By Ashley A. Smith. The California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office announced Wednesday that it had reached an agreement with the Association of Independent California Colleges and Universities that guarantees community college students acceptance to 36 private, nonprofit, four-year institutions through the Associate Degree for Transfer pathway program. More...
Strayer and Capella Merger Finalized
By Ashley A. Smith. The merged companies are now Strategic Education Inc. and will continue to operate Strayer and Capella Universities as separate entities. The two for-profit universities are regarded as the industry's most respected and successful, and they serve about 85,000 students nationally. More...
Counting Credentials
By Lindsay McKenzie. The Credential Registry is several months into its mission to document all U.S. credentials, but the finish line is further than ever. More...
No Instrument, No Problem for Berklee Student Musicians
By Lindsay McKenzie. Starting in the fall semester of 2019, students will have the option to make electronic digital instruments their principal instruments as they study at the college. Students previously had to use a traditional principal instrument such as the piano or the violin. More...
B-Schools That Don't Boast About Billionaire Alumni
By Marjorie Valbrun. A recently released annual ranking of colleges and universities that produce the most billionaires was hardly surprising. The list included top American institutions with the most selective business schools; Ivy League institutions dominated. More...
More Than Just Bathrooms
By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf. A new study finds that while the proper restrooms are important to transgender students, they want much more to feel comfortable on their campuses. More...
Don't Find Your Passion -- Cultivate It, Psychologists Say
By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf. A new study suggests that the old adage may not be the best way for students to learn. More...
After Threat of Violence, Calls to Fire RA
By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf. A student at Stanford University is under fire for posting that he would "physically fight" Zionists who came onto the campus -- and some are questioning whether the university is taking his words seriously enough. More...
The Tribe Has Spoken: College 'Survivor' a Hit
By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf. Administrators generally have little knowledge of the knockoffs of the popular reality TV show on campuses -- and could be open to liability if students were hurt. More...
A Shift for Koch, but How Much of a Shift?
By Colleen Flaherty. The Charles Koch Foundation pledges to make future grant terms public, but critics still want to know more about past agreements -- specifically whether they allowed the foundation a role in faculty hiring or curricular decisions. More...