By Scott Jaschik. Three colleges in Virginia are checking on the visa status of applicants' parents, even when the applicants are U.S. citizens, The Washington Post reported. More...
The Oscar for Most Alumni Nominees Goes To…
By Scott Jaschik. Our friends at Times Higher Education celebrated Sunday night's Academy Awards by determining the institutions with the most alumni among nominees. More...
Anti-Semitic Incidents on Campus Up 89%
By Scott Jaschik. The Anti-Defamation League is reporting today that 2017 saw 204 anti-Semitic incidents on college campuses, an 89 percent increase from the previous year. More...
‘Accountability and Opportunity in Higher Education’
By Scott Jaschik. Editors discuss new collection of essays about the impact of various state and federal policies on minority students -- an impact the authors see as far too often ignored. More...
Employment for Everyone
By Doug Lederman. Trying to counter public perception that the liberal arts aren’t worth it, DePauw promises all graduates will have a job or other preferred outcome within six months. More...
A Low Bar for Bar Passage
By Doug Lederman. Vast majority of law school grads who sit for the bar pass within two years, but at least a quarter fail at more than 10 percent of schools. More...
Congress's Budget for Higher Ed, by the Numbers
By Doug Lederman. Congressional negotiators late Wednesday reached an agreement on a bill to fund the government through the rest of the 2018 fiscal year, which began in October. More...
Cengage, Barnes & Noble Team Up on Digital Materials
By Doug Lederman. Barnes & Noble will make Cengage digital instructional content available through its Cengage Unlimited subscription service at its nearly 1,500 campus bookstores, the companies have announced. More...
Court Opens Door for For-Profit Accreditor's Future
By Doug Lederman. U.S. judge says Education Department failed to consider key evidence in judging agency for for-profit colleges, and orders a new review. More...
McGraw-Hill Digital Content to Be Distributed Through Unizin
By Doug Lederman. McGraw-Hill Education will make its digital materials available to the 25 universities that are part of the Unizin consortium through an inclusive access model, the company and Unizin announced. Terms of the arrangement were not disclosed. More...