Senator Marco Rubio began to flesh out his higher education campaign plan on Wednesday with a major policy speech that featured some fighting words for traditional colleges. Read more...

Martin O'Malley, the former Maryland governor who is seeking the Democratic presidential nomination, is today releasing a proposal to create debt-free college options in public higher education. Read more...

By Rob Weir. Anyone who has ever read student course evaluations has seen such a comment. Mostly such remarks come from low achievers and mean either: (a) "The professor actually expected me to problem solve on my own!" or (b) "I didn't bother to look at the three pages of instructions that were posted to the course website." Read more...

By Kerry Ann Rockquemore. Take a deep breath -- it’s going to be OK. You’re not the only one feeling like you blinked and all of the sudden the beginning of the new school year is right around the corner (this note is actually a composite of the requests I’ve received in the past week). Read more...

By Michele Minter. Media pundits agree: college students are politically correct, infantile whiners who can’t tolerate discomfort regarding their values or sense of identity. Read more...