By Paul Fain. Mike Dunleavy, Alaska's Republican governor, used a veto on Friday to strip $130 million from the University of Alaska system's operating budget, the Anchorage Daily News reported. The slashing follows a $5 million reduction by the Legislature, and would be a roughly 40-percent cut to the system's total state support. More...
By Paul Fain. Student CU Connect CUSO, LLC, a company created by credit unions to hold and manage private loans for students at the collapsed ITT Technical Institute, will forgive an estimated $168 million of that loan debt as part of a settlement with the federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and attorneys general for 44 states and the District of Columbia. More...
By Paul Fain. As of early last year, 42 U.S. states had set goals for the share of their residents who hold a college degree or other postsecondary credential, according to a new analysis from Ithaka S+R, a nonprofit research group, and the Joyce Foundation. More...
By Marjorie Valbrun. As the new president of the University of Southern California takes the reins of the embattled institution today, she faces several challenges. More...
By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf. This is a significant development, commentators and legal observers say. This is the first time a judge, in a case involving a private college, directly linked due process to Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, the federal law that bars sex discrimination, including sexual violence, at educational institutions. More...
By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf. New book offers a critique of the campus left and Title IX rules.
Politicians (mostly conservative) have perpetuated a narrative of college students, even before the election of President Trump. More...
By Andrew Kreighbaum. In first debates of Democratic presidential primary, candidates outline contrasting visions on college affordability, student debt. More...
By Andrew Kreighbaum. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos on Friday issued the final repeal of regulations crafted by the Obama administration to hold low-quality career education programs accountable. More...
By Andrew Kreighbaum. South Bend, Ind., mayor Pete Buttigieg released a campaign proposal this week to beef up paid national service opportunities and target students at community colleges and minority-serving institutions. More...
By Andrew Kreighbaum. A prominent higher education researcher wrote this week that the Trump administration had misrepresented her research findings in its justification to rescind the 2014 gainful-employment rule. More...
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