By Stefanie Botelho. The Credential Transparency Initiative (CTI) Collaborative launched today, uniting higher education and industry stakeholders to strategize on a multipronged approach to creating a more coherent and transparent U.S. credentialing system. More...

By Stefanie Botelho. The last increase in state funding for higher education came in 2008, which was Gov. Bobby Jindal's first year in office. By December of that year, though, cuts had started. They have continued every year. More...

By Tim Goral. Racial harassment on college campuses has climbed of late, although few cases produce any findings. More...

By Tim Goral. More than half of community college students surveyed at 10 schools in seven states are at risk of hunger or homelessness, according to a new study released Friday by the Wisconsin HOPE Lab at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. More...

By Tim Goral. Basketball coaches, leading military officers and many of the country's biggest businesses agree that the Supreme Court should preserve the use of race as a factor in college admissions. But they may be in a fight they cannot win as the justices take up a case that presages tighter limits on affirmative action in higher education. More...

By Stefanie Botelho. With the benefit of a $5M gift from an anonymous benefactor announced last year, Fairfield University has started to see work on a modernization and expansion of its recreation center in the middle of campus. More...

By Stefanie Botelho. A trio of Senate Democrats on Monday sharply rebuked outgoing Education Secretary Arne Duncan for comments in which he downplayed alleged wrongdoing committed by Education Management Corp., the for-profit college chain state and federal prosecutors accused of systematically defrauding taxpayers out of at least $11B. More...

By Stefanie Botelho. College costs can start accruing long before freshmen enroll in their first course. Some universities charge hefty application fees to students vying for admission, according to data submitted to U.S. News in the spring of 2015. More...