By Paul Fain. Founded last year, the American Talent Initiative is a Michael Bloomberg-funded effort to enroll more lower-income students at prestigious colleges with high graduation rates. More...

By Paul Fain. Ongoing wildfires in Southern California have prompted several colleges to close campuses or cancel classes. More...

By Paul Fain. House education committee leaks its ambitious first draft of a reauthorization of the Higher Education Act, with broad changes aimed at both deregulation and more accountability in how federal student aid is distributed and used. More...

By Paul Fain. Citing uncertainty over federal policies as a contributing factor, Moody's on Tuesday downgraded its financial outlook for higher education to negative from stable. More...

By Ashley A. Smith. New research indicates more job opportunities would be available if apprenticeships were expanded across more fields. More...

By Ashley A. Smith. States and institutions are still working out incentives and programs to get dual-credit instructors qualified to meet a change in accreditation standards. More...

By Ashley A. Smith. An accreditor's decision to place an embattled New Jersey community college on probation may have been the wake-up call officials needed to improve its operations. More...

By Ashley A. Smith. Faculty and student groups pushed against proposal from Oakland Athletics to build new ballpark on college property. And their board listened. More...

By Ashley A. Smith. Once a large for-profit institution, DeVry is now being handed over to a company that runs a small college with 600 students. Experts see the move as a sign of the times. More...

By Ashley A. Smith. Kaplan Professional Education recently signed an agreement with Apollo Education Group to purchase the College for Financial Planning for an undisclosed amount. More...