By Lindsay McKenzie. The University of Phoenix’s online enrollment plummets while Western Governors and Southern New Hampshire near 100,000 students as they vie to rule the roost. More...
Free Cengage Subscription for 1,000 Students
By Lindsay McKenzie. Publisher Cengage is partnering with the Phi Theta Kappa Foundation to give 1,000 college students free access to its digital higher education materials for one semester. More...
Distance Education Rules May Be Delayed
By Lindsay McKenzie. A federal requirement for online colleges to tell students whether their academic programs meet state licensing requirements may be postponed. More...
Tuition Conundrum
By Marjorie Valbrun. Private college discount rates continue to increase in efforts to attract students. Burden on budgets also continues to grow. More...
Maybe Not So 'High Impact'?
By Marjorie Valbrun. Researchers challenge conventional wisdom and past studies linking widely promoted educational experiences to timely college completion. More...
Presidential Footsteps
By Marjorie Valbrun. When college presidency becomes the family business, leadership requires balancing. Walking in your father’s shoes while paving your own path has benefits -- and possible pitfalls. More...
The Issue That Won't Go Away
By Doug Lederman. At meeting of trustees, presidents and other campus leaders discuss the continuing turmoil colleges face in mediating tension over free speech. More...
NCAA Finds Violations at 3 Institutions
By Doug Lederman. Infractions committees in all three National College Athletic Association divisions have imposed punishments in recent weeks, on sports programs at the College of Mount Saint Vincent, the University of Southern Indiana and California State University at Sacramento. More...
Court Rejects Arizona Attorney General's Lawsuit on Tuition
By Doug Lederman. Arizona's attorney general does not have standing to challenge the Arizona Board of Regents' powers to set tuition for the state's three public universities, a state judge ruled Thursday. More...
Hong Kong University to Use Minerva Platform
By Doug Lederman. Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and the Minerva Project have crafted an arrangement through which the Asian university will use Minerva's curriculum and technology and some students from the upstart institution will spend part of their last year studying and doing research in Hong Kong. More...