By Scott McLemee. Between the Boston Marathon bombing and too many spree killings by heavily armed men with grievances to keep count, we’ve all had plenty of recent experience with 24-hour coverage of horrific events such as the Paris massacre last Friday. There seem to be two major ways to manage attention. Read more...

By Paul Fain. Improved transfer pathways from community colleges to four-year institutions may be the best answer to America's college completion woes, say three influential groups that will prod states and colleges on transfer. Read more...

By Carl Straumsheim. Colleges are using data to find hundreds of students who are unaware that they are eligible to graduate. Sometimes it's as simple as asking students if they've applied. Read more...

By Colleen Flaherty. Disclose, disclose, disclose. That’s the general axiom for academics submitting papers to peer-reviewed journals, which require authors to sign conflict-of-interest statements regarding funding sources and other potential influences. Read more...

By Colleen Flaherty. New study suggests that when it comes to writing assignments and instruction, quality -- not quantity -- matters most. Read more...

By Josh Logue. A study released Friday found significant proportions of community college students at a variety of institutions around the country reported high levels of food and housing insecurity. Read more...

By Ashley A. Smith. After years of allegations of deceptive marketing practices, for-profit Westwood College is no longer accepting new students after another multimillion-dollar agreement with a state attorney general. Read more...

By Scott Jaschik. Visit the campus store at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville, and you can buy a Christmas tree ornament of Santa Claus (in Tennessee orange). Scan the Facebook or Twitter pages of fraternities and sororities at the university and you'll have no problem spotting Christmas parties (yes, Christmas parties, not holiday parties). Read more...

By Scott Jaschik. The University of Tennessee at Knoxville has withdrawn the controversial guidance on holiday parties that infuriated Republican politicians, who demanded that the campus chancellor, Jimmy Cheek, be fired and that the diversity office be cut. Read more...

By Ashley A. Smith. Education Trust study finds as institutions' completion rates rise generally, minority students sometimes fall farther behind. Read more...