By Tim Goral. Let’s start with a definition of the New American University.
It is one where you can have a research-intensive university that’s highly accessible and scalable, capable of moving flexibly and with agility in the overall higher education space. More...

By Stefanie Botelho. Highline Community College is the last of its kind in Washington. It’s the only college that still has a varsity wrestling program. More...

By Stefanie Botelho. The Obama Administration announced it will begin providing Pell grants to federal prisoners, effectively overturning a 1994 ban on the practice. While overturning the ban requires Congressional action, the administration is circumventing Congress by designating the plan a “pilot program.” More...

By Stefanie Botelho. It might be difficult to believe that by 2020, the US alone will be three million college graduates short of what projections say the economy will need. By 2025, that number could skyrocket to 16 million. Making college exclusive and expensive is not the answer the global economy needs, but that’s the trend in current budget climates. It doesn’t have to be this way. More...

By Stefanie Botelho. University officials said the policy, based on recommendations from the Ohio Board of Regents, went into full effect on August 1. The policy bans all nicotine, tobacco-derived or containing products from the Athens campus facilities, property, sidewalks and grounds. More...

By Stefanie Botelho. In response to demand, local colleges have developed training programs for auto repair technicians and truck drivers. Various certificates and degrees are available to get students into the workforce. More...

By Stefanie Botelho. In updating the annual “Fiske Guide to Colleges,” published each July, Edward B. Fiske read through all 818 pages, Adelphi to Yale. “You need some way to keep your sanity when you do something like this,” he admits, and so he jotted down facts about the entries — “how they came about and what they stand for” — and wrote this quiz for Education Life. More...

By Stefanie Botelho. The federal government has boosted aid to families in recent decades to make college more affordable. A new study from the New York Federal Reserve faults these policies for enabling college institutions to aggressively raise tuitions. More...