By Elizabeth Redden. A Singaporean education company with 30 colleges in 13 countries plans to expand into the U.S. with its purchase of an art college in Santa Fe. Read more...
Tension at the Top
By Ashley A. Smith. A spate of resignations and terminations among community college presidents provokes worries about a shortage of qualified candidates to fill these positions. Read more...
Playbook for Transfer
By Ashley A. Smith. Community college experts team up to develop a guide to help colleges and universities build success transfer pathways and increase bachelor's completion. Read more...
Discord on Test Scores
By Scott Jaschik. ACT accuses College Board of jumping the gun in explaining how to compare scores on the new SAT. Many debate impact of seemingly higher SAT scores under new test. Read more...
Overtime for Some
By Scott Jaschik. Obama administration releases final rules to require new payments for many employees. Regulations make clear that higher ed employees considered teachers will continue to be exempt. Postdoc pay could be key issue going forward. Read more...
The Guesswork of Going Online
By Carl Straumsheim. Companies spend millions of dollars so colleges can offer their programs online. 2U says data can tell the company if the investment will be worth it. Read more...
Generate Your Next Job Title
By Carl Straumsheim. Is a career as an assistant liaison to athletic maintenance to the task force on employee partnerships in your future? Or how about as an associate provost for the deputy provost for facilities climate for the subcommittee for investor partnerships? It pays well -- $393,369 a year. Read more...
Contours of a New Discipline
By Carl Straumsheim. Conference at Georgetown U discusses how to train future ed-tech leaders and whether creating a new discipline is the answer. Read more...
Leave It in the Bag
By Carl Straumsheim. Study by faculty members at West Point finds students perform better academically when laptops and tablets are banned from the classroom. Read more...
Yes, Blame Mom and Dad
By Jake New. Author of a new book on how family matters for college women's success argues that four-year public institutions are increasingly dependent on active -- and wealthy -- parents, and that can harm students with less-involved parents. Read more...