By Lindsay McKenzie. State funding for public colleges and universities rose in 43 states this year, compared with increases in 32 states last year. More...
Analysis of Gains in Higher Ed State Funding
2U Announces Partnership and Stake in Keypath
By Lindsay McKenzie. Online program management companies 2U and Keypath Education have announced they will work together to help colleges launch and run online degrees. More...
The True Cost of Inclusive Access
By Lindsay McKenzie. A college is accused of making it nearly impossible for students to opt out of a program that automatically bills them for textbooks -- a potential breach of government regulations. More...
Library Associations Pledge to Address Racism
By Lindsay McKenzie. The American Library Association’s treatment of a black librarian who complained after a white colleague directed hostile comments at her at a recent ALA meeting has prompted a difficult discussion about racism in the library profession. More...
Racism and the American Library Association
By Lindsay McKenzie. Association is accused of trying to silence an African American librarian who complained about hostile comments directed at her during the association’s midwinter meeting. More...
An Online Tax for Rural Students
By Lindsay McKenzie. High tuition fees for distance education courses are keeping some community colleges in Colorado afloat. But should rural students pay the price. More...
A CIO and a Shady Side Gig
By Lindsay McKenzie. Liberty University is standing by its chief information officer despite reports that he accepted cash to rig online polls for Donald Trump. More...
Spending Habits of Academic Libraries Revealed
By Lindsay McKenzie. The "Library Acquisition Patterns" report, published today, sheds new light on where university libraries buy print and digital books, what they’re buying and how much they spend. More...
A Reversal on Fossil Fuels
By Greg Toppo. Nearly six years after Middlebury rejected a push to divest, the college announces that it will slowly draw down fossil fuel holdings in its $1 billion endowment. What changed. More...
Lindenwood Ouster a Mystery
By Greg Toppo. Lindenwood president let go after conflict with board, which says he engaged in "conduct believed to warrant" his firing. More...