By Hank Bounds. As educators, we often assume that we have the answers. In some cases, we also expect that we can -- and should -- anticipate the questions. Yet I can one thing say with absolute certainty: our listening and learning never stops. Read more...
American U of Afghanistan Attacked
By Elizabeth Redden. Thirteen people reported killed in attack by gunmen that came weeks after two foreign professors were kidnapped. Seven students among the dead, as is instructor who studied in U.S. Read more...
Are Public University Subsidies a Handout for the Wealthy?
By Rick Seltzer. A new report says the wealthy do not disproportionately benefit from public subsidies, but some wonder whether low-income students get enough. Read more...
Pressure to Spend More on Poor Students
By Rick Seltzer. A new report suggests wealthy institutions should spend more from their endowments to help low-income students, but many campus critics say it's not so simple. Read more...
Spending Your Tax Dollars
By Rick Seltzer. New research on public master's universities finds that they are generally efficient, but economies of scale favor undergraduate over graduate education. Read more...
Retirement Plan Roulette
By Rick Seltzer. As lawsuits allege major universities dropped the ball in running their retirement plans, experts believe more institutions will find themselves in the crosshairs. Read more...
Federal Interpretation -- or Legislation?
By Doug Lederman. Federal court ruling on Obama administration guidance on use of school facilities by transgender students could clear the way for a challenge to the Education Department's 2011 letter on campus sexual assault. Read more...
How Colleges Are Keeping Up With Business Changes
By Doug Lederman and Rick Seltzer. Different strategies take stage at the National Association of College and University Business Officers' annual meeting. More...
Nigeria’s continued forex woes curb UK study, agencies report
By Sara Custer. While the weaker British pound might make studying in the UK more attractive to some international students, the country’s third most fruitful source market is still struggling with punishing exchange rates, that have plagued the market for a number of months. More...
Algonquin College closes KSA campus
By Sara Custer. Algonquin College in Canada has become the latest education provider to withdraw from Saudi Arabia’s Colleges of Excellence skills training initiative. More...