By Scott Jaschik. Demographic realities and financial strains are leading more institutions to consider joining forces. To help inform those deliberations, Inside Higher Ed has produced an in-depth special report on the growing role of mergers in higher ed. More...
A Student, a Worried Girlfriend, a Shared Password and an Admissions Lawsuit
By Scott Jaschik. Judge orders now ex-girlfriend to pay $284,000 for sabotaging a dream acceptance. More...
Delaware and Virginia Presses Form Partnership
By Scott Jaschik. The University of Delaware Press and the University of Virginia Press have announced a collaboration. More...
Accreditor Places Sweet Briar on Warning Status
By Scott Jaschik. Sweet Briar College, which has generally boasted of a speedy recovery from its near closure in 2015, has been placed on warning status by its accreditor, the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. More...
New Concordance Tables Have Arrived
By Scott Jaschik. ACT and College Board release new version of tool to compare scores on ACT and SAT. More...
Smoking Gun on Anti-Asian Bias at Harvard?
By Scott Jaschik. Internal reports, released by those suing the university, show use of personality rankings in ways that hurt Asian applicants' chances of admission. Under academic criteria only, their numbers would go way up. More...
Grand Canyon Succeeds in Second Nonprofit Bid
Education Department Watchdog Criticizes Oversight of Accreditors
By Paul Fain. The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Inspector General last week released the results of an audit on the department's recognition processes for accrediting agencies, which serve as the gatekeepers for federal financial aid. More...
Survey on Campus Supports for Student Veterans
Dream Center to Close 3 Former EDMC Campuses
By Paul Fain. Dream Center Education Holdings will close three North Carolina campuses it recently acquired from Education Management Corporation, formerly a large for-profit chain that last week filed for bankruptcy, according to a report by The News & Observer. More...