By Andrew Kreighbaum. The House veterans affairs committee on Wednesday unanimously approved an update to the Post-9/11 GI Bill, an ambitious package of legislation that would lift the lifetime time limit on use of benefits and restore aid for veterans affected by closures of for-profit colleges, among other provisions. More...
By Andrew Kreighbaum. An overwhelming majority of colleges and universities did not change priority aid deadlines in response to an earlier financial aid cycle last year, according to a survey of member institutions by the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators. More...
By Andrew Kreighbaum. Education secretary, after day of meetings on campus sex assaults, says that “many things are not working well.” Advocates fear she will loosen requirements of colleges. More...
By Doug Lederman and Lindsay McKenzie. Professors are slowly gaining confidence in the effectiveness of online learning as more of them teach online, Inside Higher Ed's 2017 Survey of Faculty Attitudes on Technology reveals. More...
By Ashley A. Smith. Amid declining budgets and enrollments, Connecticut is the latest state to attempt a merger involving two-year colleges, with a proposal to consolidate its 12 community colleges. More...
By Ashley A. Smith. More young people are being exposed to the free community college movement than ever before, but some experts worry that tuition-free programs may not be sustainable or may create unintended consequences. More...
By Ashley A. Smith. City Colleges of Chicago has received a heaping of praise in the last few years for dramatically improving single-digit graduation rates. More...
By Ashley A. Smith. More than two million Californians have attended college but don’t have a degree, which is a problem the state’s two-year system is trying to help solve with a new statewide, online-only college. Today the system will submit three options for the college to its Board of Governors. More...
By Ashley A. Smith. Getting 37 institutions to agree on new student transfer pathways isn’t easy, but the Minnesota State system seems to have accomplished it. More...
By Ashley A. Smith. With nearly 50 different local tuition-free initiatives, California colleges contemplate how they may merge existing programs with a new statewide plan. More...
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