By Lindsay McKenzie. Two Virginia universities announced ambitious expansions when Amazon selected its second headquarters. Nine months on, Virginia Tech has made more progress than George Mason in securing funding. More...
22 août 2019
22 août 2019
Amazon Op-Ed Divides Opinions
By Lindsay McKenzie. A prominent economist wrote a favorable op-ed about the arrival of Amazon’s second headquarters in Northern Virginia but failed to disclose that the company had asked him to write it. Were his actions unethical. More...
22 août 2019
Reed Students Challenge ‘U.S. News,’ and Magazine Challenges Some Colleges
By Scott Jaschik. Is the magazine punishing a college for refusing to participate? There's no question that Berkeley and Johnson and Wales are being punished, but for a different reason. More...22 août 2019
Rockhurst Absorbs Saint Luke's College of Health Sciences
By Scott Jaschik. Rockhurst University is acquiring Saint Luke's College of Health Sciences. The deal was announced Wednesday. Both institutions are located in Kansas City, Mo., but Rockhurst is Roman Catholic and Saint Luke's is Episcopalian. Under the deal, Rockhurst expects to add some 700 students in associate, bachelor’s, master’s and certificate programs. More...21 août 2019
Court Approves Purchase of Law School by For-Profit
By Scott Jaschik. A federal court has approved the acquisition of Western State College of Law by Westcliff University, a for-profit. More...21 août 2019
Ohio State Seeks Trademark for ‘The’
By Scott Jaschik. Ohio State University last week filed a trademark application for “The” when it is used in conjunction with the name of the university, The Columbus Dispatch reported. More...
21 août 2019
College Possible Acquires College Access Now
By Scott Jaschik. College Possible, an organization that connects high school and college students from low-income backgrounds with near-peer coaches (AmeriCorps members) has acquired the Seattle-based organization College Access Now. More...
21 août 2019
Bribed Into UCLA?
By Scott Jaschik. A British Columbia woman paid $100,000 to get her son into the University of California, Los Angeles, the Los Angeles Times reported. The woman has not been indicted, and it is unclear whether she knew the money was a bribe, but it was described that way in an indictment of UCLA’s former soccer coach. More...
21 août 2019
3 Law Schools Pass the $100,000-a-Year Mark
By Greta Anderson. Columbia, Stanford and Chicago law will charge more than $100,000 to attend in the 2019-20 academic year, but passing that benchmark won't hurt their popularity, experts say. More...
21 août 2019
Dump the Discount Rate
It is a flawed statistic for tracking college finances, argues Phillip Levine. More...
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