Seventeen men have been arrested in connection with hazing at a rogue fraternity at Radford University, city officials announced Thursday. More...
Betsy DeVos had a controversial first year. Here are the four most divisive issues she tackled
Before she was even sworn in as Education Secretary, Betsy DeVos emerged as one of the most controversial members of the Trump Administration. Her confirmation required a historic tie-breaking vote from Vice President Mike Pence after every Senate Democrat and two Senate Republicans voted against her. More...
Virginia lawmaker aims to ensure dual-enrollment credits count for college
Senior Republicans in the Virginia legislature are pushing a bill that aims to strengthen the process for students to take community college classes while they’re still in high school and then obtain credit from public universities for those dual-enrollment courses. More...
Consolidating two-year colleges to conserve
For some states, democratizing higher education begins with simplifying its offerings. More...
GOP bill scraps voter registration requirements for colleges
House Republicans are pushing a higher education bill that scraps requirements for colleges and universities to alert students to register to vote. More...
Massachusetts state colleges will offer in-state tuition rates to students displaced by Hurricane Maria
ATTLEBORO, MASS. -- College will come at a cheaper price for hurricane-riddled students who were displaced from their homes in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands this fall. More...
Higher ed tuition break approved for evacuees
Students who relocated to Massachusetts from Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands because of Hurricane Maria will be immediately eligible to pay lower in-state public higher education tuition rates under a proposal unanimously approved on Tuesday by the state Board of Higher Education. More...
New higher ed bill rolls back Obama-era safeguards
Congressional Republicans begin work on Tuesday on an extensive rewrite of the law that governs the nation’s system of higher education, seeking to dismantle landmark Obama administration regulations designed to protect students from predatory for-profit colleges and to repay the loans of those who earned worthless degrees from scam universities. More...
House GOP higher ed bill moves ahead, despite cries to slow down
House Republicans are pressing ahead with a sweeping overhaul of the federal law that governs almost every aspect of higher education, without hearings and despite mounting pressure to provide more time for analysis and input. More...
Moving away from non-credit developmental ed to support retention
In a sweeping move to improve how students receive academic support in their first year of college, the California State University (CSU) system recently eliminated remedial—or developmental education—perquisites in favor of more effective models. More...