...

Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. The White House budget office has drafted a hit list of programs that President Trump could eliminate to trim domestic spending, including longstanding conservative targets like the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the Legal Services Corporation, AmeriCorps and the National Endowments for the Arts and the Humanities. More...

Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. White House officials revealed a new executive order would be signed this week to offer new support to the nation’s 106 historically black colleges and universities, which have long suffered from declining enrollment, drastic budget cuts at state and federal levels and questions of sustainability from philanthropists and families. More...

Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. Founded by Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Harvard University, edX is a non-profit institute which is intended to offer high quality and top-notch education. More...

Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. The University of California, San Francisco on Tuesday laid off 49 information technology (IT) employees and outsourced their work to a company based in India, ending a year-long process that has brought the public university under fire. More...

Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. A handful of Democratic senators want the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to conduct a study on food insecurity at U.S. colleges and universities. More...

Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. Chalk & Wire, the most trusted higher education assessment provider, today announced new features to its platform that will help institutions better assess a general education program, and a variety of other programs, by measuring student learning outcomes. More...

Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. President Trump signed an executive order Tuesday that moves a federal initiative supporting historically black colleges and universities directly into the White House, a move depicted as an effort to give the schools more clout within the government. More...

Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. Liberal arts education is in a life-and-death struggle amidst pressure by politicians, business leaders and educational administrators to diminish or eliminate its presence in our postsecondary institutions and replace it with a job-targeted educational system emphasizing technological and practical skills. More...