By Stefanie Botelho. The Reconnect + Complete initiative for degree completion aims for an elusive demographic: non-traditional students, many with families and careers, whose college experiences were cut short by illness, financial troubles or other issues. More...

By Stefanie Botelho. Traditional four-year schools are on the verge of losing an entire generation of student veterans because of lackluster recruiting and support programs, according to new research. More...

By Stefanie Botelho. Government is moving faster than startups.
That may be the first time anyone’s written those words, but it’s exactly what’s happening in the nascent coding bootcamp market. More...

By Stefanie Botelho. Increasingly, American universities are paying high fees for speakers, for both commencement and academic-year lectures. More...

By Stefanie Botelho. A campus police officer at Spartanburg Methodist College in South Carolina shot and killed a man who allegedly struck him while trying to flee. More...

By Stefanie Botelho. It’s been obvious from the beginning of the Common Core scheme that one of many weak links in the enterprise was college professors. What would happen when their classes were flooded with increasingly ill-prepared Common Core-“educated” students? That problem is now becoming apparent, and a professors’ revolt has now begun in Kentucky—the first state to adopt and implement the national curriculum mandates. More...

By Stefanie Botelho. What does it take to get into college? High school grades and standardized tests are still the most common metrics. More...

By Stefanie Botelho. A new initiative aims to get more of Northeast Florida’s nearly 30,000 military servicemen and women through college and gainfully employed. More...

By Stefanie Botelho. High-school students who enjoy obscure vocabulary and puzzle-like math problems might want to sign up for the SAT now, before the 89-year-old college-admissions test is revamped this March to better reflect what students are learning in high-school classrooms in the age of the Common Core. More...

By Stefanie Botelho. The Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education wants to shift more health insurance costs onto faculty and staff, and the state university faculty union is crying foul. More...