By Paul Fain. Laureate Education is considering a possible transaction involving its Walden University, according to a corporate filing the global higher education company released Thursday. More...
Challenge to Boost Student Success for Single Mothers
By Paul Fain. The Education Design Lab this week announced a design challenge for community colleges to improve student success outcomes for learners who are single mothers by 30 percent by 2024. More...
The Summer Pell Bump
Universities Team Up on Completion
Call to Expand Federal Aid for Career Education
By Paul Fain. A newly released report from a 13-member task force of academics and experts from think tanks calls to "reform higher education funding to upend the existing skew toward traditional academic education," and to instead allocate more federal financial aid to career education programs. More...
More Students Are Being Treated for Mental Health Issues
States' Slow, Steady Embrace of Need-Based Aid
By Doug Lederman. Amount of state financial aid dollars awarded based on financial need grew by 3 percent in most recent year, and by half over a decade, annual study finds. More...
LinkedIn Expands Its Learning Library
By Doug Lederman. The Microsoft-owned workplace social platform will for first time make content from other providers -- including Harvard Business School -- available to its higher education and corporate customers. More...
Private Colleges' Net Tuition Outpaces Publics' Growth
By Doug Lederman. Median net tuition is expected to grow by 2.8 percent at private nonprofit colleges in the 2018-19 academic year, nearly double the 1.5 percent rate of increase for public institutions, according to an annual report released this morning by Moody's Investors Service. More...