By Alex Hanna. Being on the academic job market can be traumatizing for a job candidate. With the current disparity between Ph.D. holders and available jobs, the casualization of academic labor, and the shrinking of public university budgets, what was once a field of possibility has become one of rabid competition. Read more...
By Doug Lederman. The Higher Learning Commission placed MacMurray College on probation and extended the probation of Urbana University at the agency's June meeting, the accreditor announced. Read more...
By Doug Lederman. The number of for-profit postsecondary institutions and the number of students they enroll are continuing to wither, according to data released by the U.S. Education Department's National Center for Education Statistics on Thursday. Read more...
By Doug Lederman. In bid to snag her Democratic opponent's supporters, presumptive nominee adapts previous college plan by embracing free public college tuition for those with incomes up to $125,000. Read more...
By Doug Lederman. A new initiative designed to challenge colleges to get students involved in the democratic process is questioned for perceived ties to the White House. Read more...
By Doug Lederman. Public and private colleges alike saw their median revenues outpace median expenses in the 2015 fiscal year, showing improved stability of higher education finances, Moody's Investors Service said in a pair of reports released Monday. Read more...
By Doug Lederman. The "special master" hired by the U.S. Education Department to oversee the initial process of deciding which student loan borrowers should get relief from their debt because of institutional fraud issued his fourth and final report Wednesday. Read more...
By Elizabeth Redden. The University of California, Berkeley, reported that three of its students were injured during Thursday's terrorist attack in Nice, and a fourth student remains unaccounted for.
Eighty-four people were killed, and 202 wounded, in Nice after a terrorist drove a truck through a crowd during a Bastille Day fireworks display. Read more...
By Elizabeth Redden. New final guidance issued Wednesday prohibits universities from issuing I-20 forms -- the legal document that international students need in order to apply for visas -- based on conditional admission. Read more...
By Elizabeth Redden. A survey by The Guardian found cases in which British academics are being asked to withdraw from international research teams or to step down from leadership roles due to doubts about their future eligibility for European Union funding. Read more...
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