Despite objections voiced by faculty, students and staff, the Board of Regents for Higher Education endorsed a plan Thursday to move forward with the consolidation of the state’s 12 community colleges into a single statewide college. More...

As part of the Higher Education Act reauthorization, House Republicans are taking aim at a Department of Education rule meant to stop colleges from defrauding the federal student aid system. More...

Bell and Howell announced today that it has partnered with Bloomsburg University, a member of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education, to simplify its student package-handling and pickup process, while improving its overall student-mail experience. More...

Before she was even sworn in as Education Secretary, Betsy DeVos emerged as one of the most controversial members of the Trump Administration. Her confirmation required a historic tie-breaking vote from Vice President Mike Pence after every Senate Democrat and two Senate Republicans voted against her. More...

Senior Republicans in the Virginia legislature are pushing a bill that aims to strengthen the process for students to take community college classes while they’re still in high school and then obtain credit from public universities for those dual-enrollment courses. More...

Ohio community colleges are another step closer to being able to offer bachelor’s degrees and one area school is on track to have the most four-year degrees right away. More...

For some states, democratizing higher education begins with simplifying its offerings. More...

House Republicans are pushing a higher education bill that scraps requirements for colleges and universities to alert students to register to vote. More...

The first proposal calls for dissolving the Department of Modern Languages, Anthropology and Geography, and merging a portion of it into the existing Department of History, to create a newly named Department of History and Anthropology. More...

Latino students have made progress closing the college graduation gap between themselves and their white peers, but results vary widely by institution, a new study shows. More...