By Paul Fain. Professors are most likely to serve as mentors to undergraduate students, according to the results of a new survey, which found that 64 percent of recent graduates who reported having a mentor during college said their mentor was a professor. The next most common category was a college staff member. More...
By Rick Seltzer. Panel at NACAC takes on practices it identifies as reinforcing racism and white privilege in college admissions and counseling. More...
By Rick Seltzer. Some have praised Idaho's 2015 move to tell all qualifying high school seniors they are admitted to public colleges, but high school counselors and college admissions officers say details have been bedeviling. More...
By Rick Seltzer. Alumni donors help push charitable totals to $43.6 billion in 2017.
Colleges and universities raised a total of $43.6 billion in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2017, according to results from the latest version of the annual Voluntary Support of Education survey from the Council for Aid to Education, which is being released today. The fund-raising total is up 6.3 percent from 2016 -- 3.7 percent after adjusting for inflatioColleges often go about recruiting rural students in the wrong way, admissions experts say. But they can commit to better practices if they recognize "rurality is different everywhere." More...
By Greg Toppo. A former Minnesota lawmaker who is running to be the state’s next attorney general will return $24,500 in campaign contributions he received from donors affiliated with a pair of troubled for-profit universities. More...
By Greg Toppo. As midsize, nonelite private institutions look to the future, they're turning to an unlikely path: building new medical schools. More...
By Greg Toppo. New annual data from the College Board show that college tuition and fees have moderated since the recession, with public college prices dropping slightly this year. But they may rise again soon. More...
By Greg Toppo. The private historically black institution in Georgia says it will seek a new accreditor after a federal judge rules that a regional agency can withdraw its stamp of approval, blocking access to federal financial aid. More...
By Greg Toppo. An ambitious research effort spanning much of Illinois has its eyes set on Chicago as a new "hub" that could bring together the state's largest public and private universities. More...
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