By Rick Seltzer. Annual report on public higher education finance shows more states relying more heavily on tuition, even in a year when appropriations rose nationally. More...
President Investigated After Anonymous Tip Alleges Plagiarism
By Rick Seltzer. The tipster identified several passages of the dissertation that contained direct quotations that were not properly attributed, the email said. Inside Higher Ed was able to check three of those cases. In each, the dissertation contains sentences that are identical or largely identical to language in other works but are not enclosed in quotation marks. More...
The Perils of Presidential Job-Hopping
By Rick Seltzer. Akron president is stepping down after he applied for job in Florida. Is the system good for anyone. More...
Tuition Hikes Hurt Diversity
By Rick Seltzer. The paper, published Friday in the journal Research in Higher Education, builds on the long-established idea that increases in tuition can depress overall college enrollment. Its findings represent a new challenge for public institutions that argue financial aid offsets the negative impacts of tuition hikes. More...
At What Cost Wi-Fi?
By Lindsay McKenzie. Students expect wireless internet access everywhere on campus, and colleges and universities pay millions to provide it. More...
A Federal Experiment Flounders
By Lindsay McKenzie. An Obama-era program to give nontraditional providers access to federal financial aid has struggled to get off the ground, and three of eight participants have pulled out. More...
Dept. of Ed. Approves First EQUIP Program
By Lindsay McKenzie. The U.S. Department of Education has approved the first program under its Educational Quality Through Innovative Partnerships (EQUIP) initiative. More...
Top Hat Makes Access to OER Free
By Lindsay McKenzie. Top Hat, a company that provides cloud-based teaching tools, has made access to open educational resources free on its platform. More...
The Next Southern New Hampshire?
By Lindsay McKenzie. Maryville University has bold plans for expansion online, with Pearson's help, but experts warn that the small private university could struggle to stand out. More...
Publishers Win Big in Fake-Textbook Lawsuit
By Lindsay McKenzie. Publishers Wiley, Cengage, Pearson and McGraw-Hill Education have won a multimillion-dollar lawsuit against a seller of fake textbooks. More...