By Katherine Mangan. Nearly one in four female undergraduates responding to a survey conducted by the Association of American Universities reported that she had been the victim of sexual assault or misconduct, according to eagerly anticipated findings released on Monday. More...

By Peter Schmidt. The Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights has cleared Princeton University of allegations that it discriminates against Asian and Asian-American applicants in admissions. More...

By Kelly Field. Borrowers continue to report widespread problems with student-loan servicing, according to a report released on Tuesday by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. More...

By Kelly Field. Lost in the news of the demise of Perkins Loans on Thursday was another death: that of the Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance. More...

By Chronicle Staff. Report: “The Pell Partnership: Ensuring a Shared Responsibility for Low-Income Student Success”
Organization: The Education Trust
Summary: The Education Trust gathered graduation rates for both Pell Grant recipients and nonrecipients of the need-based grants at 1,149 public and private nonprofit four-year colleges. More...

By Chronicle Staff. Report: “New College Graduates Report, 2013-14″
Organization: National Student Clearinghouse Research Center
Summary: For a growing share of college graduates, the degrees they’re taking home aren’t their first higher-education credentials. More...

By Andy Thomason. A German scientist has prohibited access to a widely used research tool he owns in European countries that he says are welcoming too many refugees, the magazine Science reports. More...

By Andy Thomason. The percentage of borrowers who defaulted on their student loans in the past three years has dropped again, from 13.7 percent in last year’s measurement to 11.8 percent this year. According to new data released on Wednesday by the U.S. Department of Education, the default rate for students who began repayment between October 1, 2011, and September 30, 2012, dropped among all sectors of higher education. More...

By Andy Thomason. The community-college borrowers most likely to default on their student loans are those with the least amount of debt, according to a new report from the Association of Community College Trustees. More...

By Andy Thomason. By 2017, the closure rate of small colleges is likely to triple from the rate of the past decade, according to a new report from Moody’s Investors Service that is available to the service’s subscribers. That will amount to a “small but notable rise” in the number of institutions that will shut their doors or merge, according to the report. More...