By Scott Jaschik. The University of Florida has told Pearson that it may terminate a much scrutinized deal under which the company provides numerous services to market and manage UF Online, which was created by the Florida Legislature to offer online degrees. Read more...
By Michael Stratford. The Obama administration over the weekend unveiled the revamped college information website it created instead of its original plan to rate colleges, releasing a trove of new federal data about the nation’s colleges and universities. Read more...
By Michael Stratford. The federal government, starting late next year, will allow students to apply for federal student aid based on their family’s income from two years earlier instead of the immediately previous year, the White House announced Sunday. Read more...
By Josh Logue. Plenty of questions remain unanswered after the White House announced Sunday a rejiggering of when and how students apply for federal financial aid. Read more...
By Mary Beth Marklein. The much-anticipated scorecard is a watered-down version of the plan promoted two years ago, when President Barack Obama asked the Education Department to develop a ratings system that had the potential to embarrass colleges that received low scores and put at risk their eligibility to receive federal student aid money. Read more...
By Kate Stoltzfus. A new state law bars Missouri students who are in the United States illegally from receiving a state scholarship that would shield them from high tuition rates, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports. More...
By Kelly Field. Students searching for colleges on President Obama’s new College Scorecard can find detailed information on costs, graduation rates, and employment outcomes for thousands of colleges nationwide, from Harvard University to Harcum College. More...
By Peter Schmidt. The practice of warning students about controversial material in college syllabi or before lectures has become the subject of intense debate in academe as growing numbers of instructors have opted to give students such advance notices and the range of topics covered by the warnings has grown more varied. More...
By Andy Thomason. A state judge has ordered Pennsylvania’s public-colleges system to stop making faculty members undergo criminal-background checks, The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports. The Association of Pennsylvania State College and University Faculties had asked the judge to issue the injunction on the grounds that the vast majority of faculty members don’t teach minors. More...
By Andy Thomason. An administrator at Wheelock College, in Boston, has resigned after admitting she lifted passages from several college presidents for a welcome email to faculty members, The Boston Globe reports. More...
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